Yeah, the photos I've uploaded are my own. I think I put that on some but may have forgotten on others.

Erebus we need to start raiding the Smileyface vault. I would if it didn't take so flippin long for them to load. :bash:

I know. That's the only thing pissing me off about the wiki - time to take to load just one photo! Smiley has some very useful stuff! :yes:

I'm getting a bit carried away with this image deleting thing - I almost deleted one of my own :ohno:.

hmmm... that is a bit of pickle. i apologise. im not great with legal shit... but if we all voted Communist at the last election then we could have all the pics we liked despite the social disharmony and possibility of civil war :lol: well, to make it easier for you, just delete all the pics and when you've finished, we can simply re-upload the pics that we have actually taken ourselves. If butterfield and Mr B doesnt mind? The last thing we need is the wiki getting shut down after spending so long trying to put it together. In future, i'll ask people if they would mind contrinuting their pics. Most people are alright with it as long as you give them a mention. Emporis might be pissed off though :shifty:

as for new members, i think we all know who Borrass hwfa is :lol: and testcard i'd guess is some guy thats taken the pictures and is pissed off. BUT at least he has been on the site. and if he has, so have other people. and thats what makes this thing satisfying that we are giving these people access to information on a topic that is very hard to research without trawling through a million sites and books.

Do we have any way of finding out how many people have looked/are looking at the wiki? It's just I like statistics, me. :yes:

I've still got my pics handy if you were to delete them all, only I probably won't get round to putting them back up again. :lol:

Thnaks Ineylon for reminding me about the blocks on Wilford Lane I completely forgot.
These blocks although they look gritty are actually quite nice inside. The flats you get are massive and you get a balcony. My mate lives in one and his living room is huge and he has a brilliant view of the river. It looks amazing at night with the memorial all lit up and the suspension bridge with it's nice lighting scheme.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Better.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Closeup2.jpg

a wee nugget i just uncovered, Glasgow has 321 residential tower blocks built between 1953 and 1978 according to Michael Keating in "The City That Refused To Die". carry on...

a wee nugget i just uncovered, Glasgow has 321 residential tower blocks built between 1953 and 1978 according to Michael Keating in "The City That Refused To Die". carry on...

How many floors need a building to be considered as a tower ?
8 floors ? 10 ? 12 ?

I just found this photo that I've had for ages on My Pictures. I've just cleaned it all up and sorted out all the files and came accross it.

It's a view of Nottingham that I don't think we've seen before. It shows Victoria Flats, Colwick Woods Court and the 5 Lenton Blocks which look really stubby from this angle. This picture makes Nottingham look like a town.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/aeroimagestamp-logo.jpg

It's a view of Nottingham that I don't think we've seen before. It shows Victoria Flats, Colwick Woods Court and the 5 Lenton Blocks which look really stubby from this angle. This picture makes Nottingham look like a town.



whose to say its not ;) ?

The fact that it has city status says it's not. :yes:

^^

Good reply! :okay:

Thanks for the extra local.live pics of Nottingham Stef, I take it that's the river Trent that those blocks are on where your mate lives? And the 5 Lenton Blocks on that other pic you found may look stubby but they look quite brutal and dominant from a distance. :happy:

a wee nugget i just uncovered, Glasgow has 321 residential tower blocks built between 1953 and 1978 according to Michael Keating in "The City That Refused To Die". carry on...

I thought Birmingham had about that many and Glasgow had many more. :dunno:

I beg to differ, they are no cities there, Leicester and Birmingham is merely a communist Urban Legend and Nuneaton is the only sizeable community of any size or distinction until you reach the Orkneys or truro in the South :yes:

Yeh Butterfield thats the River Trent. It's really nice on the other side of the river from where the blocks are. There are massive playing fields and you can walk down to Trent Bridge.
Theres the riverside festival in August which has a massive fireworks display and a fair which attracts over 100,000 people. It's a great atmosphere with all the canal boats lit up and people enjoying the usually warm weather.

Yeh Butterfield thats the River Trent. It's really nice on the other side of the river from where the blocks are. There are massive playing fields and you can walk down to Trent Bridge.
Theres the riverside festival in August which has a massive fireworks display and a fair which attracts over 100,000 people. It's a great atmosphere with all the canal boats lit up and people enjoying the usually warm weather.

Sounds nice! Although I'd be a bit worried if I was living there at the moment what with all this flooding. :eek:

I beg to differ, they are no cities there, Leicester and Birmingham is merely a communist Urban Legend and Nuneaton is the only sizeable community of any size or distinction until you reach the Orkneys or truro in the South :yes:

Erm... :weird:

The flooding hasn't really affected us here. The river is pretty high but it has to go at leats 20ft high for the river to burst it's banks. The flood defences are pretty good.
Anyway back to tower blocks. These are some videos called "Tower Block Dreams" in Southend. We haven't seen any blocks for Southend and you get some good shots of some of them. Ignore the rudeboys.

Part 1
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Part 2
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^^ they're not too chavvy then eh? Guess its true what they say about southend ;) j/k

This thread is overwhelming, its taking me ages to look at the pages i've missed.

Yeh Butterfield thats the River Trent. It's really nice on the other side of the river from where the blocks are. There are massive playing fields and you can walk down to Trent Bridge.
Theres the riverside festival in August which has a massive fireworks display and a fair which attracts over 100,000 people. It's a great atmosphere with all the canal boats lit up and people enjoying the usually warm weather.

Ooh you make sound lovely! Actually I do like the fesitival. Makes up for the KFC in Lenton being the most dangerous place in Britain. Would you risk life and limb for the colonel's secret recipe?

Anyway, was staying with friends in Haughton Green, Manchester and there were these just round the corner from them, which in this photo they look lovely, but are on the edge of a scummy estate.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/513493834_14434169db.jpg?v=0

Also whilst getting the bus into Piccadilly saw some old blocks with some very strange black extensions built on the side upto to half way. Any ideas what that is all about?

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=53.468343~-2.201801&style=h&lvl=18&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

Nuneaton town slogan. "Nuneaton - A place where you occasionally have to change trains"

Makes up for the KFC in Lenton being the most dangerous place in Britain. Would you risk life and limb for the colonel's secret recipe?

jeezo! i take it its not salmonella that makes that place dangerous. sounds like good fun though. Free with every meal... a barney outside :banana:

Those haughton green ones look refurbed

and theres no way in hell that im gonna watch a combined total of 3 hours of youtube videos!!! ...still i flicked through the first 2. Is southend a big town cos those blocks arent tiny.

jeezo! i take it its not salmonella that makes that place dangerous. sounds like good fun though. Free with every meal... a barney outside :banana:

"Sounds like fun". Several people have been shot dead around there over the last few years. From the BBC website:
"Lenton boasts a cash point with the most muggings in the country."

Upon saying that having lived in Leeds, Birmingham and Leicester I most like living in Notts.

Those haughton green ones look refurbed

Close up they didn't. I'll try and find some better pics as they're actually alot bigger than that pics suggests.

a wee nugget i just uncovered, Glasgow has 321 residential tower blocks built between 1953 and 1978 according to Michael Keating in "The City That Refused To Die". carry on...

Really?! I thought Glasgow had a lot more! Cor blimey.

I've deleted all the pictures that I think are copyrighted. I've left all of Butterfields, all of mine and some of yours that appear to have been taken by you. May that be a lesson to you! ;)

a wee nugget i just uncovered, Glasgow has 321 residential tower blocks built between 1953 and 1978 according to Michael Keating in "The City That Refused To Die". carry on...

Personally i think that figure is quite a lot considering blocks have continuously been demolished since the early 1980s. That means theres a lot more to see but i'll pop over to the Glasgow section first as theres probably lots on there that arent on here.

Just thinking about when tower blocks were first being demolished, some as early as 1981. There is an estate in Hull that contained a long line of, i think, 6 storey blocks near the city centre until the mid 80s but i'm unable to find anything about it. Ive only ever seen a picture of their construction in the local paper and i saw them on our version of Building Britain last week. Although there is still a strange looking, refurbished one that i suspect formed part of the original line of blocks but it seems to have had an over the top refurbishment to make it look as far away from the original look as possible.

Was it this lot in Hull?

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullinprint/archive/august2002/big_bangs_clear.php

Hull appears to have some great blocks. I really like the look of these. Have we had some better pics of them already ?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/459759143_3f963af2d3.jpg?v=0

And a skyline

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/477296803_2ead566df6.jpg?v=0

Yeah thats the only demolition yet of tower blocks in Hull.

Thats last one's good although some years ago there would have been two more in that picture next to the one on the right.

Lowestoft

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/488082618_6cab0f8ebc.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_Lowestoft.png

Original
http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lowespeterelim.jpg

Thats a new one for us. Its amazing what a lick of paint can do to a previously dull looking block.

Butterfield I just had a look through the Nottingham thread and a forumer posted some pictures of Nottingham city centre from like the 80's.
There is a pic of Victoria Flats before they were reclad.

It's really weird seeing this as you asked me about it yesterday and I didn't have a clue. Thanks to Danz13 for posting this.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/599469860_02e98cc8e2_o.jpg

^^

BRUTAL!!!! I guessed it would have been bare concrete back in tha day - they always were. Thanks for finding that. :yes:

That's a lovely building on the left and a contrasting nasty building in the centre of the picture! (Street level shack) :eek:


Lowestoft


I posted some pics of this block a while back as a nomination for the most eastern British tower block. However, these are different to the ones I posted so thanks!

