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In fact, part of the reason it was created was to push up property prices in this upmarket city neighbourhood.
John Pattison purchased the estate in 1792 and extended it to the north. Pattison sold the house and lands three years later to the Dennistouns, a merchant family. In 1841 Colin McNaughton, another merchant, acquired the estate.purchased the Kelvingrove lands, along with neighbouring parts of the Woodlands estate, for more than £77,000, with the aim of forming a public parkland space.
Indeed, part of the reason for creating the park was to increase the value of local property in the vicinity by adding an appealing and fashionable green space. The West End Park, as it was then named, was mostly aimed at the middle classes who were settling in Glasgow’s West End.Commerce was not the only reason for Glasgow Town Council to create the park. The growth of the industrial revolution and huge surge in population in Glasgow, as in many cities, had severely limited outdoor space.
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