The Sixty Steps 02
This steep stone staircase is the famous Sixty Steps, by a great, curved retaining wall, connecting Kelvinside Terrace to the streets on the slopes above. Kelvinside Terrace, as the name implies, runs right alongside the River Kelvin, and the Steps are part of what remains of the original Queen Margaret Bridge structure over the river in Glasgow's West End, near the Botanic Gardens.
Directly in front of this early 1870s structure is where the bridge itself stood, replaced in the 20th century by the current bridge on busy Queen Margaret Drive, which runs right past the Botanics and down towards the university, of the original bridge all that remains are the end pieces of the bridge and this substantial, towering retaining wall and the Steps, all by the great Alexander "Greek" Thomson, the architect responsible for a number of the exceptionally fine Victorian buildings in Glasgow.
The Sixty Steps 02
This steep stone staircase is the famous Sixty Steps, by a great, curved retaining wall, connecting Kelvinside Terrace to the streets on the slopes above. Kelvinside Terrace, as the name implies, runs right alongside the River Kelvin, and the Steps are part of what remains of the original Queen Margaret Bridge structure over the river in Glasgow's West End, near the Botanic Gardens.
Directly in front of this early 1870s structure is where the bridge itself stood, replaced in the 20th century by the current bridge on busy Queen Margaret Drive, which runs right past the Botanics and down towards the university, of the original bridge all that remains are the end pieces of the bridge and this substantial, towering retaining wall and the Steps, all by the great Alexander "Greek" Thomson, the architect responsible for a number of the exceptionally fine Victorian buildings in Glasgow.