If ever you want to know what's been posted before, use the search function somewhere at the top of the screen. :)

^^ Fantastic pic. Nice streaky concrete effect.

Although not many tower blocks in there, I give you my home town of Leicester's contribution to concrete misery. The St. Peters estate, St. Matthews estate and St Andrews estate (R.I.P).

St. Peters:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_st_peters_1.png

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_peters2.png

St. Matthews (you can get lost in here forever. Trust me, I have done walking home after a few beers):
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_matthews1.png

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_matthews2.png

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_matthews3.png

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/Live%20Search_st_matthews4.png

St. Andrews:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/133744337_650f605520.jpg?v=0

I posted some pics of this block a while back as a nomination for the most eastern British tower block. However, these are different to the ones I posted so thanks!

If ever you want to know what's been posted before, use the search function somewhere at the top of the screen. :)

I've thought no end of times, I wonder how I check what has been posted without going through the thread. The "Search This Thread" button!:wallbash:

I am a cretin and will never post a duplicate again. Promise. Apart from the Leicester one's above. Which I've posted before.

I've thought no end of times, I wonder how I check what has been posted without going through the thread. The "Search This Thread" button!:wallbash:

I am a cretin and will never post a duplicate again. Promise. Apart from the Leicester one's above. Which I've posted before.

:lol:

No, don't worry! We don't mind duplicates here, some pictures get posted and then forgotten about so it's good to be reminded of them once in a while. And as I said, the photos of Lowestoft you posted were different anyway. If it wasn't for repetitions this thread would have died ages ago. :lol:

Anyway, the pics of Leicester are definitely original. We haven't had many of Leicester before so I'm sure we'll all appreciate those! :okay:

I <3 this! pic! any more from St Andrews estate?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/133744337_650f605520.jpg?v=0

Right I have some more photos of some blocks in Nottingham. This is the last post of blocks in Nottingham that I'll do as I think I've flooded the thread abit too much with them lately.

The impact of the Lenton Blocks on the surrounding streets.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/53847777_2b457feb5f_b.jpg

Close Up of the facade.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/53848068_e14a767f64_b.jpg

Lenton Block with the steam cloud from Radcliffe On Soar Power station in the background. The power station is about 10 miles from where this shot was taken.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/102077054_79c074789b_o.jpg

The Four B's at sunset.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/139945284_3f07cc47b4_b.jpg

Wilford Lane Blocks at sunset with the reflections on the river.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/291870007_9d202523c6_b.jpg

The view from the roof of a block in Sherwood.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/408016234_fa8979d73a_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/408016242_0d9ff172b9_b.jpg

I <3 this! pic! any more from St Andrews estate?

Sorry Schemie. That's your lot. One of those places that appears destined to disappear forever as I can only find a couple of references buried deep in Leicester Council online docs and that one image.

Stef - I hope they never reclad the Lenton blocks. You can see where the panels were bolted on and everything. Marvellous.

...and where did you get those pics from the top of the my local lovelies in Sherwood.:) I want more! You can almost see my house!

Thanks Stef! Those views are incredible!! On the last one, is that Nottingham city centre in the distance on the right?

Nice street.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/53847777_2b457feb5f_b.jpg


Who dropped the bomb?

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/102077054_79c074789b_o.jpg

Sorry Schemie. That's your lot. One of those places that appears destined to disappear forever as I can only find a couple of references buried deep in Leicester Council online docs and that one image.

:no: dammit not another one. oh btw, made a major discovery today while foraging through the Mitchell library archives. I had no idea that Glasgow had an equivalent of Catsle Vale, but we do. Perhaps even on a bigger scale! Lady and gentlemen, i present... DARNLEY!

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA05322_m.jpg

34 of these 6-8 storey blocks were demolished in the early 1990s. These three are the only ones left! i actually never knew these existed. They were demolished mainly cos of shit architecture. the upper floors were almost illetable because there were no lifts and only young fit peoplr could climb the stairs!

^^ there's some buildings that were built recently that look like them (ish) in that 'worst architcture thread'.

i find them quite attractive :yes: especially if there were nearly 40 of them in a 1 square mile area

Butterfield the image you reffered to about it looking like the city centre.
The blocks on the right of the image look like they could be The Four B's and Braidwood Court.
The city centre would be to the left a couple of miles on the other side of the hill.

i find them quite attractive :yes: especially if there were nearly 40 of them in a 1 square mile area

I think they look alright as well but, the lack of lifts does make it a bit off putting as a place to live.

Right some blocks in Leeds. Many of the tower blocks in Leeds are the same design.

Lovell Grange I think. Not far from the city centre. These were some of the first blocks in Leeds.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/540542826_1f17f2a5eb_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/540542812_8b29d5be01_b.jpg

This block has been seen before. It's the one I used to be able to see from my flat.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/502431402_736deb7bca_o.jpg

Another block in LS6

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/90235065_f7d5a665ab_b.jpg

Not sure where this is but I can see them for the living room window im my old flat.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/93167854_49e975c22e_o.jpg

I pass these all the time on my way back up to Leeds in the car. They must have a brilliant view of the city centre.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/470655005_9e8f37f193_b.jpg

Same estate but different blocks. They look like 1 block but it's 2 seperate ones being demolished.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/248909791_5eff3a9bda_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/156659800_43acad63d0_o.jpg

Cottingley Heights & Cottingley Towers.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/225670036_4eca02dd92_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/43340343_1b10b62d9f_b.jpg

Random ones. Not sure where or what there called.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/15442008_7ae98cf82d_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/527762004_25a74ea6ce_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/492401864_6ce5c108c9_b.jpg

Lady and gentlemen, i present... DARNLEY!

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA05322_m.jpg

34 of these 6-8 storey blocks were demolished in the early 1990s. These three are the only ones left! i actually never knew these existed. They were demolished mainly cos of shit architecture. the upper floors were almost illetable because there were no lifts and only young fit peoplr could climb the stairs!

You got any other pics? could only find this very bad one of the demolition.

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/whiteinc/h4.jpg

Taken from the train going through Leeds. I think they are the ones that were posted earlier.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1465/picture153sp9.jpg

^^I like the look of them. They look like the Y blocks you used to find around Birmingham but only twice as tall! :happy:

:lol:

No, don't worry! We don't mind duplicates here, some pictures get posted and then forgotten about so it's good to be reminded of them once in a while. And as I said, the photos of Lowestoft you posted were different anyway. If it wasn't for repetitions this thread would have died ages ago. :lol:


Speak for yourself! :no: ;)

:no: dammit not another one. oh btw, made a major discovery today while foraging through the Mitchell library archives. I had no idea that Glasgow had an equivalent of Catsle Vale, but we do. Perhaps even on a bigger scale! Lady and gentlemen, i present... DARNLEY!

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA05322_m.jpg

34 of these 6-8 storey blocks were demolished in the early 1990s. These three are the only ones left! i actually never knew these existed. They were demolished mainly cos of shit architecture. the upper floors were almost illetable because there were no lifts and only young fit peoplr could climb the stairs!

:eek: Very nice! I don't think it is totally comparable to Castle Vale - Darnley was only 6-8 storeys, Castle Vale went upto 20 storeys :yes:. But impressive nonetheless! So are you looking through library archives to get your info? I should do that some time but my main problem is actually finding the entrance to my local library - it's on top of a 1970s shopping centre and mixed in somewhere with a multi storey car park! :gaah:

When were all the blocks in Darnley demolished?

Here are some tower blocks in Bradford. I don't know the names of all of them but they have been given collective names. the housing operator who owns them (about 15 of them) wants to refurbish each one and stick wind turbines on the top of them all.

These are the "Court blocks":
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/Erebus555/CourtblocksBradford.png

The "H blocks":
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/Erebus555/HblocksBradford.png

The "Y blocks":
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/Erebus555/YblocksBradford.png

Thank you Stef and tigers for your pictures. Those poor blocks being demolished in Leeds - it doesn't look all that long ago since they had a makeover! Although a modern refurbishment would have plastic added to it rather than just paint I'd have thought. Maybe they had a 90s makeover then.

I love Cottingley Towers/Heights. Massive, they are. :yes:

We haven't explored Bradford as yet - some interesting blocks there by the looks of it. :yes:

Welcome to Gosport, Hampshire. Population: 77,300.

These tower blocks were recently refurbished. They're not on fire - they're fireworks :).
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/Erebus555/Gosportblocks.png

I posted a mossive picture of one of those blocks some time ago.

Those blocks looks brilliant Erebus. I think tower blocks should be used more often for firework displays as loads more people would be able to see.
Sometimes you have difficulty seeing everything.

Here are the Gosport ones being refurbed (sorry Butterfield if they're duplicates. Oh I forgot - you don't mind duplicates :)).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/466643045_d86fd60eb4_b.jpg

And here's a tower block in Southsea, Portsmouth:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/391217893_d8c9ef024e.jpg

I think i've seen those ones from Gosport. I remember seeing them from the Isle of White ferry.

It cant be that good living with a view of white sheets for several months can it. That sheeting looks semi-see through around those blocks but 2 at the moment in Hull are totally covered in white sheets.

