222 Clyde Street, detail 02
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Property developers have shown interest in demolishing the building to make way for luxury flats. But the old office block is in the central conservation area so I imagined there might be hope for it - but no - it was demolished during the C19 lockdown and all that is left is a pile of rubble.
It's a shame, it was one of my favourite buildings in Glasgow.
I visited Morrison’s bar, which was on the ground floor, not long before it closed due to flooding in 2011. The interior of the bar was immaculate and very classy, and I felt like I was stepping back in time to the 60’s. The proportions inside were neat and human-sized, and the décor was simple, chic and clean, resembling the lines of a cruise ship with its deco inspired curved bar.
I found this planning application from 2013 with updates as recent as 2018:
Plans have been submitted by Unite the Union for the demolition of Typographical House on Glasgow’s Clyde Street to make way for a new 54.5m tall hotel development.
Designed by Glasgow/Manchester based Haus Collective the scheme would incorporate north and south facing terraces as part of a double height rooftop restaurant with 13 floors of accommodation below.
The development has not made much progress since Typographical House was raised to the ground. The Directors of the Hilton Motto hotel franchise are the same as the ill fated neighbouring Virgin Hotel which went into liquidation and closed it's doors a week before Christmas '23. Oh dear!