Hi there. This is the same general Idea as the British Tower Blocks thread but for Glasgow as we seem to have an awful lot up here. Anyway just post pictures of Tower blocks in the city.:)

The 28 floor Whitevale and Bluevale tower blocks, viewed from behind some tenements in Dennistoun.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5876/img0057widescreensmallqn3.jpg

Here are some flats from sighthill cemertery taken last month

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0392.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0405.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0451a.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0448.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0429.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0701.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0680.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0678.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0668.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0667.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/IMG_0653.jpg

Hi there. This is the same general Idea as the British Tower Blocks thread but for Glasgow as we seem to have an awful lot up here. Anyway just post pictures of Tower blocks in the city.:)

Wow I could have missed this thread - well done Mr. B for starting it! There are photos of Glasgow's tower blocks in the British Tower Blocks thread which I could post on here but I'll wait to see what you locals dig up first. Flickr.com has loads of photos if you type in "glasgow tower blocks" or "flats".

Glasgow always looks great from high up on the M8 - it really is the King (or Queen) or tower block cities! :happy: Whether that's a good or bad thing is a matter of debate... :|

Wow I could have missed this thread - well done Mr. B for starting it! There are photos of Glasgow's tower blocks in the British Tower Blocks thread which I could post on here but I'll wait to see what you locals dig up first. Flickr.com has loads of photos if you type in "glasgow tower blocks" or "flats".

Glasgow always looks great from high up on the M8 - it really is the King (or Queen) or tower block cities! :happy: Whether that's a good or bad thing is a matter of debate... :|

Thanks Butterfield!
I believe that being the King(or Queen) of tower block cities is a Good thing.:colgate:
Unfortunatley though some of the tower blocks are being demolished which isn't very good:ohno:

Well, like with all cities the only answer is to demolish some of the worst tower blocks and unfortunately that will take away some of the skyline. But hopefully Glasgow will keep most of them and do them up so to most people they won't look quite so bad.

Well one can only hope.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/DPP_0004.jpg

Woah... :shocked: but :happy: too.

What are those last one LC?

I love the blocks in Glasgow. They take height and brutalism to another level. It's a shame some of the taller of the bunch are planned for demolition they really make the Glasgow skyine unique with their height and big scary look.

Scottish Secretary Willie Ross and his wife at the opening of the Red Road flats.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/434/rrnewkg5.jpg

^^

Wow wow wow wow!!! What an exciting time that must have been to see all the new development in Glasgow - especially with it all being so tall.

I've said before that i love to see any photos of tower blocks under construction and that one has to be by far the best. Its just awesome!

that's sighthill in springburn on the northside of glasgow. And charles st flats in the centre

shame the red road flats are comming down a wasted chance to do something with these flats like mirror glazing on a mixed use development would make it look like a mini New York

I've said before that i love to see any photos of tower blocks under construction and that one has to be by far the best. Its just awesome!

I completely agree!

shame the red road flats are comming down a wasted chance to do something with these flats like mirror glazing on a mixed use development would make it look like a mini New York

I completely agree with you too. I've only seen the Red Road flats from a distance off the M8 but I hope to have a proper close-up inspection before they are demolished. :yes:

Did anyone see the film 'Red Road'? Damned good film actually. Wouldn't be to everybody's taste, but if you like Danish style Dogma '95 influenced stuff, in particular Lars von Trier, then you'll like this.

I don't remember anyone mentioning the film on here.

I remember it being out last year but it didn't seem to be in any of our local cinemas, or at least it can't have been on for very long. It'll probably be on Channel 4 at some point in the next couple of years!

Well, it wasn't exactly 'Snakes on a Plane', so unless you live near an arthouse cinema, you'd have been lucky to catch it. That said, I think it might have got a slightly wider release in Scotland.

I do recommend it a lot. For the aesthetes out there, the photography was really good. Gave the tower blocks a look that was, if not beautiful, certainly compelling.

I saw it in the UGC and would also highly recommend it

not mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/cristy_bunt/SSC/redroad1.jpg

You saw a film about towers in a tower. Did you appreciate that at the time?

haha no, it wasn't lost on me ;)

Did anyone see the film 'Red Road'? Damned good film actually. Wouldn't be to everybody's taste, but if you like Danish style Dogma '95 influenced stuff, in particular Lars von Trier, then you'll like this.

I don't remember anyone mentioning the film on here.
I tried to convince some friends to go see it with me in the Grosvenor, but they were not up for it at all.

Will definitely be renting it out/perhaps even buying it soon though (is it out on DVD yet?), as I've only heard good things about it....


Great thread - Mori that picture you posted is just incredible. It kind of reminds me of some of the construction pictures you see from Dubai if you stroll onto the international bit of this forum.

Epic stuff.

is it out on DVD yet?

Yup,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Road-Kate-Dickie/dp/B000J20BFI/ref=pd_ka_1/203-1718504-3435124?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1173660523&sr=8-1

Cheers LC - so many blocks up there, and being so far away, it gets confusing some times!

Has anyone got anything of Hutchesontown C/Queen Elizabeth Square, other than what's already on the net or in the standard Miles Glendenning books?

