Sauchiehall Street  Sauchiehall Street () is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street  Although commonly associated with the city centre, Sauchiehall Street is over in length. At its central west end is Charing Cross, followed by the Category-A listed crescents and terraces which lead up to Park Circus, finally meeting Argyle Street in the West End in front of Kelvingrove Park and the Kelvingrove Museum, where they merge to form Dumbarton Road, continuing through Partick. The two streets run parallel east to west through the city centre, before Argyle Street terminates as a continuous route after passing under the M8 motorway and exists in sections through Anderston (traffic continues onto the Clydeside Expressway), then restarts at Finnieston as a re-named continuation of St. Vincent Street running north-west to Kelvingrove. By contrast, Sauchiehall Street is continuous and fairly straight, and passes over the motorway at Charing Cross. Sauchiehall is a corruption of the Scots "sauchie hauch", "sauchie"; abounding in willows and "hauch"; a low-lying meadow by the side of a river (compare Sausalito, California). "Hauch" is pronounced 'haw' in Scots and can be mistaken for the Scots "haw", pronounced the same, meaning hall. At its height, Sauchiehall Street became one of the most famous streets in Glasgow, due to its panoply of entertainment venues and quality stores. The desire of wealthy merchants from 1800 onwards to own property on the outskirts of the city meant that Blythswood Hill and Garnethill started to be developed by William Harley  of Bath Street fame, who also planned and developed Blythswood Square  in the 1820s. As a consequence, the meandering country road from the Cathedral to Partick through the willows, and between these hills, acquired the name of the Saughie-haugh road. After it was straightened and widened in the 1840s it was named Sauchiehall Street and attracted more villas, tenement housing from 1860s, shops and eventually offices. A few of the original villas remained as of 1896, and lastly the 1960s, according to the Ordnance Survey map of Central Glasgow. Over time, the street has been home to a number of notable buildings, by distinguished architects.