North Frederick St, west side north of George Sq. The building next to the George seems to have been the Glasgow office of the Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner, a Belfast newspaper which closed in 1982. September 1973
George Square and North Frederick St. September 1973
George Square, north side. 11 November 1973 ~ This was Sunday 11th, hence the uniforms. The two blocks on the north side of the square were the last, and best, of the Georgian buildings which once surrounded it. They would have been worth preserving, as contrast to (and relief from) the mighty public and commercial buildings which came to occupy the other three sides, but little regard was ever given to their integrity. An absurdly fussy porch, added around 1850 when the Royal Hotel occupied that part of the building, upset the balance of this east block, while the west block acquired an extra storey when it became the North British Hotel in 1904. Then, within spitting distance of the municipal offices, the east block was allowed to fall into decrepitude and was demolished in 1974. November 1973