This is one i had in my files of the old to new.

I guess we lived and learned. :)

DAWN OF A NEW ERA

The changing face of the Gorbals is shown once again with the Basil Spence flats seen from Campden Street

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5195/oldnewbu6.jpg

Are those the ones that when they were demolished a woman got hit by rubble and died?

Those are the ones, yes. 1993 wasn't it?

Cheers MR, that's fantastic!

By coincidence, I've just come across this by John Robertson on Flickr. I wasn't even looking for it, honest.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/194172830_861fd628b8.jpg

Larger version here (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=194172830&size=o&context=set-72157594203803333)

Any more pics of Tower BLocks under construction?
I've got some in a book somewhere and shall post them up when i find the book, wherever it may be.

As promised.

sorry about the poor quality of these images copied them from a book. Anyway Enjoy!:)

Children playing on the Burntout shell of a Car with Red Road flats in Background. 1969

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

Construction Workers on the Red Road Flats

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/RedRoadflats2.jpg

Hutchesontown Tenements are demolished to make way for Sir Basil Spences High rise Flats. 1960s

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/flats-2.jpg

of course living in them is a different story these pictures were taken as we moved out of sighthill a few years ago our health suffered and the mould kept comming back within days of cleaning it. This all started 4 years after we moved in and months after the new windows and central heating were installed. The young man from the council blamed it on humidity from our hamster running on its wheel all night so it was not their problem good eh
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/mould1.jpg

My goodness, that mould is horrendous. I hope if you're still a GHA tennant that you are somewhere more pleasant now.

The hamster line is, of course, total bullshit. I read about the mould that grows in Scottish flats in the very informative book 'Why don't penguins' feet freeze?'. The problem with mould is that the visible portion is just like the tip of the iceberg. Scraping/washing it off and replastering and repainting does not get rid of the 'root' of the mould which can lie dormant within brickwork. The only solution offered in the book is to wash the walls with potassium permanganate but this has the disadvantage of leaving lurid purple stains and being toxic to humans as well as fungus.

Surely there are modern ways of preventing mould in tower blocks?? :?

That image above "Construction Workers on the Red Road Flats" is fantastic, firstly it is reminiscent of those famous pictures of the empire state building being constructed and secondly its just amazing to see those two builders sitting on top of the tower hand tightening a bolt or something - no safety harness - no scaffolding, no high-vis vests and no gloves. Surprisingly one of them is wearing a helmet but he appears to be smoking a fag - it really was a long time ago.

No we were not re housed as our house was deemed fit to live in we went hungry for a couple of years and saved up a deposit and bought a flat elswhere. I bumped into my old nieghbour and he said the flat was stripped bare sealed with some kind of tar substance then asylum seekers were moved in

For all you Tower Block Fans there is now a Wikia Page for them so if you could, please join and edit appropriatley. Cheers.:cheers:

http://ukhousing.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

^^

Well done Mr. B for spreading the word! We have fellow forumer Erebus555 to thank for this. :yes: :okay:

"Any more pics of Tower BLocks under construction?"

Found this pic of the Sandyhills blocks on the net Mr B. Looks proper ghetto with the prefabs in the foreground:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/84_big.jpg?t=1176741889

and this one of Sighthill:

http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/06/90/00_big.jpg

and Dougrie Place, Castlemilk:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/23_big.jpg?t=1176742451

and these two of Moss Heights just after being built. In the second one, the middle block is still under construction:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/mossheights2.jpg?t=1176742539

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/mossheights.jpg?t=1176742565

That first picture is great. Are those blocks still standing? I don't recognise the name. And what about the prefabs? Here in the Midlands we have a few batches of prefabs left, but most have been reclad in brick losing that corrugated look! A small amount of originals survive though.

I've seen that picture with the Morris Traveller before but it's a good 'un. :yes: :happy:

^^There's some original prefabs up in Wake Green near Hall Green in Birmingham and a preserved one taken from Moat Lane in Yardley at Avoncroft Museum.

Loving them pictures there! Tower blocks in Glasgow are just incredible and certainly pummel any form of competition.

That first picture is great. Are those blocks still standing? I don't recognise the name.

Yep, the blocks are still there. Pretty noticeable if you're in the east end.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Glasgow&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=55.846109,-4.153975&spn=0.002301,0.007135&t=h&om=1

Tower land, 60s Gorbals.

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/455/gorbmonha4.jpg

fucking wow! pic in the bottom right with the half demolished tenement is quite moving.

"Are those blocks still standing?"

yep still standing. Balbeggie Street, Sandyhills. if memory serves me correct you even posted a pic of these same blocks in the BTB forum in page 20 something. You said they were in Mount Vernon. which is nearby so you weren't that wrong. and the prefabs in that pic were demolished not long after it was taken. We still have some prefabs around Greenfield and Springboig:

http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/07/21/81_big.jpg

They are still standing but most of them are being refurbed to look more boring as you say...

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/84_big.jpg?t=1176741889

WOW!!! :eek:The blocks look so clean and white when first built when you compare them to what they are like now. They are dull Grey with Blue bits on them. Again, Wow thanks for that schemie!!!

thanks mate :) The Glasgow Story site is full of these old pics.

