#Glasgow - Panopticon

I had never been in this building before today, and despite it being fairly run down it has an interesting history. The current charity hope to buy it and restore it I was told today? Built in 1857 it hosted some of the biggest names on the Music hall circuit including Stan Laurel in 1906. In that same year A. E. Pickard bought the building and changed its name to the Panopticon. He installed a freak show, a roof top carnival and a waxworks. He also excavated the basement and installed an indoor zoo (?!) The Panopticon was one of the first buildings in Glasgow powered by electricity and one of the first cinemas in Scotland. It closed in 1938 when it was sold to a tailors and converted to a workshop. It is currently being conserved by a trust.