Glasgow is to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Some of the venues will be in the East End of Glasgow and will transform this area of the city, which has been in decline for years.

Preparations are well underway and already the east end of Glasgow has been transformed beyond all recognition with many old tenement buildings disappearing.

Here are some visualisations, kindly supplied by www.designhive.co.uk

I’ve made a table of where the events will take place in Glasgow…

Here is the official 2014 Commonwealth Games website. There’s more information here regarding dates and events, etc. www.glasgow2014.com

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