WOW!!! :eek:The blocks look so clean and white when first built when you compare them to what they are like now. They are dull Grey with Blue bits on them. Again, Wow thanks for that schemie!!!

Wait to you see the current architecture we have now in 40 years time. I suspect the old render and wooden claddin will not be too hot. We dont seem to have learnt...........

"Wait to you see the current architecture we have now in 40 years time. I suspect the old render and wooden claddin will not be too hot. We dont seem to have learnt..........."

definately agree with you there. wood rots. render fades. glass... just look at St Enoch...

"Wait to you see the current architecture we have now in 40 years time. I suspect the old render and wooden claddin will not be too hot. We dont seem to have learnt..........."

definately agree with you there. wood rots. render fades. glass... just look at St Enoch...

ok, so wood and render are out due to problems weathering - fair enough i think render to be suitable only in very small areas, and timber is what it is - a material that requires care and refurb after a period of time (like most materials actually)

but come on, discount glass because it gets dirty or something? are you serious?

ok, so wood and render are out due to problems weathering - fair enough i think render to be suitable only in very small areas, and timber is what it is - a material that requires care and refurb after a period of time (like most materials actually)

but come on, discount glass because it gets dirty or something? are you serious?


The thing is Bingo wood and render need refurbed about three weeks after completion due to the climate in Glasgow. Most architects do not know how to use or understand certain materials so I think it is fair to critise here.

The Victorians knew stone was best for Glasgow, true not a lot of others were, but they never covered their buildings in wood ethere. Hence the reason most architecture built in the last 70-80 years is an eye sore and needs knocked down.

What do you make of these?

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga7.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga3.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgow_housing_towers_278.jpg

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE IMAGE EVER!!!:drool:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glesga6.jpg

"but come on, discount glass because it gets dirty or something? are you serious?"

glass looks fantastic when its clean. not so when it gets manky. i like most glass buildings like some of the stuff in London but theres a few buildings like St Enoch wheres theres been next to no effort to keep the glass clean and the fresh look that comes with using glass is spoilt slightly

already commented your pics on the British thread Mr B. I like :) where did you dig the Gallowgate one up from?

On here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pastglasgow/

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/84_big.jpg?t=1176741889

Are these blocks being reclad? Just the past few days ive noticed thingys going up the sides of them and now there is a dull yellow-ish colour on parts of them, similar colour of the stuff they put on before adding the colour on the 3 blocks currently being reclad near parkhead.

yup, which is a shame really as these four are in better condition than the majority of blocks in Glasgow, have a really nice setting too. Almost a success I might go as far as to say.

Thanks for helping me for that i shall post some more pictures!

Gorbals/Hutchie:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Towers.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers5.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/tower3.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/tower2.jpg
Castlemilk:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers4.jpg
Townhead:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers3.jpg
Cambuslang:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers2.jpg
Maryhill:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers1.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Tower.jpg
Gallowgate:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Tower1.jpg
Kennishead:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers7.jpg
And just for Schemie:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/towers6.jpg

:tongue2: mmmm... red road.... i tell you if they come down its a good opportunity wasted. Think of how you could transform those blocks into a cluster of shiny skyscrapers so they would be almost as good to live in as they are to look at erm from a distance :) they're not just buildings, they are a icons of their time and if Anniesland Court is listed at least one of Red Road should be too. just out of interest, why the hell is Anniesland Court listed anyway? because its 'Art Deco' and in the West End?

http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/07/88/43_big.jpg

looks different, slightly higher quality finish, but doesnt look that great to me... gimme these any day!:

http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/06/41/75_big.jpg

And by the way, Mr B, the pic you posted as 'Toryglen (?)' is the Glenavon Road blocks in Maryhill. And I never noticed that the Hutchy blocks had such a quality refurb. The finish looks superb close up. Is Sandiefield Road (the silver/black Area D blocks) being refurbed any time soon? they look shit but as far as I know they have a long term future so they should be getting done up.

Tits!, i'm so stupid! I dont know if the Sandiefield road blocks are going to be refurbed but I think there is a very strong possibility due to the huge rise in prices of property in the Gorbals/Hutchie area. I also believe that Stirlingfauld and Norfolk Courts could be refurbed to a high standard, alas it is not to be.:no:

Red Road takes my breath away every time i see them, they are just so bloody big and look perfect (from far away). I beleive they should be refurbed and saved from demolition due to the great pottential of them. Imagine them all one day in the future all cleaned up and refurbed and being an even better icon of Glasgow than they already are.:|

oh stop please! i'll be dreaming all night about a mini Hong kong in the east end of Glasgow... doesnt help that ive just eaten cheese :rofl:

its good to know im not the only one with a place in their heart for 'em big ol' chunks of concrete that make up 2/3 of GHA's stock. posh fannys that they are will end up knocking them all down in a few decades though. cant have big in-your-face symbols of the existence of a working class! politics gets on my tits sometimes. In 50 years time we will all be living in semi detached Barratt estates. The futures boring...

oh stop please! i'll be dreaming all night about a mini Hong kong in the east end of Glasgow... doesnt help that ive just eaten cheese :rofl:

its good to know im not the only one with a place in their heart for 'em big ol' chunks of concrete that make up 2/3 of GHA's stock. posh fannys that they are will end up knocking them all down in a few decades though. cant have big in-your-face symbols of the existence of a working class! politics gets on my tits sometimes. In 50 years time we will all be living in semi detached Barratt estates. The futures boring...

