Argyll Arcade
L-shaped glass-roofed shopping arcade from 1827, lined with family jewellers and watch dealers.
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This guide to the Argyll Arcade in Glasgow follows the people who work behind its windows, starting with Steven Coll, a jeweller who came to the trade from a workshop bench alongside his father Tom. It reaches back to eighteen twenty-seven and the Parisian-style covered passage John Baird designed between Argyle Street and Buchanan Street. Best heard standing under the glass roof, looking along the shopfronts.
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