{"id":25175,"date":"2020-01-28T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25175"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:34:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:34:58","slug":"petition-to-save-egyptian-halls-launched-by-the-alexander-thompson-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25175","title":{"rendered":"Petition to save Egyptian Halls launched by the Alexander Thompson Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25176\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/change_org_Egyptian_Glasgow_280120-300x256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/>Egyptian Halls is one of Glasgow&#8217;s most important buildings and a category A-listed masterpiece by Alexander &#8216;Greek&#8217; Thomson, but it has been empty for 40 years, so The Alexander Thomson Society has launched a new initiative calling on those \u2018with the power to influence this situation\u2026 to do all they can to SAVE EGYPTIAN HALLS\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Alexander Thompson Society writes:<\/p>\n<p>We believe it must be preserved and brought back into use. We are calling on those with the power to influence this situation &#8211; the owners, Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government &#8211; to do all they can to SAVE EGYPTIAN HALLS.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian Halls has been shortlisted by Europa Nostra for their 7 Most Endangered scheme, signing this petition will help us to demonstrate that there is public interest in this cause.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexander Thomson Society is counting on you.\u00a0 The Alexander Thomson Society needs your help with \u2018Save Egyptian Halls\u2019. Join The Alexander Thomson Society and 3,134 supporters today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/glasgow-city-council-save-egyptian-halls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more and sign the petition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian Halls is one of Glasgow&#8217;s most important buildings and a category A-listed masterpiece by Alexander &#8216;Greek&#8217; Thomson, but it has been empty for 40 years, so The Alexander Thomson Society has launched a new initiative calling on those \u2018with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25175\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25177,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions\/25177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}