Our profound thanks are due to @glasgowheritage.bsky.social and Glasgow Riverside Innovation District whose funding enabled this project to take place. And in case you're wondering, that's @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @gordonbarr.scot and Lex Lamb celebrating the occasion this morning...

The walking tour leaflet is now being distributed to sites across Glasgow and is also available digitally from our website. The two boards can be seen at the site of the Festival Waterfall and Lochan at Festival Park, G51 1HJ

www.glasgowgardenfestival.org/wp-content/u...

It was built by Mctaggart & Mickel as a temporary structure for the festival, which ran for five months. Here's my copy of the brochure, which contains the background story on the design... (THREAD)

which aligns closely with the after-use model exhibited at the Festival itself - these would appear to have the same ultimate source. (Credit: JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University)

This after-use study shows a marina, housing planned for where the BBC, Science Centre and business park are today, and a business park where housing was finally built! (Plus a nice 'Riverside Area' with hotel, restaurants, etc., roughly where the STV studios are now located.)

This (frustratingly undated) document - an inventory of tree stock for reuse - shows the proposed Pacific Drive, cut right across the Garden Festival site.

Was shown these during your What Remains tour last December. It was very interesting.
A special bottle of whisky.