2016

NS5965 : People Make Glasgow

taken 10 years ago, near to Glasgow, Scotland

This is 1 of 2 images, with title People Make Glasgow in this square
People Make Glasgow
People Make Glasgow
People including a man with a traffic cone on his head, pretending to be a statue of Wellington on his horse NS5965 : Human statue on Buchanan Street. Can you spot him?

Viewed from Buchanan Street subway station, St Enoch subway station can be seen in the distance.
People Make Glasgow

"People Make Glasgow" is the city's latest promotion campaign. In the days and weeks leading up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the campaign slogan has been popping up at various prominent locations in and around the city centre.

Here is an extract from the campaign web site LinkExternal link ...

"Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB) is the official destination marketing organisation (DMO) for the city of Glasgow.
As a public / private organisation established by Glasgow City Council in 2005, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau's role is to communicate Glasgow's reputation as a world-class city in which to live, work, study, invest and visit.
As custodian of the PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW brand, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau works with numerous partners, stakeholders and businesses to position and promote Glasgow across national and international markets as one of Europe's most vibrant, dynamic and diverse cities.
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau is engaged in a wide-range of activity aimed at delivering economic and social benefits for Glasgow through leisure and business tourism. This activity comprises:
Development and implementation of the PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW city brand
Strategic destination marketing communications campaigns across key target markets
Bidding for, attracting and managing high-profile major events, conventions and exhibitions
Responsibility for conference and event accommodation bookings
- See more at: LinkExternal link


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: City, Town centre Primary Subject: People
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Street [1916] · Glasgow [1075] · Station [565] · Buchanan Street [465] Title Clusters: · People Make Glasgow [2] ·
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NS5965, 3346 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 March, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 30 March, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 590 654 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:51.6718N 4:15.2373W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 590 655
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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