Glasgow’s Art Deco Heritage 4: Odeon Cinema, Renfield Street
Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Glasgow at 20:54 on 13 January 2015
Once the Paramount, before it became an Odeon, this is a building which is not as glorious as it used to be.
Full view from Upper Renfield Street:-
Corner element from Renfield Street:-
Renfiled Street aspect. Note the two men abseiling down the frontage, perhaps cleaning it:-
Detail of corner frontage:-
This is still a stunning looking building even if it needs a lot of tlc. I believe, however, only the facade remains as the Scottish cinemas website records. Compare this with this.
Tags: Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Glasgow, Odeon, Paramount
Roy Grieve
27 December 2015 at 13:37
A point re the Paramount/Odeon building. I think it was reported at the time of closure that a problem with the listed art-deco entrance building was that it was full of asbestos. I was wondering if that has been remedied, or if that is a further stumbling block which is putting off potential developers?
Best regards, Roy
jackdeighton
27 December 2015 at 21:27
Roy,
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
I hadn’t read about the asbestos. It could well be why the building is still in disuse.