Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District

A picture of Sauchiehall Street with lots of pedestrians walking along the street, amongst trees. To the right hand side of the image, shop signs are visible: Superdrug, Flying Tiger, Waterstones and Santander

Introduction

Glasgow Life are at the start of an 18-month development project, working closely with residents, visitors, businesses and cultural organisations to create a new vision for Sauchiehall Street as a Culture and Heritage district. By looking back and celebrating the street’s history as a place of vibrancy and culture, the project aims to uncover, animate and renew the area by engaging a wider audience with its heritage and bring more people in the conversation about its future.

Through a programme of activity, we will work closely with the community, organisations and businesses to unearth, pilot and test new ideas and create a new vision for the street, using heritage as a starting point.

The geographical area which will be the focus of this project is Sauchiehall Street, Bath Street and Renfrew Street, Garnethill and the adjoining side streets. It is book ended by Mitchell Library and The Royal Concert Hall.

This work is supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund’s new UK-wide Heritage Places programme.

The programme is made up of three strands:

Uncovering Sauchiehall Street

We will work with residents, business and visitors to unearth the aspects of Sauchiehall Street’s culture and heritage which people think are important and would like to celebrate. This will include mapping the area to understand better the historic narratives, and physical assets which the street houses, as well as understanding the different archives held by organisations on the street.

As part of this strand, we will have two Heritage Artists in Communities commissions, and a Community Heritage Grants programme for local community and heritage organisations, community groups and businesses with social aims.

Community Heritage Grants: Uncovering Sauchiehall Street

We are inviting community and heritage organisations, social businesses and community groups to come together to explore Sauchiehall Street's heritage and future with their communities through a Small Community Grants programme.

More information

Heritage Artists in Communities

We are pleased to announce that projects from Craig McCorquodale, and Alice Brown and Ellie Mills have been selected for our Heritage Artists in Communities programme. Over 6 months, they will work with different community groups, organisations, visitors, residents and businesses on and around Sauchiehall Street to explore the stories, memories and histories which people would like to celebrate, and dreams for the future.

A graphic illustration of depicting people and scenes relating to the Kenmure Street protest, around the words 'everybody come to Kenmure Street!'

Alice Brown and Allice Mills

Alice and Ellie's project will dive into both the physical evolution of Sauchiehall Street and memories of people who use it, using Feminist City thinking to diversify the voices informing the regeneration of Glasgow.

More about Alice & Ellie's project here
Two people are in a pool either side of floats which spell out 'Deep Breaths'

Craig McCorquodale

with Molly Jacks

Craig and Molly will collaborate with individuals and groups deeply connected to Sauchiehall Street to unpack feelings, memories and new visions for the street, working towards a 24-hour durational artwork.

More about Craig's project here

Animating Sauchiehall Street

This strand of activity will focus on working with cultural organisations to commission activities happening on and around the street to encouraging footfall and engagement with the street’s heritage.

Renewing Sauchiehall Street

Working closely with Glasgow City Council, we will identify future ambitions and new uses for heritage buildings on the street, looking towards their renewal.

At the end of the project, the project team will write up a 10-year plan for the street informed by the outcomes from the programme, as directed by the community. A new application will be submitted to National Lottery Heritage Fund to access 10 years’ worth of funding to seed new projects and successes from the development phase.

A person writing their ideas during a workshop for the Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District project.

Project Context

Find out more about National Lottery Heritage Fund's new UK-wide Heritage Places programme, the context behind our development phase project, and what comes next.

Read more here

We want to hear from communities, organisations and people who would like to contribute to the development of Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District.

Have your say by getting in touch at: amcv@glasgowlife.org.uk