St. Vincent Street

[1] St. Vincent Street was named to commemorate the victory of Sir John Jervis, on 15 February 1797, off Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal.

Its architectural style is the grandest of any city centre street with major innovations by architects of the 19th century through to the 21st.

Of its many notable commercial headquarter buildings are those of the Clydesdale Bank,[a] British Linen Bank, Union Bank of Scotland, Scottish Mutual Life Assurance, Scottish Amicable Life Assurance, J& P Coats, Coats Viyella, and on the crest of the hill is the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Some examples are noted here: The Union Bank of Scotland, 110 St Vincent Street [3] designed by architect James Miller; the North British & Mercantile Building, 200 St Vincent Street,[4] designed by Sir John James Burnet; the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow,[5] 232-242 St Vincent Street, founded in 1599; and St Vincent Street Church, designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson).

[6] In 2022, the street stood in for New York City during filming for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which was released in 2023.