Some blocks from Manchester.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/112573305_ab21e62f5c_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/192121930_ee9d949e2e_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/212721792_94a44bad62_o.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/233176538_15879a8d08_o.jpg

Recently refurbished block.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/368442272_5d5b77069a_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/393545284_74c9257f1a_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/444220138_0f206f148e_b.jpg

I also found this picture of Chapeltown near Sheffield from 1983. I imagine that block has since been demolished.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/390191226_ada6fca0e1_o.jpg

More from South London

A pair of mid-rise blocks on the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. There are a pair of very similarily designed blocks near Surrey Quays tube station.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50031-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50015.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50016.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50017-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50014.jpg

In dire need of a refurb
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50032.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50018.jpg

Another two mid-rise blocks off Kennington Lane between Kennington and Vauxhall

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50027-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50028.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50030.jpg

A vista of South London blocks from the top (9th floor of the office block I work in)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50042-1.jpg

From the 8th floor of London Fire Brigade HQ on the Albert Embankment, looking towards the Etheral Estate off Kennington Road
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50045-1.jpg

Various tower blocks (including the Richard Rodgers designed Montevitro apartments) around Battersea as seen from Chelsea.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50075-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50081-1.jpg

The Worlds End estate in Chelsea
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50082-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50092.jpg

The topically named Glastonbury House in Pimlico
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50453.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/SUC50457.jpg

Nice pics Gaz. The blocks on the Vauxhall Gardens estate look fairly modern in the first picture and wouldn't need loads of work on the exterior for them to look up to date. Obviously when you look at them up close you see that there in quite bad shape but they should definately be kept.
Are many of Londons blocks likely to be kept do you think?

I like the glassiness of the first lot and the honeycombe effect on the second ones. Great views too GazKins! :okay:

I've just started a thread in the Leeds forum about tower blocks in Leeds and we should hopefully see some pictures soon enough. Fingers crossed.

Yeps I've just had a look. Use them wisely. :yes:

I've already had a smart arse comment by someone who said I should start a thread in the Birmingham forum about 60's concrete tower blocks. :weird:

wiggleyleeds is currently one of the most notorious trolls on the forum. He's managed to get threads closed due to the way he winds people up and is the most hated person in Birmingham! He gives Leeds a bad name even though he's not originally from there. :ohno:

The Vauxhall thingy estate looks awesome. They do need a bit of tlc but I don't think a refurb should be on the cards.

Wiggleyleeds is a dung beetle IMO. Small, insignificant and revelling about in shit (aka statistics). He's done good for this forum.

Anyway, what's wrong with concrete tower blocks. Yes, 400 were built in Birmingham in the postwar years but who could blame them when only 1,000 buildings in Birmingham were left untouched by the bombs. People needed to be housed and the population was growing rapidly. Birmingham's population peaked at 1.1 million in 1951 before tower blocks were even under construction in the city. This put incredible amount of pressure on the council to get these people housed. The scene was similar on a smaller scale in other cities. London, Manchester, Leeds, Hull etc etc all needed to house their growing population and the people who were left homeless. I see no problem with tower blocks other than the construction method of some and the poeple that moved into them.

So smart arse comments like them are only from the inexperienced and those who are unaware with the pressures facing their councils 50 years ago. People need to think before they speak sometimes. :ohno:

I remember Quarry Hill flats as a child. My mum used to tell me only bad people lived there. She was a bit of a snob. It's sad they have gone. Some of the newer developments Leeds City centre has seen, doesn't impress half as much as Quarry Hill did.

Hey aladdin! :hi: Welcome to the forums and the tower block thread! We don't bite!

You tend to find that bad people did live in the tower blocks but of course there were the kind lot. It was the bad people that really caused the demise of tower blocks, as well as public fear after Ronan Point and seeing Towering Inferno.

aladdin sane I've replied to your PM if you haven't already got it!

Wow - the Towering Inferno! :eek: Now there's a film. I watched that when I was really young and was absolutely fascinated by it. The woman falling out of the external lift upset me though! :cry:

Oh yeh, I have found some stats for you to drool and query over:

Number of highrise flats (not tower blocks but individual flats) constructed before 1972:

Glasgow - 33,000
Birmingham - 24,013
Liverpool - 19,270
Leeds - 11,930
Manchester - 9,530
Sheffield - 8,360
Newcastle - 6,170
Bristol - 5,450
Warley - 4,650
Nottingham - 4,300
Wolverhampton - 3,770
Hull - 3,710
Bradford - 3,080

Despite that, all these accounted for only 25% of all the highrise flats built in England by 1972 (that's excluding Glasgow by the way).

Didn't London have any flats built then? :|

I'm trying to find out. It's difficult as they were all built by different local authorities unlike the ones I mentioned above which were all built by one per city. Glasgow had the most built out of any local authority.

So Liverpool wasn't that far behind Brum then after all? Where you getting these figures from, anywhere reliable?

Anyway, what's wrong with concrete tower blocks. Yes, 400 were built in Birmingham in the postwar years but who could blame them when only 1,000 buildings in Birmingham were left untouched by the bombs. People needed to be housed and the population was growing rapidly. Birmingham's population peaked at 1.1 million in 1951 before tower blocks were even under construction in the city. This put incredible amount of pressure on the council to get these people housed. The scene was similar on a smaller scale in other cities. London, Manchester, Leeds, Hull etc etc all needed to house their growing population and the people who were left homeless. I see no problem with tower blocks other than the construction method of some and the poeple that moved into them.

Twaddle! Everybody knows that if you knock towerblocks down and move people into twee little houses, the dealers stop dealin', thieves stop thievin', whores stop whorin' and junkies stop scorin'.

Did I hear Kennington mentioned? I remember going to a pub in the base of a block in Kennington when I lived down there, can't remember for the life of me where it was or what it was called though, I'd had a few ales at the time.

some really fucking awesome blocks posted on the past page or so. Particularly like the South London skyline (from the 9th floor by Gazkins), Worlds End close up (also by GazKins), the two blocks being demolished Steph posted (Leeds i think?) and ALL the Manchester photies. yep, i love city blocks :yes:

no good pictures of Darnley on the internet. there were a few AWESOME pics in the library (they have everything in there, biggest public resource building in Britain apparently) that really moved me with the sheer scale of the estate, but the librarians wouldnt let me scan the images or copy them because of 'copyright issues'. The said 'issues' are getting right on my tits at the moment...

Yeh the pictures on the previous page were of Leeds. Theres still plenty more blocks to see from Leeds I hope I get some good results from the thread I started in the Leeds forum.
I didn't realise Nottingham built 4,300 flats. Thats quite alot.
800 posts wohoo!. :banana:

schemie your world is caving in. :pet: Deleted pictures, lewd librarians, loss of Paisleyshire tower blocks - can it possibly get any worse?! :ohno:

Stef - remember that number is individual flats, not tower blocks. :yes: And well done on your 800th post. :cheer:

Cor blimey, imagine 33,000 tower blocks in Glasgow and 24,000 in Birmingham :nuts:.

Sorry about the copyright business. Copyright's just an arse to understand and why people actually bother with it pisses me off too! :mad:

schemie your world is caving in. Deleted pictures, lewd librarians, loss of Paisleyshire tower blocks - can it possibly get any worse?!

you make my life sound so grim :lol: believe me life can get a whole lot worse for me. This living thing is cushty! you can delete all the pics you like and copyright my left testicle for all i care just leave me Paisley blocks alone!

i just seen these pictures on the Glasgow Photos forum. This photographer, Russell Davies is a genius! hes taken all these pics here:

Ibroxholm Oval from Partick
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/westend2.jpg
Cream ones are Springburn, brown ones are Balornock and Milton in the foreground
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m01.jpg
red Road
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m02.jpg
Together
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m05.jpg
The north east
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m03.jpg
Royston, Gallowgate also visible although its like 3 miles away
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m06.jpg
Sighthill
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m07.jpg
Townhead
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m08.jpg
Wyndford and Maryhill. Pollok in the distance
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m10.jpg
Maryhill
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m11.jpg
Anniesland Court
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m14.jpg

Saw these last night and I was like :eek: :eek: :eek:

Thanks for your commentary on them schemie. On the Sighthill pic, what are those three white blocks in the background? I also didn't recognise Red Road as only the tops are showing over the hill.

On the Sighthill pic, what are those three white blocks in the background?

East Kilbride, there 15 miles from where he's taking the picture.

im guessing these would be the white ones, West Whitlawburn, Cambuslang (used to be in Glasgow but was made a town in 1995)

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/3towers.jpg?t=1183059012

before the refurb:
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/MSFold.jpg?t=1183058914

more pics ive found recently:

Iona Court in Govan (russel)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/0001.jpg

Greenfield Court being demolished, Dundee
http://www.safedem.co.uk/about/2004_0425Image0029.JPG
http://www.safedem.co.uk/index_files/SAFEDEM7_r3_c1.gif
http://www.safedem.co.uk/images/photo_23.jpg
http://www.safedem.co.uk/images/photo_24.jpg

Foxbar demolition, Paisley
http://www.safedem.co.uk/images/foxbar_6.jpg

Mitchellhill
http://www.safedem.co.uk/images/Mitchellhill%20Demolition%20024.JPG

24 Crossbank Road/Queens Court demolition:
http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/Queens%20Court%20Blowdown%201.mpg

Oxgangs demolition, Edinburgh
http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/OxgangsDemolition.mpg

harefield and kilspindie court demolition, Dundee
http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/Harefield%20&%20Kilspindie.wmv

greenfield court and kellyfield court demolition
http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/Greenfield%20&%20Kellyfield%20Courts.wmv

Foxbar demolition, Paisley
http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/Paisley,%20Foxbar.wmv

How come Cambuslang became a town in its own right?

schemie you've given me a different answer to Boards. Now I'm confused. :gaah:

Twaddle! Everybody knows that if you knock towerblocks down and move people into twee little houses, the dealers stop dealin', thieves stop thievin', whores stop whorin' and junkies stop scorin'.


