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Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

Forgotten Buchanan Street landmark that was Glasgow's very first casino

It was the post-war Glasgow landmark that became home to the nation's first ever casino.

For more than 30 years the NAAFI building stood sentinel-like at the junction of three major city roads: Buchanan Street, Sauchiehall Street and Parliamentary Road.

Located roughly where the Royal Concert Hall's steps rise today, the distinctive-looking eight storey building was constructed on the site of the Imperial Hotel in 1953 at a cost of £100,000. It originally had three of its floors occupied by the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), which provided goods and support to British servicemen and their families.

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