:hilarious oh you'll be having dreams a plenty about Red Road.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! not Barratt Estates. Bring back the age of the Tower Block. :scouserd:

glass looks fantastic when its clean. not so when it gets manky. i like most glass buildings like some of the stuff in London but theres a few buildings like St Enoch wheres theres been next to no effort to keep the glass clean and the fresh look that comes with using glass is spoilt slightly


yes, i agree. This is however a completely different issue. it is one of maintenance. we need bulidings with glass, and they need to be cleaned regularly as does everything that is outside.

glasgow has a particular problem with maintenance and legacy. look at the streetscape improvements made years ago to buchanan street, sauchiehall street, argyle street etc. beautiful stonework used and decent furniture in places all ruined through a lack of decent maintenance (cleaning, other than the fucking stupid crusade against chewing gum, repairs to a decent/matching standard etc, additions being made in the same manner - have you seen the new things just plonked down on the street, no finishes, loose rubble etc - pure pish)

i agree that render is an unsuitable material to be using in large areas. I also agree that timber can be difficult to use properly. that is not to say it cant be used or shouldnt be used - the 'climate-in-glasgow-means-only-stone-can be-used' argument is false. as long as it is properly specified, installed and maintained then it can be a fine material.

:)

A fairly awesome collection of photies...

Maryhill:
http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/imageuploads/thebarracks.jpg

http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1404

http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=5336

Royston:

http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1457

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/View%20to%20Roystonhill.JPG

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/royston/royston_flats-01-01.jpg

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/royston/royston_houses-01-02.jpg


Springburn:

(under construction)
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/images/spring067.jpg

http://www.northglasgowha.com/images/Carronmulti.JPG

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/images/spring063.jpg

Balornock:

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/Edgefauld%20Road.JPG

Sighthill:

(under construction 1963)
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/images/spring080.jpg

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/images/spring032.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/680000/images/_680252_coachleaving150.jpg

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/royston/sighthill_tblock1-01-02.jpg

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000226.jpg?PHPSESSID=c177f5f551fe808c6c036f2d223d8155

Red Road:

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/View%20From%20South%20Balornock.JPG

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/685000/images/_687020_sighthillflats300.jpg

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000117.jpg?PHPSESSID=8143316e66704d51f732809e1d85d869

Balgrayhill:
(under construction)

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/images/spring041.jpg

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000283.jpg?PHPSESSID=f6b57d2c4a30acf6a31495eaf0f67b31

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000169.jpg?PHPSESSID=c32e62bea61d53e322de1d59eacc410f

Anderston:

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000216.jpg?PHPSESSID=75c9ce6ac143ecdd67f73a437de71047

Gorbals:

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000280.jpg?PHPSESSID=9cdee5affa82e59676d9b468600f4780

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000306.jpg?PHPSESSID=7a783585747fb8af9374b1e10e9a7769

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000228.jpg?PHPSESSID=4d251d3eb0c1cb13208744124138c52d

A nice selection schemie. :yes:

These fellas look extraordinarily tall! I don't recognise them although people have mentioned the name Balornock before.
http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/Edgefauld%20Road.JPG
I suppose they look really tall because they're really quite narrow.

What is that at the bottom of this block? Is it a block of flats?! :eek:
http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000117.jpg?PHPSESSID=8143316e66704d51f732809e1d85d869

And there's *almost* nothing better than a picture of a tower block taken from another tower block, with other
tower blocks in the background. It's almost perverse... :tongue2: :|
http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/aweebitofglasgow/photos/large/0000280.jpg?PHPSESSID=9cdee5affa82e59676d9b468600f4780

:lol: man, i knew you'd get all excited about that one...

And yep, that is a tenement block of flats from the 1950s at the foot of the Red Road block (although Im still not sure if it is part of Red Road or not dammit...). That one is obviously in the process of demolition.

The tall ones are Edgefauld Road and Croftbank Street. 26 storeys tall. They will be the tallest high rises left in Glasgow after Gallowate and Red Road are pulled down and they are about to be refurbed :) I like them a lot the way they are though. You've probably heard of Balornock because of Red Road (its at the edge of Balornock/Barmulloch) rather than those two. They lead a fairly quiet life. Not much information or photos going about of them at all.