I love this quote from someone who used to live in the Balloon Woods flats in Nottm and said the flats were quite nice. Paints a delightful picture of the new low-rise utopia.

"The flats came down in???? and replaced with two story houses and two bed roomed bungalows.
If you saw those houses and bungalows now you wouldn’t believe they were only twenty years old if that.
The last time I past through there it looked like Baghdad, glass everywhere, cars on bricks, burnt out cars in back gardens, gardens turned into rubbish tips, and kids running about with nappies around their ankles, unbelievable.
Sorry but if you put a pig in a house it doesn’t take long before said pig turns it into a sty.
Just before they built the flats there was a rumour that there might be something wrong with the foundations of said flats."

Boards is probably right. i just made a rough guess about what 3 white blocks lurk in the south east. ive never been to EK so i dunno what the blocks look like down there.

and Cambuslang was a town before it was annexed by Glasgow. Glasgow used to just be the north and west part so the east and south areas used to all be villages/towns anyway. I'd guess it would have something to do with money/investment. Rutherglen was also made a town in '95 and Robroyston is likely to follow suit in a few years.

Yeah Rutherglen and Cambuslang were towns outside Glasgow and then in the 60' or 70's the Council for the towns decided to spend the last of it's money by building loads of Commieblocks and the Tower Blocks at Whitelawburn and Cambuslang and Rutherglen Town Centres. Then they became towns again and are now stuck with all these blocks...Yaaas, and the thing is I see all these blocks every saturday. The whitelawburn reclads are top notch, shame they are taking there time though, it's been like 5 years since they started on the first block and they still have 2 left to go.

Damn you Schemie, I asked Russell a couple of weeks ago if I could use those pictures and forgot to check for a reply which he gave 10 days ago, damn damn. Just Kidding though Schemie still Damn though. Argh!!! :jk:

Anyway heres one you didn't post up. Thanks to Russell for this, it's of Stepps in between Glasgow and Cumbernauld.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/sax0vtr/Glasgow%20views/m04.jpg

:eek: And who said wind turbines were ugly?!

:eek: And who said wind turbines were ugly?!

Not me. Although I don't know why we need all these wind farms, surely we have enough wind as it is.

Those Russell Davies pictures are great. They really make me want to go to Glasgow. I feel a weekend break coming on. Over to laterooms.com...

:hahaha:
Although I don't know why we need all these wind farms, surely we have enough wind as it is.


and I didnt post the Stepps pic because i wasnt sure if that was a tower block in that picture or not. it certainly looks strange. not many black tower blocks about. It looks like a dwarfed version of Gallowgate... dressed like a ninja...

The Ninja Block up close, I see what you mean Schemie.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Stepps.jpg

Is that pink coloured film on the windows or the sunset? It certainly looks different to other buildings. Still undecided if I like it or not.

No the windows are pink, just found out Tony Blair lived in Stepps for a wee while.

are you sure its residential? it looks very office-y to me with the tinted windows and all those antennas on the roof.

Hutchesontown lighting display on one of the derelict flats that were demolsihed(I like the countdown):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-nVLWb2B2Y

I thought it was residential but now that you mention it i'm not sure, i'll try and find that one out for you Schemie

lots of yellow vans down at the base... possibly just a grizzly looking office block...

I don't know if these pics have been posted before but these are our beloved Radford flats in Nottingham.

(Pictures courtesy of Liamkm. I 'ope 'e don't mind!)

http://www.liammcgrath.com/nottingham/radford_2.jpg

http://www.liammcgrath.com/nottingham/radford.jpg

Don't you just lav them?

Gah! you leave this thread for a day and it grows faster than something... or other....

I tried forever looking for pics of it, but alas i could not find it but then I remembered Live Local and BAM!

BATH'S Very own tower block.


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/untitled-1.jpg

^^

OMG!!!!! :eek: :eek: BATH has a tower block????!!!! :eek: It's even built in the yellow Bath/Cotswold stone or whatever it is round there!! :happy: :happy: :happy: Just look how it blends in with all the other buildings. The same thing can't be said for those green roofs though. :lol: Thanks for that helium - a new discovery for us. :yes:

And thanks Nottseagle for posting those pictures of Nottingham - we haven't seen those from those angles before. Very interesting shapes and very imposing too!

lol i dont think ive seen that many smileys in a post before ^^ its like watching a cartoon!

it took me sometime to realise there was a tower block in that picture. those green roofs stole my attention for a bit...

Notts Eagle takes our nottingham forumers to 3. outnumbering Glasgow, Birmingham and Blistor (wtf?) its like a martian invasion altho im sure that stef, ineylon and Eagle boy dont have green skin and and stuff like that.... or do they :shifty:

I no I don't have green skin. The others may have though.

When I was younger I thought my skin was green - that's how we found out I was colourblind! :happy:

^^ is that possible?!

^^What? Green skin or colourblindness? :)

^^ seeing green skin becuase you're colourblind.

didn't think that was possible...

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C4091DCB-44CF-4218-96B7-CEF4F3F7AFF9/0/orricle_01.jpg

these blocks were up for demolition but due to where they are located, above the Riding's Shopping Centre, it was decided that it would be too costly to safely demolish so they came up with a scheme to refit the blocks inside and out.

If my memory serves me, these blocks were put up around 1967 and maybe completed around 1969. I'm fairly sure as a child (born 65) I can remember them being built.

They are, Warren House, Trinity House, Tudor House, and......my memory fails me on the fourth one.

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5C44821A-9CEA-49E0-AE48-40FF057390D3/0/kirkgate_flats.jpg

Work to refurbish them started 4 years ago by Wakefield Council Housing who later (2005) became Wakefield District Housing, the single largest social housing stock transfer at that time.

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D41234E0-2BF5-4137-A568-535835166681/0/walker_john_01.jpg

I have to say that they certainly have brightened up the city centre. New visitors to the city assume they're new builds and shocked when told they are in fact old 60's blocks gone through a face lift. On a nighttime, the partially glassed roof spaces light up, looking rather splendid.

I believe the refit has won design awards. Wakefield Civic Society, who reportedly hated the blocks pre-refit, gave them a design award.

http://tinyurl.com/242ojn

^^ very quirky looking, the yellow colour rather bizarrely reminds me of the seaside.

also they remind me of something made in Simcity.

^^ seeing green skin becuase you're colourblind.

didn't think that was possible...

Well I'm not exactly sure if it was green (I was about 3/4 at the time), but my mom told me that I repetitively asked her why my skin was green. So she took me to the opticians who worked out I was colourblind! My skin doesn't look green to me anymore but I'm still colourblind! Strange old world! :|

^^ very quirky looking, the yellow colour rather bizarrely reminds me of the seaside.

also they remind me of something made in Simcity.

life in Wakefield is very simcity like. :)

My skin doesn't look green to me anymore but I'm still colourblind! Strange old world!

gee! erebus, check out those bright pink blocks with the purple spots :lol: hang on, thats bordering on discrimination. apologies.

thos wakefield blocks look IMMENSE! if Noddy and Big Ears were real, they would live in a Wakefield tower block :yes: it would match his red and yellow car. looks like you have quite a few blocks there. Any more shots of Wakefield's more boring flats?

gee! erebus, check out those bright pink blocks with the purple spots :lol: hang on, thats bordering on discrimination. apologies.

those wakefield blocks look IMMENSE! if Noddy and Big Ears were real, they would live in a Wakefield tower block :yes: it would match his red and yellow car. looks like you have quite a few blocks there. Any more shots of Wakefield's more boring flats?

Primrose House, Kirkgate, Wakefield

http://www.coverstructure.com/f2p/images/gillsike1.gif

http://www.coverstructure.com/f2p/images/gillsike2.gif

http://www.coverstructure.com/f2p/images/gillsike3.gif

http://www.coverstructure.com/f2p/images/gillsike4.gif

built in the early 1960's, another three blocks of the same design - Gillsike House, Greenwood House and St Michael's House are all now modernised.

My granny used to live in Primrose House.

The really grim looking ones are now the Kirkgate Apartments. I can't find any before pictures of those.

thats a very subtle refurb in comparison :yes:

with almost total irrelevance, todays banner with Liverpool on it is stunning.

Thanks aladdin sane for the Wakefield pics and information! I too am surprised at the amount of tower blocks in Wakefield and the rather dense syline. I just love the yellow blocks. :happy: They must have cheered the place up a bit. What colour were they before?

Thanks aladdin sane for the Wakefield pics and information! I too am surprised at the amount of tower blocks in Wakefield and the rather dense skyline. I just love the yellow blocks. :happy: They must have cheered the place up a bit. What colour were they before?

we have 7 in the immediate city centre with two more on the outskirts. After that, you need to travel to Pontefract/Castleford to find any more.

Before Kirkgate Apartments were refurbed, they were a dull colour brick and concrete painted different colours on the different blocks. They were classic dull, brutal 1960's towerblocks, but I loved them for it. :)

We've been after pictures of those Wakefield blocks for ages. Cheers. I would like to see them before they were ruined though. :)

How many are there in Pontefract/Castleford?

More blocks from the Porter Street area of Hull

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1271/picture175fh1.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2052/picture178wb3.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8186/picture182xd5.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/207/picture183mc8.jpg

Don't know if anyone has informed you guys yet, but one of the Dalmarnock blocks is going to be demolished tonight.

