Welcome to the second edition of this guide to goings on in Glasgow's Merchant City. Since the 17th Century Glasgow's Merchant City has rarely slept…and today is no exception. In fact there's more to get you out of bed and up 'til the wee hours than ever before - from espresso and bagel bars, through designer and artisan shopping circuits to the finest variety of restaurants and club venues in tinsel town - the old City merchants would have been proud. Their legacy of enterprise and adventure and their flair for business and setting out a stall lives on!

A visit to Glasgow's Merchant City today is not likely to lead to an encounter with the be-wigged and be-jewelled tobacco merchants who gave the area its name and the City it's great wealth and much of its amazing architecture; also its not probable that you'll come across the smells and sounds of the 'dead meat' market, but remnants of the old fruit and flower bazaar still hangs on and the products of both still feature highly in the award winning eateries of the area, mingling with the musical strains of jazz, folk, house and garage.

The area always took its sense of design and style seriously - whether it was the laying out of the stone, paved grid streets or the creation of vista stopping icons at the edge, like Hutcheson's Hall - now the scene of the Glasgow Style shop. The Merchant City has also added a new category of city living to the Glasgow estate agency patois - the urban loft dweller, the studio/workspace man and the penthouse or apartment inhabitant - whether its cool minimalism or modern classicism - Merchant City has a floorspace and a lifestyle that fits.

So if you have a love of design, a strong streak of individuality and love the buzz of business - what on earth has taken you so long to find us ?

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