It was razed in the 1960s to make way for the M8 😞
It was the plush hotel that hosted a thousand Glaswegian weddings and was once described by an American visitor as "one of the finest and best-appointed hotels in Europe" - but that couldn't stop the relentless approach of the M8 Motorway.
Described by the Glasgow Herald as "an important addition to the accommodation of strangers visiting the city", right from the very start, the hotel attracted the great and good from all over Scotland and much further afield. December 1891, saw another US visitor arrive at the hotel: Colonel William Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill. The American hunter and showman extraordinaire was touring his famous Wild West show around Europe and stayed at the Grand for successive nights.
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