More of the same -

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/rr12.jpg?t=1177528226

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/_40908883_redrowflats203.jpg?t=1177528270

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/Ralphs20Fast20Food20Shop.jpg?t=1177528311

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/Tenements20Being20Demolished2001.jpg?t=1177528357

Drygate

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/High20Rise20Flats.jpg?t=1177528391

Sighthill

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/sighthill_tblock2-01-02.jpg?t=1177528979

Springburn

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/View20to20Hawthorn20Street.jpg?t=1177529084

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/View20to20Balgrayhill2003.jpg?t=1177529218

Anyone got a recent pics of the Westercommon Rd block in Possilpark, Knightswood blocks or Kingsway Court in Scotstoun/Yoker? That would be a great help.

of course but can only find wester common ones just now
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/DPP_0025.jpg
and now for the close up
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/loosecanon_2006/DPP_0024.jpg

Fantastic! Thats exactly what I was looking for.

Just some more pics i've found.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow7.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow6.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow5.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow3.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Glasgow.jpg

Whoops, I'd forgotten to check this thread for the last couple of days. :doh:

The tall ones are Edgefauld Road and Croftbank Street. 26 storeys tall. They will be the tallest high rises left in Glasgow after Gallowate and Red Road are pulled down and they are about to be refurbed :) I like them a lot the way they are though. You've probably heard of Balornock because of Red Road (its at the edge of Balornock/Barmulloch) rather than those two. They lead a fairly quiet life. Not much information or photos going about of them at all.

Yeah, I like them - they look stretched out of proportion or something. Nice to know that they "lead a fairly quiet life"! :happy: I want to post that picture again.

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/Edgefauld%20Road.JPG

This is such an artistic photo with the child's car thing in front of crumbling tenements and Red Road in the background!
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/Tenements20Being20Demolished2001.jpg?t=1177528357

Can I ask you local guys - is the term "high flats" used more regularly than "tower blocks" and "high rise flats" in Scotland? When I've searched for pictures of blocks and I find a Scottish one it quite often describes them as "high flats", a term I haven't heard anyone on here say.

There seems to be so many ways to describe these "tall residential buildings"! :lol:

I've never heard a Glasweigan use the phrase 'tower blocks' in my life but I've heard the term 'high flats' often. 'Gorbals high flats' for example. In Glasgow there are also many schemes consisting of lower residential flats ( under ten stories ) surrounded by higher flats ( fifteen storeys plus ) it may merely have devolved as a phrase purely to distinguish between areas. Glasweigans are fairly straight to the point to - these tower blocks consist of flats and these bulidings when built especially were very high compared to the norm, so 'high flats'. Its any easy way of distinguishing an area - e.g she lives in Gorbals high flats etc etc.

Hmmm I thought as much! Thanks for that. Someone needs to change the thread title then to make it a bit more local. ;)

"High flats" actually sounds more pleasant than "tower blocks". :yes:

sorry about the size of these pics.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers3.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers5.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers6.jpg

some more:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers10.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers12.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers11.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers13.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers14.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers8.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers17.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers16.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers7.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers9.jpg

The Pinnacle before being refurbed!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers18.jpg

Sandyhills again.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/glasgowtowers15.jpg

some of them look great! if only they were a bit bigger...

1)seen this one before. It was bigger and in colour :p
2)Stirlingfauld has always looked grim eh?
3)sweet :drool:
4)Red Road looks so dull without their bright colours...
5)gotta love Gallowgate!
6/7)so much could be done to these blocks... what a waste...
8)are these the lesser spotted Germiston blocks? Theres only two left but they're so in Red Road's shadow its hard to get anything on them at all.
9)Ibroxholm? Butterfield posted a good pic of them in the BTB forum the other day. If he will oblige... Or are these the identical ones in Cardonald?
10/11)welcome to da 'shaws :D nice pic with the wee whateveritis in the foreground
12)Possilpark has nice blocks :) But like Germiston, not enough info or pics out there!
13)so tall but so lonely...
14)NICE! they looked good even back then.
15)Wyndford always impresses me with its density.
16)never noticed the Pinnacle building before the refurb (now you cant miss it...). looks very modernist. Almost too modernist. surprised they didnt knock it down on sight but im glad they didnt.
17)boring ol' sandyhills. not a big fan of their style. they look so boring. but i do like their height and the way they are clustered.

and yeah high flats or multis. no tower blocks. but for the sake of our english forumer friends.... :lol:

"Nice to know that they "lead a fairly quiet life"!

well they are over 40. Maybe it is time they settled down. Spent more time with the mini blocks... :hahaha:

9)Ibroxholm? Butterfield posted a good pic of them in the BTB forum the other day. If he will oblige... Or are these the identical ones in Cardonald?


Post away. They're not my photos anyway, I stole them. :|

and yeah high flats or multis. no tower blocks. but for the sake of our english forumer friends.... :lol:

I always used to refer to them as "high rise flats" before I joined this place as it's what my parents called the ones near where I live. Use whatever term you want, especially in this local Glasgow thread! :yes:

"Nice to know that they "lead a fairly quiet life"!

well they are over 40. Maybe it is time they settled down. Spent more time with the mini blocks... :hahaha:

:lol: :lol:

have a massive hangover so these are all i can be arsed to post.:

Broomloan Rd, Govan

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/ibrox/1ibrox_flats2-01-01.jpg

St Vincent Terrace, Anderston

http://winterstein.me.uk/images/flats.jpg

Bridgeton

http://www.dalmarnock.ukschool.com/images/DPS%20AlbanySt2002W.jpg

gallowgate

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/parkhead/flatsbaths_0101.jpg

Parkhead

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/ez/parkhead/pub-sv_0202.jpg

Castlemilk

http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/images%20castlemilk/Castlemilk%20Views%2005.jpg

Royston

http://l.yimg.com/www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif
http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/GG-ORG/imgs0204/Roystonhill%20Flats.JPG

On that second picture, those have to be the smallest balconies I've ever seen! You can see a girl on one of them. And what are those grilles all about?!