These pics are Paul ferrie's, hope he don't mind me using them

http://www.scotflash.co.uk/img/dalmarnock14.jpg
http://www.scotflash.co.uk/img/dalmarnock13.jpg

i know i was there! :carrot: it was fucking the bees knees!

I missed it, I arrived at 18.00 and it was 15 minutes earlier than the earliest you guys on the Glasgow demolition thread said.:cry:

Poor Dalmarnock looked emptier with only 1 block now.

Alex's flat in 'Clockwork Orange' by Stanley Kubrick was apparently located in this tower block :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Aguirre44/alexflattower.jpg

For more information :
http://alexdlg.tripod.com/acolocations.html

Do you think there will be any pictures of the demolition? Schemie did you manage to get any?

Do you think there will be any pictures of the demolition? Schemie did you manage to get any?

There is this set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zolita1908/sets/72157600588487755/)

That Clockwork Orange block has a similar colour scheme to St. Cuthbert's Court in Gateshead, which was part of the complex that Glenda lived in, in Get Carter. (picture on page 25 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=408485&page=25)) Must be an officially approved colour scheme for flats that feature in cult films.

I love the way Liverpool's Dead 60s use the tower blocks as a backdrop to their video. [speakers on 11:) ]

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I love the way Liverpool's Dead 60s use the tower blocks as a backdrop to their video. [speakers on 11:) ]

Speakers on 1, I don't think the rest of the office would like the Dead 60s. Seen them a couple of times, alright band like.

Now, for 10 points, can anybody identify the blocks?

Seen them a couple of times, alright band like.

Now, for 10 points, can anybody identify the blocks?
Well that's a couple of times less than me.
Good question about the location. Would it be the Westway in London? I know the band are quite partial to The Clash.

Heres some pics I found of the demolition of 131 Allan Street. Thanks schemie, I was a bit of an idiot saying it was millerfield place. So my correction is:

R.I.P 131 Allan Street.:cry:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/dal.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/dal2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/dal3.jpg

Alex's flat in 'Clockwork Orange' by Stanley Kubrick was apparently located in this tower block

any idea where it is GM?

can anybody identify the blocks?

wtf? how can you identify silhouettes! they could be any block any where!!!

bit of an idiot saying it was millerfield place.

YES YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID YOU IMBECILE!!! :bleep: getting a tower block thats 100m away from an identical block mixed up is totally unforgivable!

...btw, this is sarcasm in its most extreme. dont go taking it to heart, B-boy.

YES YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID YOU IMBECILE!!! getting a tower block thats 100m away from an identical block mixed up is totally unforgivable!

:lol: so sorry Schemie, I'll go hang my head in shame.

...btw, this is sarcasm in its most extreme. dont go taking it to heart, B-boy.

B-Boy?, B...Boy? oh ho ho you just stepped in dangerous stuff there, Sche.........eh...........damn can't think of anything to name you..............uh..............sche...........oh I give up, anymore thinking and I'll bust most brain cells.

Also the Evening times has an article on the demolition.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1511834.0.tower_block_is_gone_in_just_five_seconds.php

Well that's a couple of times less than me.
Good question about the location. Would it be the Westway in London? I know the band are quite partial to The Clash.

Isn't everyone? Although to be fair I thought they might have been a bit closer to home. Depends how much of a perfectionist the director was I suppose.

any idea where it is GM?

It's Canterbury House in Borehamwood isn't it?

wtf? how can you identify silhouettes! they could be any block any where!!!

No they couldn't, you can make out several of their features which would give you a clue.

Isn't everyone? Although to be fair I thought they might have been a bit closer to home. Depends how much of a perfectionist the director was I suppose.

So you don't know either? Sorry, I got the impression that you did.

Did you take any pics at all your Dead 60s concerts? Love to see them.

^^ ahh...

I'll bust most brain cells.
:hahaha: your command of the english language already has me on the floor laughing. and whatever dangerous stuff i stepped in could not be any more dangerous than what i stepped in last night en route home from Dalmarnock. Fuck "Glasgow Smiles Better", it should be "Glesga Dugs do the Biggest Dumps"...

speaking of Dalmarnock, which was actually immense, ive just uploaded my pics from yesterday. heres all the blocks i met along the way:
Stirlingfauld Place. No cars in the car park suggest its now empty. The front block has already been locked up and theres a ton of graffiti building up around the base. This is the back block, although the picture corrupted a little bit :shifty:
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture219.jpg?t=1183383687
Sandiefield Road tower blocks. these have actually been refurbished despite looking very boring. I think it must have been the rain that corrupted the image:
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture220.jpg?t=1183383791
Hutchesontown refurb
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture221.jpg?t=1183383908
Gorbals from the River Clyde
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture222.jpg?t=1183383949
Waddell Court estate
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture223.jpg?t=1183384000
Tower blocks on Ruby Street, Bridgeton being refurbed
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture225.jpg?t=1183384084
Dalmarnock. From four down to 2. in 2 hours time down to 1.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture227.jpg?t=1183384152
4 Millerfield Place - life expectancy of 3 months
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture231.jpg?t=1183384503
131 Allan Street - life expectancy of 90 minutes
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture229.jpg?t=1183384439
From a nearby tenement
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture233.jpg?t=1183384536
ready to meet your maker?
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture236.jpg?t=1183384595
1 hour til blow down. Security is tight. polis wouldnt let me cross the road near the barrier.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture238.jpg?t=1183384640
5:41pm, nae pals :(
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture249.jpg?t=1183384997
Gallowgate's monsters are never too far away
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture246.jpg?t=1183384822
Parkhead refurbs. In GHA colours.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture248.jpg?t=1183384945

Great pictures there schemiester those first few are actually really good, did you walk all the way from Johnstone to Dalmarnock?:?


The refurbs look quite nice in the GHA colours:)

Waddel Court are ugly fuckers, dark lumpy concrete for an exterior, then there is those awful coloured roofs. Yuck!!!:no:


I love Sandiefield road, I don't know why but when I was younger whenever someone mentioned "High Flats" I always thought of them, how strange...:shifty:

Please don't slag my english, not my best subject at school as you could probably guess.

is anyone watching The Tower on BBC1?

Some statistics from the tower block wiki which are obviously wrong:

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^^ nah my tv is fucked. thats asda price...

did you walk all the way from Johnstone to Dalmarnock?
:eek: get tae fuck! i walked from central station. wouldve taken me ages to walk from J-town. its like 10 miles away. plus another 3 miles to the east end... i did walk to Scotstoun once. got the wee ferry across at renfrew one summers day last year. then i discovered public transport :)

Waddel Court are ugly fuckers, dark lumpy concrete for an exterior, then there is those awful coloured roofs.
ive never been a big fan of them either. but they do make a nice cluster. hopefully the planned refurb will be as good wuality as the others and not this pish:
http://www.futureglasgow.co.uk/demolition/Gorbals2.jpg

sandiefield road... from a distance they look dull, boring, cheap (that lift shaft sticking out doesnt help). but when you get close to them they are TALL! Taller than the laurieston flats. they also have the coolest entrance. lts all quiffed up like Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, but the pre fabricated-ness of it... just looks so dated. btw my mate Scott was born in one of the blocks and his cousin still lives in Norfolk Court :yes: thats as far as my gorbals connections go.

no page views my backside! how come that guy found we were using his pics? i take the 154,000 users are for the whole of wiki-dom and not just us.

I really don't have a clue. But it is obviously wrong! Ah well, at least we can revell in the knowledge we have 1500 tower blocks listed on the wiki! :happy:

1500 down. around 6000 to go :pepper:

btw, could i suggest that we make a new category: "Demolished tower blocks in ______" ? it would help to see whos knocking them down and whos keeping them up.

is anyone watching The Tower on BBC1?
Yeah I watched this last night. Thought the whole thing was really interesting. Some great shots of the tower when it was empty and the surrounding flats.

Not that I'd want to spend any time with either the old residents or the new ones. Thought the comment from the vacuous marketing girls about "in a years time they'll be a Starbucks" summed up peoples idea of urban regeneration.:ohno:

Waddel Court are ugly fuckers, dark lumpy concrete for an exterior, then there is those awful coloured roofs. Yuck!!!:no:

The roofs are awful, but I wouldn't say they were ugly. You've got the love the detail on the side and those balconies. And they were the first ones up in Hutchesontown. Designed by Robert Matthew, no less.

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA00803.jpg

is anyone watching The Tower on BBC1?

I watched it last week, hence, I didn't watch it last night, although maybe I should have. I got sucked into that Ramones documentary on More 4.

Brighton
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/476860007_10e73913ce.jpg

Halifax
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/443609771_3b3e4cc4c9.jpg

Cumberland Towers, Ipswich
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/314136325_9bf7406bf0.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/314136632_e600e22fa7.jpg

Little Holbeck, Leeds
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/452435208_c62c5539b7.jpg

Chapel Allerton, Leeds
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/427045521_0d23767df8.jpg

Islington, London
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/339754870_10fb291f58.jpg

Stratford, London
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/17045279_4b3aef0b5c.jpg

"London"
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/20652297_b34d64f3f1_o.jpg

Glencairn Tower, Motherwell
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/395834374_0f9b4de92e.jpg

Jesmond, Newcastle
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/441091500_27216502ce.jpg

Portsea, Portsmouth
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/237605475_caaa76107b.jpg

Avenham Flats, Preston
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/437467572_cd89800c1e.jpg

Church Street, Egremont, Wallasey
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/331737724_6d0c8b2347.jpg

Wow!! that one in Newcastle looks incredibly tall.

