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I'd have them slightly different.

Finnieston, yes, but not as far west as Kelvingrove. It stops somewhere about Kelvinhaugh Street to become Yorkhill.

Anderston, yes, but also a bit further east past the M8. The official boundary between city centre and Anderston is Washington Street and was marked by a Royal Boundary Mile Marking Stone up until the early 90's (ISH). The Anderston Shopping Centre and the Anderston high flats were east of the motorway.

Woodlands. Smaller. Doesn't go as far as Maryhill Road. Stops at GWR to become Woodside. You have the Woodside Baths and Woodside Library in the area.

Charing Cross shouldn't be considered an area at all. It's nothing more than a road junction. The clue is in the name as it is a **cross**roads. Charing Cross was/is the crossing of Sauchiehall Street, Woodlands Road, North Street and Saint Georges Road. Layout has been totally bastardised by the motorway of course. However, because the railways decided the nearby station should be called Charing Cross, people now have it in their heads that the area is also called that, but in reality the station is in the area of Blytheswood Hill.

Yorkhill, yes, but also a little further east. Also, the Clydeside Expressway is just an A-road, not a motorway.
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