| Comment | Finally! Somebody else who thinks the same as me on this one!
If you ask 1000 Glaswegians the question 'is part of Argyle Street in Finnieston?', you will get 999 people saying YES! However, this is totally a modern day bastardisation. As you said, as a result of branding; as well as some fudgery by estate agents.
I would argue that Finnieston as a name does still exist, but yes, the SECC and whatnot are on top of it. I would then argue that it never has and still doesn't extend all the way north as far as Argyle Street. It ends somewhere around Minerva Way or, maybe, Saint Vincent Crescent at an extreme push.
Argyle Street itself being in Sandyford, as you say, from the crossroad with Finnieston Street. East of that point being Anderston. I'm not sure if Argyle Street would actually fall onto Kelvinhaugh at the western end. The section between around Corunna Street to Old Dumbarton Road might come under another nearly forgotten area: Overnewton. Overnewton being the small parcel sandwiched by Kelvinhaugh to its south, Yorkhill to its west, Kelvingrove to it northwest and Sandyford to it northeast and east.
Anyway, aye. Thanks for being the first person in years to be in agreement with me that no part of Argyle Street is truly Finnieston. And, whoever got "The Finnieston Strip" added to Google Maps can go shite a hedgehog! |
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