Wow!! that one in Newcastle looks incredibly tall.

That's Vale House, 80 metres, 28 floors.

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA00803.jpg

That's a great image, they've even got St. Enoch Station in it.:okay:

Anyway Waddell Court make up a substantial portion of glasgows skyline, as do the whole of the gorbals.

Example.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Gorbals.jpg

Imagine that same skyline in 1993 before Queen Elizabeth Square was demolished and before Cumberland and Old Rutherglen Road were Demolished.

Schemie, how long till...

...this...
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Gorbals2.jpg

...becomes this...
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Gorbals2ext.jpg
...?

is it a matter of days, weeks or months?

btw, could i suggest that we make a new category: "Demolished tower blocks in ______" ? it would help to see whos knocking them down and whos keeping them up.

where the ______ is, is it supposed to be a year or city? I suppose we could do both but then some tower block article would be overwhelmed by categories :|

that newcastle block is much taller than ianything else ive seen from there. It looks fantastic. If only it had a few brothers and sisters. stand alone blocks look so lonely... i also like the Halifax blocks ;yes: nice little selection there. thanks for that.

is it a matter of days, weeks or months?

according to FutureGlasgow.co.uk it should've been down by now. According to the GHA, it shouldve been empty by this time last year. I know for a fact the front block is deserted. They have put up those metal doors at the entrances and theres lots of graffiti building up suggesting that the concierge staff have left. The back block i think has been recently cleared. No sign of life at all. no cars in the car park suggest even the concierge has gone. They are both in a right state though. As great impression as they make from a distance close up.... brrrr... how many windows are smashed i wonder? and the concrete is filthy. stained from damp. all the retailers on the ground floor, all closed a long time ago and there were a dozen or so broken bottles lying on the ground. I think we are talking over. This time next summer, at the earliest. its a big job and it certainly won't be easy to do with the size, with the width, with the sheer scale of the things. they will be around for a while yet, they havent even started to strip them, but im no expert.

i meant by city, eg:

15 storey tower blocks
tower blocks in Sheffield
tower blocks built in the 1950s
demolished tower blocks
demolished tower blocks in Sheffield

:? it was more out of curiosty than anything else. i remember watching dalmarnock go down and thought, "how many is that now?" and on the bus i was thinking, "how many have they demolished?" "how many have they demolshed?" like the big concrete freak that i am :lol: and thought this might be a good idea. especially in a few years time when demolition really kicks off in the run up for the Olimpics, Commonwealth Games, planned regeneration etc.

Alright then! City it is :happy:! It's going to be a bit of a task to recategorise 199 articles! I notice someone's already made the Glasgow sub-category though :)

great pictures here.I wanna post a few from London.Hope they havent already been up. But i reckon they havent.Let me just stick one on as a tester cos im sure if ive got it right how to post stuff on here

:) damm didnt work

http://www.geocities.com/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton2.jpg

ok i got it now
So these first ones are from the London borough of waltham forest in East London.
This is the beaumont road estate,Leyton e10

This is cathall road estate in Leytonstone E11, waltham forest

Other waltham forest estates

Hey there and welcome to the forum taki163.:wave: I'm sure all the guys will make you feel welcome on these forums, always.

Those pics are brilliant, some of the blocks look like right monsters in heigh and bulk. i don't think those pics have been posted up before but boy are they good, have you got any more on you?

Keep up the good work.

Welcome Taki163. Nice to have a new forumer thats interested in tower blocks. The numbers are slowly rising.

Most tower blocks and mid rise estates have been demolished in Waltham Forest over the past 5 years.Only 12 towers left in the borough

They're not loading. You got tags all good but I think there may be a problem with the pictures themselves, like you are not allowed to display them on another website other than geocities? :?

Welcome aboard taki.

Your photos don't work anymore though - you've exceeded the Geocities data transfer limit. If that's your hosting, you might want to host them at imageshack or flickr.

Also, don't suppose you have any pics of the single block off Oak Hill in Woodford Green would you? I've been looking for a picture for ages. And have you posted any of that lot off Broadmead Road in Woodford? Broadmead Flats isn't it?

that newcastle block is much taller than ianything else ive seen from there. It looks fantastic. If only it had a few brothers and sisters. stand alone blocks look so lonely... i also like the Halifax blocks ;yes: nice little selection there. thanks for that.

It's only 3 metres taller than Shieldfield House and Bewick Court, and 5 taller than Cruddas Park house. It looks quite remote in that picture, doesn't it?

That road in Halifax is mental. It's called Burdock Way, and there is quite a bit of information about it here (http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/burdockway/)

yeah data transfer limit exceeded.wots that all about? Cant u see the first ones i posted? ot just the last lot? Having a look at this imageshack thing now

Just the Last lot, the first lots are fine.

I can't see any of them for some reason.

geocities say that if more than 4.2 mb are viewed from your website by visitors in an hour then your site closes down as punishment hehe wot a con-gotta pay out for everything these days

okay since last time i checked, all your pics have stopped working.

im guessing mr b that you viewed them before it closed down and the pics are in your cache temp files or wotever.Not that i know much about computers and that

maybe not then

im guessing mr b that you viewed them before it closed down and the pics are in your cache temp files or wotever.Not that i know much about computers and that

Yeah, they were good pics as well. I don't understand Computer Jibberish either

More blocks in Leeds.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/551982339_75383667fb_b.jpg

The red arrow is my old bedroom window in the student halls I lived in. That was the view I had from the living room window on the other side.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitled-2.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/ba11940a.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/ba11952.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/ba11968.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/St_Jamess__Hospital_ba12045.jpg

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/pthumbs/small/9074/leyton3.jpg

geocities say that if more than 4.2 mb are viewed from your website by visitors in an hour then your site closes down as punishment hehe wot a con-gotta pay out for everything these days

Did you check out imageshack? http://www.imageshack.us/

Stef - on your first pic, what is that grey building on the left hand side, kind of in the foreground? It looks like a really modern tower block of the old skool, only new!

imageshack tried to register - reg page not opening

this one works -hotlink files.com - but the picture is tiny - thats no good

Butterfield - It used to be offices and was infact built in the 60's I think. It was given a cheap and nasty refurb and turned into a park plaza hotel.
Taki - You could try photobucket. Thats what I use and you only have to click on the link then paste it in here and it always works.

^^

It looks nice in grey though, or at least from a distance. :yes:

Look at it up close and when the sky is grey. Your opinion will change I reckon. It'd look alot better if the materials were aluminium or something so they looked shiny in the sun but they used plastic instead :no: >(

ok i got it now
So these first ones are from the London borough of waltham forest in East London.
This is the beaumont road estate,Leyton e10

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton4.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton6.jpg






This is cathall road estate in Leytonstone E11, waltham forest

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone4.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone5.jpg

Other waltham forest estates

Hillyfields estate walthamstow E17

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/walthamstow1.jpg

Chingford hall estate E4

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/chingford1.jpg

Oliver close estate Leyton (part of the estate seen from Leyton Orients stadium :) - bloody hell its

really difficult to find pics of most parts of london

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton7.jpg

This ones the most typical block Waltham forest had - lots of estates had these ones - oliver close,

boundary road, gosport road, and browning road estates

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton9.jpg

Look at it up close and when the sky is grey. Your opinion will change I reckon. It'd look alot better if the materials were aluminium or something so they looked shiny in the sun but they used plastic instead :no: >(

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9876/picture201wq4.jpg

Most tower blocks and mid rise estates have been demolished in Waltham Forest over the past 5 years.Only 12 towers left in the borough

Marlowe road estate walthamstow

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/walthamstow2.jpg

Leyton grange estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton11.jpg

Montague road estate leytonstone

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone10.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone9.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone6.jpg



The demolished stuff...

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/chingford2.jpg


http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/chingford3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/walthamstow5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton12.jpg

..is being turned into this

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone8.jpg

But the kids still do this :)

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/lstone7.jpg

The Beaumont Road Estate looks so rundown but I like the grittiness of it.

Been looking at loads of old pics of Leeds and never realised how big / long the Quarry Hill flats were.

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/29/4829.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/02/20031021_76589602.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/40/20031021_96532840.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/45/20031029_60648745.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/55/20031010_66221255.jpg

Bludy hell they look like a version of the Berlin Wall in the second picture.

Next to Leyton youve got Stratford E15

Stratford E15, Abbey lane estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/statford1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford4.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford6.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford8.jpg


Stratford E15, Carpenters road estate


http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford10.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford12.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford13.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford13b.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford14.jpg


Leyton road area

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford19.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford9.jpg

Leytonstone road area

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford16.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford17.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford18.jpg


South Stratford area,West Ham lane

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford20.jpg

Next to Stratford youve got Plaistow E13 and after that canning Town

Brooks Estate, Plaistow

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow7.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow4.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow8.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow23.jpg



Boleyn,Upton Park E13/6

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/boleynuptonpak.jpg



Down a bit further you got Canning Town E16

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/canningtow3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/canningtown1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/canningtown2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/freemasons1.jpg




Kier Harding estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/kierharding1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/kierharding2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/plaistow5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/customhousewoodpont.jpg



Then getting down the bottom of East London right by the the Thames youve got North Woolwich E16

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/northwoolwich1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/northwoolwich2.jpg

oooh ooooh oohh my GOD! London... demolition... tall, brutal blocks... GRIME :drool:

:banana:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/customhousewoodpont.jpg

:carrot:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/canningtown1.jpg

:pepper:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/walthamforest/leyton9.jpg

:pepper: :carrot: :banana:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford16.jpg

is that the best block iv have ever seen? its perfect. even with the condom advert on the side :lol:

oh btw, went into Glasgow 2day and got some pics. ive posted them up on the Glasgow Tower Blocks forum. But then i got on the wrong train and ended up in Irvine, a new town in Ayrshire. While waiting, frustrated and hungry, on a train back home i spotted these 5 refurbs:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture259.jpg?t=1183488513

:pepper: :carrot: :banana:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/stratford16.jpg

is that the best block iv have ever seen? its perfect. even with the condom advert on the side :lol:

I was just about to post about what a great block this is!