Are the Gallowgate blocks scheduled for demolition aswell as Red Road? It would be nice to see some of the tall ones refurbed.

I think so, bit of a bummer really. Wish they would be refurbed. Those ones at Parkhead and at Bridgeton are being refurbed.

Just look at what they could do though.

These are almost identical blocks in Sarajevo

http://i1.tinypic.com/op4t3s.jpg

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/9880/unis1we4.jpg

I hate this world sometimes.

As comprehensive a summary as I can be bothered to post of Glasgows tower blocks:

Sandyhills
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/re.jpg?t=1179063409
Springburn
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/carron-ms-NOTES.jpg?t=1179063531
Ibroxholm
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/367.jpg?t=1179063684
Anniesland
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/522778813924ffd0a76ff46c3832475c0ff.jpg?t=1179063752
Cranhill
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/cranhill.jpg?t=1179063856
Hutchesontown
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/hutchi4.jpg?t=1179063999
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/52_big.jpg?t=1179065340
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/42_big-1.jpg?t=1179065425
Gallowgate
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/58_big.jpg?t=1179065486
Laurieston
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/NorfolkCourt2.jpg?t=1179064089
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/DSC01273.jpg?t=1179064573
Red Road
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/RedRoadbottom.jpg?t=1179064149
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/bobbyneng4oj1.jpg?t=1179064718
Cardonald
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/100_2902.jpg?t=1179064228
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/100_2895.jpg?t=1179064282
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/100_2900.jpg?t=1179064324
Wyndford
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/39_big.jpg?t=1179065690
Broomhill
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/broomhill.jpg?t=1179065764
Pollok
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/03_big.jpg?t=1179064818
Anderston
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/2384Dalriada_pic1.jpg?t=1179064897
Knightswood
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/westendscheme.jpg?t=1179065115
Drumchapel
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/DSCF0007.jpg?t=1179065286
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/drumchapel2.jpg?t=1179065822
Dalmarnock
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/32_big.jpg?t=1179065548
Castlemilk
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/90_big.jpg?t=1179065902
Whiteinch
http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/07/64/65_big.jpg

Possilpark, Bridgeton, Parkhead, Maryhill, Balornock, Govan, Kennishead, Royston et al have been mentioned fairly recently so didnt bother putting them in.

But heres a few that havent been posted on here:

Milton - I think there is 3 there
Somerston - Another 3? I'm not too familiar with the north west.
Yoker - The two Plean Street blocks
Scotstoun - The six blocks in Kingsway Court
Germiston - There are two blocks left near Red Road.
Mosspark - The 4 blocks on Tarfside Oval
Toryglen - The four ones not in Prospecthill Circus
Drumoyne - Two blocks near Cardonald Railway Station.
Tannadice Path - There are eight 8 storey blocks lined up between cardonald and the Paisley border
Pollokshields - There is a scheme of about 15 or so 8 storey blocks on the north side.

if anyone has pics of any of these feel free to post them :)

Schemie those pics have left me speechless. That pic of Queen Elizabeth Square is fantastic, I must ask where did you get it. It has given me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.

Thanks for that little tour Schemie. :okay:

This is a great picture - not seen it before :happy:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/100_2900.jpg?t=1179064324

This is an odd question but i dont suppose anyone knows of any pictures of kirkton avenue high flats in knightswood being built or as they are just now? I used to stay accross from them and quite curious :D

there are like zillions of blocks in Knightswood which ones are kirkton avenue?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1455000/images/_1457200_pennanplacetwo300.jpg
http://www.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/09/46/22_big.jpg
http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/58/57/03/brittiskaunga445.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/westendscheme.jpg?t=1179065115

thats all the pics of knightswood i have. Funny how all the blocks west of Maryhill with the exception of anniesland court get dingied by everyone on here even though the place is packed to the rafters with them. Yoker, Scotstoun, Knightswood, Drumchapel... Hardly any pics of them around.

cheers lads! :booze:

i got the Queen Lizzy pic from the darkest depths of the British Tower block forum :yes: Borras posted it aaaages ago.

and yeah yeah... i know. its them again but really, for you guys that haven't seen these in the flesh (erm, just you Butterfield...) this is a great indicator of just how tall they are. From Bellgrove station:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/Belgrove3.jpg?t=1179234477

ooh oooh I drove by the beauts the other day and wow they're tall, taller than i thought they'd be. Makes me feel dizzy when looking up at them.:nuts:

and yeah yeah... i know. its them again but really, for you guys that haven't seen these in the flesh (erm, just you Butterfield...) this is a great indicator of just how tall they are...

