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This Is My GlasgowI love the shapes on this polychromatic brick former industrial building on Moncur Street in Glasgow, especially the pediments at the top. Designed by M. Forsyth and built in the 1870s, it was originally part of the William Whyte's and Son clay pipe works, which had been based on the neighbouring Gibson Street since 1824.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thebarras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thebarras</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/polychromaticbrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polychromaticbrick</a>

~meoralis~It may not look like much at first glance, but the details! Purple <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/window?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#window</a> frames, intricate patterns, grass growing on the facade 😊 This listed building in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bitterfeld?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bitterfeld</a> is used by the local district court <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FensterFreitag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FensterFreitag</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WindowFriday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowFriday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Fenster?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fenster</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brickwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Backstein?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backstein</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/windows?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/historicBuilding?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historicBuilding</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/denkmalgeschützt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#denkmalgeschützt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Architektur?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Architektur</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a>

This Is My GlasgowPolychromatic brickwork on the former Kingston Engine Works on Milnpark Street in Kinning Park, Glasgow. Built in 1866 for Smith Brothers and Co.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/polychromaticbrickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polychromaticbrickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrialarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrialarchitecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowarchitecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/windowswednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windowswednesday</a>

~meoralis~Here's a little water tower in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bitterfeld?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bitterfeld</a> which is just as surprised as I am that my train is running into delays of 90 minutes (and counting). 😱 /sarcasm 🙄 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pareidolia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pareidolia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pareidolie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pareidolie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ISeeFaces?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISeeFaces</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brick?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brick</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brickwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waterTower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waterTower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wasserturm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wasserturm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Backstein?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backstein</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Backsteinbau?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backsteinbau</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brickArchitecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickArchitecture</a>

This Is My GlasgowCart entrance to the former Kinning Park Colour Works on Milnpark Road in Glasgow, featuring the original 1890s doors and a fantastic polychromatic brickwork archway.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kinningpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kinningpark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/polychromaticbrickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polychromaticbrickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/industrialheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrialheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doorway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doorway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a>

This Is My GlasgowThe entrance to Saint Rollox House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Built in 1887 using the classic polychromatic brick style of Glasgow's industrial buildings, it was once the office for the Saint Rollox Railway Works.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/springburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#springburn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowbuildings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a>

LionelBThe old market hall is in the midst of renovation, with the simple but attractive brickwork being joined by a festival of galvanised iron, in thin bars, louvres, flat and curved panels and trapezoidal supports, letting in lots of zebra-patterned light. Predominant access is via floating platforms.<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/andalucia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalucia</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/metalwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metalwork</a>

LionelBThis is a rather fine new building. Its emphasis is on simplicity. Almost all is very plain brickwork in stretcher bond, using a mix of colours which emulate chestnut. The windows are in plain openings, in a grid pattern, larger rectangles to the side, smaller squares in the middle.The ends of the building are anomalous. At one end, circular balconies with white concrete ceiling 'tablets' and a white support column at the ground entrance. At the other end, small square windows not matching the inner ones.The whole sits on a deep concrete plinth, with rectangular openings.<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/andalucia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalucia</a>

This Is My GlasgowDespite how it looks, the company's name is indented into the brick rather than standing proud of its surface. Similar logos appear on many bricks, but are usually not visible when installed correctly (unlike this particular brick).<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anderston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anderston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pmhurll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pmhurll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a>

This Is My GlasgowP&M Hurll brick used to repair an old wall in the Anderston area of Glasgow. This company was established around 1887 in Glenboig on the outskirts of Glasgow and continued until 1980. Building bricks like this one were made at the company's Garscadden Works in Drumchapel. Cont./<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anderston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anderston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pmhurll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pmhurll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a>

StrumDoor to door to door to door... <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/doors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doors</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a>

This Is My GlasgowA ghost building on Robertson Street in Glasgow. I love all the different phases visible in the stone and brickwork, especially the window at the top right which is made from blonde sandstone and then has been half filled with red bricks and half with concrete blocks, presumably at different times. This effect may have taken between 100 and 150 years to create.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ghostbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghostbuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/stonework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stonework</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/brickwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brickwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowhistory</a>

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