Shuttleworth House, Lincoln being flooded earlier in the week. Saw the news with all the residents being pulled out by boat.

http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/c2c/galleries/cache/derivative/6/6/6682559.jpg
http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/c2c/galleries/cache/derivative/6/6/6682564.jpg
http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/c2c/galleries/cache/derivative/6/6/6682573.jpg

Hey taki! Welcome :hi:

I see the pictures now :). They're great! You can see why alot of people want tower blocks to go :(

wouldnt like to be flooded in a tower block. it be like being under siege.

yeah they're real man's blocks those ones but i love them. london cant be beaten when it comes to sheer brutalism. it can be equalled though ;) give me a G... after todays wee ramble ive fallen in love with my city all over again :kiss: Cowcaddens is brutally beautiful but my camera corrupted those pics :mad:

That is a fantastic block though. Really tall... 30 storeys? What is it called?

condom block is henniker point.They were into wacky paint jobs in that area in the 90s

London is a tower blocks fans haven. It's in a completely different league when it comes to brutalism and grittiness.
Im really tempted to venture into these areas with my camera when Im in london but some of the places are far to ghetto for me. You'd never hear a Nottingham lad say that. lol only joking.

Some more East London - Hackney borough
Back up next to Leyton youve got Clapton E5

Clapton park estate,E5

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton2.jpg

Nightingale estate E5

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton4.jpg


http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton6.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton10.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton11.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton12.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton13.jpg

Gooch House,clapton roundabout
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/clapton16.jpg

Below Clapton theres Hackney E9

Trowbridge estate, Hackney wick

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney2.jpg

Frampton Park estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney4.jpg

Kingshold estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney6.jpg

Trelawney estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney5.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney7a.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney7.jpg

Gascoigne estate

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney8.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hackney9.jpg

Then theres Dalston E8

Holly street estate (my old home:)

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/dalston1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/dalston2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/dalston3.jpg

Wenlock barn estate, Haggerston

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/haggerston1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/haggerston2.jpg

De beauvoir town, Hoxton N1

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hoxton1.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hoxton2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hoxton3.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hoxton4.jpg



http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/hollystreeter/hackney/hoxton5.jpg

Been looking at loads of old pics of Leeds and never realised how big / long the Quarry Hill flats were.

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/29/4829.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/02/20031021_76589602.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/40/20031021_96532840.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/45/20031029_60648745.jpg

http://www.leodis.net/imagesLeodis/screen/55/20031010_66221255.jpg

I guess if these flats were still up now, they'd be given listed building status. A great shame they were demolished. :(

I guess if these flats were still up now, they'd be given listed building status. A great shame they were demolished. :(

I'd like to think so, although it would have a lot of people bleating about it.

Unfortunately there were massive structural problems. I just wish they'd kept the petrol station on the roundabout.

Odd to think all the flats had coal fires too. I wish I'd been there to see them up.

I'd like to think so, although it would have a lot of people bleating about it.

Unfortunately there were massive structural problems. I just wish they'd kept the petrol station on the roundabout.

Odd to think all the flats had coal fires too. I wish I'd been there to see them up.

they were a very scary place to pass. I was a child and my mother used to tell me horror stories about the place. She was a bit of a snob. I used to horrify her more by telling her I wanted to live there. :)

^^ :hahaha: they arent tall but they do look pretty dense. Better than Park Hill in my eyes but then again, i never had to live there.

More awesome pics of London, taki :okay: My aunt vera used to live in the low rise part of the nightingale estate about 20 years ago.

Found these images in the random london picture thread.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/100_5663.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/667959939_5b49300ef5_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/668774744_550f4a6484_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/668814220_6c810739ef_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/668846836_4cdafdd47c_b.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/708062566_915155b063_b.jpg

Great pics from both Taki and Stef.

taki you seem to have a large reserve of pictures just waiting to be used...excellent!!! You seem to know every single block and area from where the pictures are from, looks like we have another serious Tower Block Forumer...yay!

Stef those pics from London are superb, the light in that first one catches the block just enough to make it look perfect. There is also great light conditions in all of the pictures, the mist in the last pic as well is stunning.

London late 80s/early 90s

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7841/picture207un3.jpg

Sorry to be a bit obvious, but - what a lot of tower blocks! :eek: ;)

Think how much that view would have changed since then. I bet at least a quarter of those blocks aren't there anymore.

^^ ah, but whats gone up in their place makes it acceptable ;) besides, London has tower blocks coming out of its arse. whats a couple hundred blocks of 20 storeys to them?

Sorry to state the obvious but this thread's beyond appreciation on my part - it's taken on a transcendental existance and a lot of the photos and images on here are award winners, capturing the real life of the cities they're taken in! I'm all for glossy, photoshopped images of city's skylines but it's the real nitty-gritty picture that speak the most words and capture the mood.......this is a very moody thread and I love it:banana:

A few photos from the top of the Eye, London.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June200717.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June200720.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June200732.jpg

And the Bromford blocks in Birmingham taken from my coach on the way down to london
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June20071.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June20072.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June20073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Tower%20Blocks%205/Tower%20Blocks%206/LondonMay-June20074.jpg

Ooh. I have never seen the Bromford blocks so up close! I think there is a plan to demolish them all. I know one has been demolished (Hollingwood or something) and that another two (Bayley and Stoneycroft) are being prepared. :(

I think my tower block obsession is becoming unhealthy. I got the Keeley Hazell sextape playing but I'm too busy looking at this thread to actually watch it! :eek:

^^ :hahaha: towerblocksexual

dont knock those blocks down! they look shitty and therefore, they should stay :soap:

I think my tower block obsession is becoming unhealthy. I got the Keeley Hazell sextape playing but I'm too busy looking at this thread to actually watch it! :eek:

Hmmm... I'm actually more worried about what you're watching than your 'obsession' with tower blocks. Erebus you're girlfriend can't be doing things right if you feel the need to watch that. :nono: :| You must focus your lust on the hot pics of concrete heaven, bigger than any breasts one might see, dripping with slime and fungus, more holes in the windows than what you'll find on any... tower block with no holes in the windows... :drool:

Hmmm... I'm actually more worried about what you're watching than your 'obsession' with tower blocks. Erebus you're girlfriend can't be doing things right if you feel the need to watch that. :nono: :| You must focus your lust on the hot pics of concrete heaven, bigger than any breasts one might see, dripping with slime and fungus, more holes in the windows than what you'll find on any... tower block with no holes in the windows... :drool:

Me and my girlfriend have split :(. That's why I'm focussing more on the tower blocks I think! :eek:

Oh Erebus! :pet: I'm sorry, I didn't know. It wasn't that long ago that you were thinking of the, erm, 'M' word... :dunno:

I know :( It's OK, we split up about a week ago. I don't think she's taking it too well from what I've heard from her mates. Anyway, tower blocks! :yongue2:

You'll find someone else soon enough, you're a good catch Mr. Erebus. :yes:

Thanks! :okay: I'll be going out tomorrow night with the lads so I'll hope I'll meet some fine specimens then!

I wasn't expecting it be quite that quick but, hey, we're only young once. ;)

Some new pics on the Glasgow Tower Block Page, take a look please.

Yes Sir! :shifty:

Ooh. I have never seen the Bromford blocks so up close! I think there is a plan to demolish them all. I know one has been demolished (Hollingwood or something) and that another two (Bayley and Stoneycroft) are being prepared. :(

I think my tower block obsession is becoming unhealthy. I got the Keeley Hazell sextape playing but I'm too busy looking at this thread to actually watch it! :eek:

You're a deep, complex individual Erebus, full of internal contradiction and paradox.

Plus, if you're not interested in the video...

...I could find a home for it.

I've no doubt he searched for it on Googule. :ohno:

Um... no comment! :shifty:

Mini block party in Linwood :pepper:

Clippens estate
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture024.jpg?t=1183814448
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture022.jpg?t=1183814489
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture021.jpg?t=1183814537
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture020.jpg?t=1183814575
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture019.jpg?t=1183814632
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture018.jpg?t=1183814670
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture017.jpg?t=1183814706

Brediland Road
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture015.jpg?t=1183814782
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture014.jpg?t=1183814851
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture013.jpg?t=1183814881

Erskinefauld Road
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture012.jpg?t=1183814927
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture011.jpg?t=1183814992
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture010.jpg?t=1183815028

i'll get these guys tomorrow;
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture023.jpg?t=1183815090

Wooooooo, Mini Blocks!!!!!!!:banana:

Aren't they beautiful! You just want to cuddle 'em and pet 'em. Even if they are 160 times large than yourself. I love their pitched roofs :yes:. Thanks :okay:

^^

I can tell you're in need of some love... :hug:

Great photos again schemie, and all your own work too which is always a bonus! :yes:

Only been away for a night and it's hard to keep up. I really like the London pictures. The Barbican Towers look huge from the London Eye. Going to have a look on the glasgow thread now.