Well I think you're right, I haven't seen them in the flesh. The only Glasgow "high flats" I've seen are the ones nearest to the M8, and that includes Red Road from a distance. Or are these two visible from the M8 and I just never noticed them?? :?

They are visible from the M8 and well I wouldnt have noticed them until I joined this forum but now I can see them from almost everywhere in the City centre or the East End etc. Next time your up here look for 'em.

Yes I most certainly will do, although I knew about them way before I was last up your way in the summer of 2005 so I'm surprised I didn't notice them.

I may be making a return in June or July!

:pepper:

Hi there, I'm Jo, I just joined today. I found out about this awesome forum on a Google search. I'm an ex-pat Glaswegian living in New York; I was obsessed with high rise flats since I was a young child, and I still see them in my dreams (honestly!). Didn't know when or if I would ever get back to see them, so this is literally a dream come true :) Please forgive my ignorance, since I'm new to this site, but is there a place I can click on to find out the names and locations of the buildings in your photos? Wherever they are, they are gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing!

Hi there, welcome to the forums.:wave: There are some websites that you can find out the names.

Try
http://skyscrapernews.com/bdbsearch.php?city=Glasgow
or
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=711.

If you are wanting to find more pictures of the Tower Blocks then have a shot at flickr. They have many groups such as these ones that have a good variety of pics..

http://flickr.com/groups/highriseglasgow/
http://flickr.com/groups/glasgowbloc/
http://flickr.com/groups/scotland-alt/

Here is Sandyhills a few weeks ago just before the insulation went on before reclading started, you can just see it running up the left hand side of the tower. Anyway has anyone got any pics of it recently as it is mostly reclad in blue and white, it looks quite yucky to be honest.

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

Well this thread seems to have died.

I'll try and bring it back to life.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Maryhill.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Skyline2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Skyline.jpg

I love that last picture! Real depth to it with the light and dark shades. :yes:

Need to get my arse up Sandyhills sometime and take a few shots of central Glasgow.

Have both the Sandyhills blocks being refurbished or just the one on the left?
Are any other blocks in Glasgow that are under re construction?

Thanks Butterfield, we've just got to try and keep this one up and running, I know you and Schemie and others as well contribute hugely to this thread, its just that it had been inactive for quite a while and I was getting frustrated.

Anyway any of you out there who have News or Pictures keep on posting them please.

Anyone know which other blocks are getting reclad, other than Sandyhills, Scotstoun, Parkhead and Bridgeton blocks. Picture would be appreciated.

I know Sandyhills is nearly complete externally, same as Parkhead and Bridgeton. They look colourful, Sandyhills is now highly visible and looks great on a sunny day.

There are four blocks at Sandyhills and yes they are all being refurbed.

Don't forget Mr. B it's difficult for me to keep up with you lot because I live about 280 miles away and don't know many of the names of places within Glasgow. All I know is from what you guys say and what I've seen off the M8! Obviously, my specialist subject is tower blocks of the Midlands as they're what I see all the time.

That said, Glasgow is my favourite city in terms of its skyline so I'm always willing to learn. :D

Hi there, I'm Jo, I just joined today. I found out about this awesome forum on a Google search. I'm an ex-pat Glaswegian living in New York; I was obsessed with high rise flats since I was a young child, and I still see them in my dreams (honestly!). Didn't know when or if I would ever get back to see them, so this is literally a dream come true Please forgive my ignorance, since I'm new to this site, but is there a place I can click on to find out the names and locations of the buildings in your photos? Wherever they are, they are gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing!

im glad you like them :) no doubt when i leave glasgow in september, i'll miss them too. heres another two great links to Glasgow flats:

for info:
http://ukhousing.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Glasgow

for (extremely rare) videos:
http://www.bestlaidschemes.com/

for pics:
Mr B's got you well covered for those :)

Anyone know which other blocks are getting reclad, other than Sandyhills, Scotstoun, Parkhead and Bridgeton blocks. Picture would be appreciated.

as far as i know these are all being refurbed soon:

The 6 on Kingsway Court
All the blocks in Knightswood (theres loads of them)
The St Andrews estate in Pollokshields (begins next month)
Swinton Path in Cardonald reclad just begun a few weeks ago
Pinkston blocks in Sighthill (2008 according to evening times)
Waddell Court, Gorbals (2008 according to ET)
Ibroxholm Oval apparently although it looks fine to me
the two blocks in Battlefield
3 in Pollok (the grey ones)

im sure there will be many more but not before 2010

Have any of you guys seen the Vodafone advert, I think it is, where there's a distant shot of what I presume to be some of Glasgow's tower blocks with hills in the background? I've only seen it once so I may be wrong and it turns out it's some place else! :dunno:

nope havent seen it. Got a link?

http://www.schemieifyouwatchtvlongenoughyou'llseeit.co.uk

;)

the links not.... oh ha ha, ya comedian! :hahaha:

:tongue2: :tongue2: :tongue2:

the ad is Glasgow there's an article in the Evening Times about it.

