| Comment | Grahamstoun was indeed an old village on the site where Central Station was.
But it's not like the station obliterated the village, as is the common way it's told in Glasgow.
The village (and surrounding areas of Stobcross, Anderston etc.) had been absorbed into Glasgow in the early 19th century, with Grahamstoun's streets being absorbed into Glasgow grid plan as it expanded westwards.
When Central Station was built, it was built over this "secondary", or more modern urban grid, not the village itself, which had long been built over. |
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