O2 ABC Glasgow

326 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, G2 3JA

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dizzydevil
dizzydevil on May 18, 2023 at 4:54 pm

From 2018 on the BBC website about the fire and the O2 abc history! And I agree with Mike_blakmore’s comment given its LONG history as part of Glasgow’s landscape (ALSO OF NOTE IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1875 AND WENT THROUGH MANY CHANGES BEFORE) Next door, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s new home for the Glasgow School of Art was under construction, the first half opening in 1899 and the second half in 1909. I mean 143 yrs of exitance only classed a grade C building NOW to be Possibly demolished (news reports from 2020) after this devastating fire at the Glasgow School of Arts ..

we have lost SO MANY CINEMAS ACROSS SCOTLAND, WALES, AND ENGLAND over the yrs to demolition…. all be it if they took on different lives after closing as a cinema and Prolonged their existence be it a bingo hall or night club, etc These days so many historical building (not just cinemas) are being torn down in the name of Progress to be replaced with boxy offices or apartments/housing!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44520030

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on May 1, 2020 at 11:09 am

For Me. This Theatre had just as much design merit as the School of Art.. Mutter.. Mutter… Mutter.. You can guess what I feel.

machineage
machineage on May 1, 2020 at 2:12 am

Demolition now imminent: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/o2-abc-demolition-vermin-sewage-18175997

70mmbobbyj
70mmbobbyj on June 16, 2018 at 6:11 pm

Just uploaded a picture of the fire damage.

Alan Baker
Alan Baker on June 16, 2018 at 4:54 pm

Remarkably, aerial photographs appear to show the 1967 ABC 2 has survived.

Woody_London
Woody_London on June 16, 2018 at 8:32 am

The ABC was destroyed by fire last night along with the School of Art next door according to press, images show the roof has collapsed https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/glasgow-school-art-fire-o2-12719173

terry
terry on July 8, 2015 at 2:36 pm

Photo uploaded of Gerald Shaw at the Compton organ; he was later to become the resident organist of the Odeon Leicester Square.

terry
terry on July 7, 2015 at 12:18 am

Various interior shots have been uploaded to the ‘photos’ section.

DavidSimpson
DavidSimpson on December 1, 2013 at 10:34 pm

My scanned photographs were taken in December 1998, when the cinema was fully open.

Ian
Ian on May 11, 2012 at 7:28 pm

A 1993 shot as the MGM cinema here :– GLASGOW ABC