Much to my embarrassment I drove to not just one, but two incorrect postcodes trying to find Glasgow City Chamber for NGR's delegates to attend a meeting there. As I write that I can see the eyes of my Glaswegian friends & ClydeSiders rolling and their eye brows raising, as it's slap bang in the Center of town on George Square and one of Glasgow's most iconic buildings! I had to resort to my iPhone's SatNav app to find it.
While waiting for the meeting to finish I had the chance to look around this magnificent, imposing building that dominates the square - the headquarters of Glasgow City Council.
The magnificence continues inside with the vestibule with its multi domed ornate mosaic ceilings and floor, Ionic capitals on marble columns and two huge wooden doorways with glass panels either side of the lobby, each doorway is flanked by a pair of imposing Greek female caryatids.
The caryatids on the left door frame carry the symbols of peace and victory - the laural and a laural reef. The doorway leads in to a huge marble clad reception area and an equally dramatic cream & shades of tan marble staircase, which when viewed from the bottom looks like an Esher fantasy piece - magical.
Those caryatids on the right carry symbols of power the sceptre and orb, they too lead into a marble and wood reception area and staircase but this is not as imposing as the equivalent space on the left.
The difference in the reception area staircase is because the left lobby entrance was specifically for the use of Glasgow's Mayor and council members. While that on the right was for the council workers.
Glasgow's buildings continue to impress!
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