Gone With the Wind..

Did you know back in the city’s cinema-going heyday, Glaswegians went to the cinema more often than people anywhere else in the world?

With the likes of the The Grosvenor and The Hillhead Picture House (now known as Salon) opening around Glasgow the industry boomed. 

However, when the buildings started to get dated and crumble they were lost in history until the day came when they were restored - The Grosvenor made it out alive but The Hillhead Picture House was lost to history and is now a bar/restaurant called The Salon.

As much as this loss saddens me it has made way for new cinemas with more modern equipment to pop up such as the Cineworld (The tallest cinema in Europe) and Odeon Cinemas Quay.These buildings - specifically the Cineworld- are architecturally striking. However, we must ask ourselves was it worth it.