Then and now: These Google Street View images show how Glasgow has changed over past decade

For more than a decade now, 360 degree panoramas of Glasgow’s streets have been captured on repeat by Google’s Street View project.

And, as time marches on, the interactive technology allows us to track the city’s innumerable changes in a way that has never before been possible.

Using Google Street View’s inbuilt time slider function, we take a look at 9 Glasgow views that have changed almost beyond recognition since the American multinational tech firm first visited the city in 2008.

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17. St Enoch Square - then

The redevelopment of St Enoch Square was already taking shape when the Google car first passed Argyle Street in the late 2000s. Photo: Google Street View

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18. St Enoch Square - now

A new St Enoch Square, fit for the 21st century and complete with an up-to-date entrance to the subway, has emerged. Photo: Google Street View