Editing Garnethill

{{Short description|Area of Glasgow, Scotland}}
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| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvin]]
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'''Garnethill''' is a predominantly [[residential area]] of the city of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] with a number of important public buildings.

==Geography==
[[File:Garnethill synagogue.jpg|thumb|left|[[Garnethill Synagogue]] in Glasgow, Scotland]]
Located in the [[Glasgow city centre|city centre]], the area borders [[Cowcaddens]] to its north, [[Sauchiehall Street]] to its south, Cambridge Street to its east with the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]] and [[Charing Cross, Glasgow|Charing Cross]] forming its western boundary. The hill forms part of the historic Lands of Blythswood which the Douglas-Campbell families sold in stages from the late 18th century onwards, the largest purchaser/developer being [[William Harley]] of [[Blythswood Hill]], cotton merchant and builder. Harley laid out Renfrew Street and encouraged the building of villas, which extended round into St George's Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=TheGlasgowStory: William Harley |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA04801&t=2 |website=www.theglasgowstory.com |access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> One major site was developed as Garnethill Observatory in 1810.<ref>{{cite book | title=Glasgow's Blythswood | author=Graeme Smith | year=2021 | url=https://www.blythswoodsmith.co.uk }}</ref> Later developments included spacious tenements as families moved upward from the overcrowded Cowcaddens. Harley also laid out [[Blythswood Square]].

The area was named Garnet Hill by [[William Harley]], in honour of Professor [[Thomas Garnett (physician) | Thomas Garnett]], one of the first professors of Anderson's Institution, known today as Strathclyde University.<ref>{{cite web |title=TheGlasgowStory: Thomas Garnett |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSS00021 |website=www.theglasgowstory.com |access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>

==Demography==
Garnethill is ethnically diverse, with significant ethnically [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]], [[British Arabs|Arab]], [[British Indian|Indian]], [[British Chinese|Chinese]] and [[African immigration to Europe|African]] populations.

==Sites==
[[File:02 Renfrew Street GSA postcard.jpg|thumb|Postcard photo of Glasgow School of Art in the 1920s as designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh]]
[[File:Staloysius.jpg|thumb|right|St. Aloysius Church in Garnethill.]]
The [[Glasgow School of Art]], designed by [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] and the [[Glasgow Film Theatre]] are located in Garnethill.  It is also the location of Scotland's oldest and first purpose-built synagogue [[Garnethill Synagogue]], founded in 1879, and the [[Glasgow Dental Hospital and School]]. Garnethill is also home to St. Aloysius' RC Church, built in 1910.

==Schools==
Garnetbank Primary School is situated on Renfrew Street opposite Renfrew Street Nursery School.

There is a private school, [[St Aloysius' College (Glasgow)|St Aloysius' College]], whose Clavius building and Junior School both recently won architectural awards. St Aloysius' College also have a 4-storey sports complex on Dalhousie Street between Hill Street and Renfrew Street.

==Buildings==
Garnethill is a conservation area and contains several listed buildings, most significantly Glasgow School of Art designed by [[Charles Rennie Macintosh]]. Housing listed includes Breadalbane Terrace built between 1845 - 1855 by Charles Wilson. Heritage buildings which are now apartments include the first Beatson Cancer Hospital, in Hill Street, and the Glasgow High School for Girls, in Buccleuch Street.

The rebuilding of the fire-damaged, and twice gutted, unique Mackintosh Building of Glasgow School of Art in Renfrew Street is awaited.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Garnethill became the principal centre of Scotland's Chinese community, with Cantonese speaking immigrants from Hong Kong settling in the area. Most had already settled in the UK, and moved north from England. As a result, the neighbourhood is home to Glasgow's Chinatown shopping mall on New City Road.

==Streets==
Garnethill comprises the following streets:
*West Graham Street
*Buccleuch Street
*Hill Street, which was home to 4 of the last 15 [[Turner Prize]] winners<ref>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/hill-street-muse.16230986 Hill Street Muse] From The Herald, dated 24/12/2011</ref>
*Renfrew Street
*Garnet Street
*Garnethill Street
*Scott Street
*Dalhousie Street
*Rose Street
*New City Road
*Shamrock Street
*Cambridge Street

==Community groups==
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The Community Council is the longest established community group in Garnethill (since 1970's), and is currently operating with all ten positions filled following an election held in October 2023. The Community Councillors meet the second Monday of the month 7pm-9pm, in person in Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RE and also on Zoom. The meetings are open to the public and deal with community development, local issues, planning and licensing issues etc. Attendees include Local councillors, Glasgow Art School, Glasgow Film Theatre, local religious buildings, Police Scotland. 

A Neighbourhood Watch was setup in 2017 and they hold their public meetings in the Garnethill Multicultural Centre. Police Scotland are normally invited along to provide any updates, and for residents to raise any issues.

The Friends of Garnethill Greenspaces (FROGGS) is a constituted group whose focus is the green spaces of Garnethill, including the Garnethill Park. They organise and publicise regular community meetings e.g. litter picks and firing up of the Bread Oven in the park, etc. They have sourced funding and provided attractive planters on railings around the area.

There is also a Garnetbank Parents Council which has been running for many years, and is a group of parents whose offspring attend the Garnetbank Primary School on Renfrew Street. They operate mainly on Facebook and Twitter.

Celebrities who have visited the Oxford chip shop on Hill Street include Jeremy Corbyn, Kiera Knightley, Susan Boyle. 

Glasgow Film Theatre was built in 1939 and was Scotland's first arts cinema. Hollywood directors Quentin Tarentino, Martin Scorsese, Baz Luhrmann have visited here.  
==Literature==
''Garnethill'' is the first and title volume of a trilogy of crime novels by Glaswegian author [[Denise Mina]].  All three books are predominantly set in and around Garnethill, Glasgow, and its environs.

== Notable people ==

* [[Thomas King (botanist)|Thomas King]], botanist, lived at 110 Hill Street<ref name=":1">''[[The Glasgow Herald]]'', 17 September 1896</ref>
Alumnus of Glasgow School of Art include Robbie Coltrane, Peter Capaldi, Scott Hutchison.

Turner prize winners who have lived on Hill Street, Garnethill- Douglas Gordon, Richard Wright, Simon Starling and Martin Boyce. 

==References==

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{{Areas of Glasgow}}

[[Category:Areas of Glasgow]]
[[Category:Chinese diaspora in Europe]]