^^

I can tell you're in need of some love... :hug:


:D Thanks!

By the looks of it, the Glasgow tower block thread is that most popular thread in the subforum! Whilst the Leeds tower block thread just sank to the murky depths of thread abandonment :ohno: .

yar, leeds be in 7000 leagues under the sea in le corbusier's locker... arrr... how many does leeds have just out of interest? 100-ish?

Youv'e been watching too much Pirates of the Carribean I think Schemie.

Just out of Interest, did anyone ever see Le Corbusier's plan for a city?

i think i seen it ages ago. lots of high rises and lots of parks.... bliss :)

this mornings pics:
Provost Close in Johnstone
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0003.jpg?t=1183872393
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0004.jpg?t=1183872440
Linwood
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0009.jpg?t=1183872509
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0021.jpg?t=1183872796
inside a mini block on Brediland Road
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0024.jpg?t=1183872856
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0023.jpg?t=1183872886
not a great picture. camera doesnt zoom too good but thats the Foxbar flats about 6 or 7 miles away at the other side of Paisley
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0026.jpg?t=1183872930
Millford estate
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0010.jpg?t=1183872547
Asbury Court
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0011.jpg?t=1183872582
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0013.jpg?t=1183872645
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0014.jpg?t=1183872678
Belmar Court
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0012.jpg?t=1183872615
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/IMAG0015.jpg?t=1183872709

Good work schemie! I'm not too keen on them blocks. Nothing to them and they look a bit too strange. The pitched roof just doesn't work with the design.

I'm yet to develop the balls to go inside tower blocks! :lol:

yeah i see what you mean. i always think they look too chunky for their hieght those Linwood ones. and they're made of brick... grrr...

i can go in mini blocks no bother. theres no security staff and often they've been trashed like that one so the door has been kicked in. so getting in isnt a problem there. that block was actually in quite a state. there was only one occupied flat, 4 smashed windows in the close, some 'LTC' tags made with a lighter. i wouldve taken more pics had that one resident not came home to find me taking pics of his front door! needless to say he chased me out.

Schemie you were up mighty early taking photos! They've turned out well again. :yes:


Good work schemie! I'm not too keen on them blocks. Nothing to them and they look a bit too strange. The pitched roof just doesn't work with the design.

Who really cares?? The uglier the better in my opinion! Bad makeovers = more interesting photographs. :yes:

I do agree with you, however. :| :|

But after all of schemie's pics over the last few months, I've learned to rather like Paisleyshire's blocks.



i can go in mini blocks no bother. theres no security staff and often they've been trashed like that one so the door has been kicked in. so getting in isnt a problem there. that block was actually in quite a state. there was only one occupied flat, 4 smashed windows in the close, some 'LTC' tags made with a lighter. i wouldve taken more pics had that one resident not came home to find me taking pics of his front door! needless to say he chased me out.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Either you're getting paid to do this or you're, erm, crazy! :crazy: ;)

Just tell them that you used to live there and you just want to take some photos to remind yourself of the place. And say that you're soon to be going to university. :bowtie:

Other than that, just sneek around in the early hours. :yes:

[QUOTE=Butterfield;14173089
Other than that, just sneek around in the early hours. :yes:[/QUOTE]

And then people will think he's a burglar.
Great pics again Schemie. You have some balls to go in those buildings. I know I wouldn't.

Picture of Leicester with two tower blocks in it, and the embarrassing refurb of St Georges tower.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/stgeorgestower041cd1.jpg

Pic I found of Sheffield.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/123.jpg

Are there any tower blocks in Bath? I'm off on a daytrip there next week so I'll be all too happy to take some tower block piccies for the clan! :happy:

You have some balls to go in those buildings

no balls necessary, stef! buildings dont bite. its the residents you nee dto worry about ;) still that guy was ok-ish about it. no violence, he just didnt believe me when i said i was a photographer and pulled out my tacky silver MAX camera and told me to "galas, yaweekun!" and i obliged :yes:


by the way... WHAT THE FUCK! did ninetendo do this refurb?
[quote]http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/stgeorgestower041cd1.jpg

and one known tower block in Bath, erebus. this pic posted by helium a few pages back
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/untitled-1.jpg

no balls necessary, stef! buildings dont bite. its the residents you nee dto worry about ;) still that guy was ok-ish about it. no violence, he just didnt believe me when i said i was a photographer and pulled out my tacky silver MAX camera and told me to "galas, yaweekun!" and i obliged :yes:


by the way... WHAT THE FUCK! did ninetendo do this refurb?
[quote]http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/stgeorgestower041cd1.jpg


It would appear so. That really is one of the worst refurbs I've ever seen. It's given me an idea to start 2 new threads. Best refurb and worst refurb you've ever seen. I'll get them started later on.

and one known tower block in Bath, erebus. this pic posted by helium a few pages back
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/untitled-1.jpg

Thanks! I won't go up to the tower blocks up close but I'll try and zooooom in on them with my telephoto lens. Also, is it me or is there a swimming pool to the left of it? :?

I don't know what it is. :dunno:

As I said when this picture of Bath was first posted, I love how all the standard housing including the lone tower block are built in the local yellow stone. Original or what?! :happy:

I've never been to Bath. It always looks nice when you see it in photos and on TV. Hope you have a nice time when you go next week Ereb's. :yes:

is it me or is there a swimming pool to the left of it?

well it is in BATH after all! :bowtie: oh, sorry that was bad...

I haven't checked this thread all day! I feel like I've sinned. I must cleanse my soul of this wrongdoing! :eek:

Oh and schemie, your taxi's waiting :ohno:

I just cant understand that St Georges Tower refurb. Why would someone want to paint it blue especially when it looks as if it has been painted right over the concrete which makes it look even worse than it could have been. Probably a tower block refurbished in blue wouldnt look that bad but for a tall office block in the heart of Leicester it just looks too bright and way too different- Which is probably the effect that wanted to be created but its way too over the top for me.

I haven't checked this thread all day! I feel like I've sinned. I must cleanse my soul of this wrongdoing! :eek:


You haven't exactly missed very much. :|

Hi, im pretty new here, although i have been observing the site for a long time now. I may be new but i do not like to be treated as a n00b because i am able to post both sensibly and logically.

Anyway, to not go off topic, i live in Lugano, the largest city in the italian speaking region of Switzerland, the city WILL look beautiful if you come here for a day or two, BUT unless you live here, you will not know how life is.

I live in one of the "roughest" areas of Lugano, where every day i see a pick pocketer living his life, where i see a car being crashed by local gangs, where it isnt safe to be walking the streets after 10pm, unless you know the people who tend to do these things (which i do), then you're likely to get mugged, or at least beaten up.

And since this thread is about tower blocks, i figured this would be a perfect place to post some tower blocks in my city, i am going downtown today to get some accessories i need for my phone, in the mean time, i will make sure to get pictures of the tower blocks. Ill post back later on the day, thanks for your time.

Hey there, Welcome to the forum. Nice to see you've been watching the thread and keeping up to date. :)

Ooooooooh another foreigner, I think you're the first since the french guys, the crime thing, it's like that in the Uk as well in some parts. You can't go out cause there is these idiots who have knives and get drunk and try to attack you for nothing.:no:

Yay!!! more foreign tower blocks, I love them cause your able to compare and contrast them with blocks over here. Looking forward to your post later on.:banana:

Hi Tony and welcome to the forums! :wave:

It's surprising that Lugano has problems with crime as it's supposed to be such a beautiful place with mountains and lakes, although I know you get crime in those places too unfortunately. I haven't been to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland but I've been to Geneva which was a bigger city than I thought it would be with lots of tower blocks.

It's probably best that you post any of your pictures from Switzerland in the Tower Blocks of the World! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=480301) thread where I look forward to seeing any of your pictures as I love mountains, lakes and tower blocks! :happy:

Couple in stoke

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/P1000543.jpg

Also, not a tower block, or is it?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/P1000542.jpg

I've been told by Stef to put this in here and let you guys see it. It's also on the Glasgow Thread.

It's a panoramic view of part of Glasgow. I salvaged it from the Archives, it was originally taken by Gleegieboy and posted on a thread by The Boy David.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/City_pano2.jpg

I've just commented on that mega-pic in the Glasgow Tower Blocks thread. :yes:

Stephen - I posted a distant pic of the Stoke tower blocks ages ago but that's the first time we've seen them up close! They look quite modern as tower blocks go. Must be newer than most of the others in the country.

The Stoke blocks look fairly new. Have they been refurbished at all or just built to a better standard than other blocks.
The YMCA building looks really thin but I like it.

I never noticed any blocks in Stoke when I was there the other week.

Well I doubt they're very prominent on the skyline and I don't think you can see them the way the signs direct you to Alton Towers, which is the only time I've been through Stoke.

Horrible Tower Blocks and Estates in South West London

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/861/dsc0005pa7.jpg

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/1179/dsc0008mq2.jpg

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/5420/dsc0011jg6.jpg

that last one in London looks like the Toy R Us car park in central Birmingham


There's quite a few scattered around stoke, but it's a odd place, with lots of town centres, so strange arrangment of the suburbs, me duck.