St Andrew's in the Square
Georgian classical church with a daring columned portico, now a home for traditional Scottish music.
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This guide to St Andrew's in the Square in Glasgow turns on a Wednesday in November seventeen eighty-five, when the Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi stood in this churchyard beneath a silk balloon while crowds packed the rooftops around him. It follows the weather that took over once the ropes were let go, and the people waiting far beyond the city. Best heard facing the columned portico, where the master mason Mungo Naismith staked his own nerve on the stone.
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