Here's real links

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1497269.0.thank_you_glasgow_we_ad_the_time_of_our_lives.php

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CX4U1u7EZF8

Thanks Mr. B! :okay:

The blocks are on at exactly 1:00. It's a nice ad, very well made. :yes:

However, I wonder if they've stopped showing it for the moment because people have had enough of crazy weather! :eek:

Looks like it would be quite painful to be hit by one of them little cogs or clock hands! :)

crazy weather? pffft! i havent wore a jacket in a week. its dandy up here but apparently england is floating away as we speak... Took me a while til i realised the ad is set in glasgow. Its all about the people and not so much quality on the buildings :no:

The weather has been quite wild past few weeks. Butterfield, you live in the Midlands, right? Anyway is their flooding there and if so is it bad. It's just I'm going to Alton Towers Tonight/Tomorrow

Also it's always a travesty when a block is demolished and well it seems we are getting a few demolished in the next few weeks. I'll probably be there but I'll probably get upset or summit along those lines. Give tower blocks a chance, Glasgow City Council take notice you evil buggers.

Also love your avatar schemie, greatest Celtic Player for years.

crazy weather? pffft! i havent wore a jacket in a week. its dandy up here but apparently england is floating away as we speak...

I thought Central Scotland had some bad weather recently too! Yeah, from Gloucestershire to Yorkshire everywhere seems to have flooded. Nowhere directly by me has flooded, just some country towns 20/30 miles away.

The weather has been quite wild past few weeks. Butterfield, you live in the Midlands, right? Anyway is their flooding there and if so is it bad. It's just I'm going to Alton Towers Tonight/Tomorrow.


There is some flooding in the Midlands but nowhere by Alton Towers has been mentioned on local news. Should be okay methinks. Have a great time Mr. B - Alton Towers is great! :okay:

Are you staying at the hotel or heading straight back? That'd be a rather long journey! :eek:

Butterfield you tease I clicked on that link you sent Schemie honestly believing I could watch it until I read it properly.
The advert I brilliant. Iv'e only ever caught the ending with the lorry driving away until now.

*gasp* two newcomers to the glasgow tower blocks forum on the same page? monkey9000 and stef! Mr B, you might actually have revived this forum afterall :yes:

...even if we are talking about the weather ;)

I'd try and contribute more but I know sod all about tower blocks in Glasgow.

^^

You'll just have to look at the pretty pictures then Stef. ;)

I get mixed up with all the place names in Glasgow as there are so many tower blocks there! I don't care though as long as I get to see them. :yes:

went into town to buy a few birthday presents today and made some time to take some pictures while i as there:

From Roystonhill,

Red Road, Germiston blocks on the right
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture250.jpg?t=1183488147

Rosemount Street
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture251.jpg?t=1183488203

Charles Street flats in foreground with Balornock in the background
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture252.jpg?t=1183488255

Sighthill with Charles Street in the foreground
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture253.jpg?t=1183488318

Townhead
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture254.jpg?t=1183488364

Sighthill
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture255.jpg?t=1183488395

Charles Street
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture256.jpg?t=1183488428

Dobbies Loan Court in Townhead
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture257.jpg?t=1183488460

Great Pictures Schemie!!!

:uh: Never even heard of Rosemount street, sweeeeeeeeeeeeet, now I wish I had.

oh and next time try and get the right train, you live in Johnstone, Johnstone not Irvine.:baeh3:

I thought Central Scotland had some bad weather recently too! Yeah, from Gloucestershire to Yorkshire everywhere seems to have flooded. Nowhere directly by me has flooded, just some country towns 20/30 miles away.



There is some flooding in the Midlands but nowhere by Alton Towers has been mentioned on local news. Should be okay methinks. Have a great time Mr. B - Alton Towers is great! :okay:

Are you staying at the hotel or heading straight back? That'd be a rather long journey! :eek:


we headed down at 1am on Wednesday Morning, got there just after 7am and had to wait till it opened about an hour later. Left at 5pm and got back up at 11pm. Didn't sleep at all, made up for it on thursday, slept till after 1pm.
Anyway overall I had a great time, even if the ques were a bazillion miles long. I'm going again in September.

Freaky stuff now, we stopped at the service station where those guys got arrested following the terrorist attacks at London and Glasgow.

you live in Johnstone, Johnstone not Irvine.
shut it bawjaws! i didnt know it was an Ayr express train. when the train was coming into Johnstone i stood up and went to the doors and then... sat back down like a total fanny :lol:

and what do you mean you havent heard of Rosemount Street? 25 storey monsters in Royston! you can see them from some parts of the east end and you cant miss them from the M8.

http://l.yimg.com/www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif

from Cowcaddens
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there used to be another one called 240 Roystonhill which was on the land where i was standing. it was knocked down in 1992. Tallest flats to date to be knocked down in Scotland. those in the pics were refurbed about the same time but 15 years on they are beginning to look a touch grimy.

Great piccies schemie! Your photos always seem to add extra grittiness or something. You should be a cameraman on Taggart I reckon. ;)


Never even heard of Rosemount street, sweeeeeeeeeeeeet, now I wish I had.


I'm excused as I don't live anywhere near Glasgow, but I haven't heard of Germiston. I'll have to add that to my list of favourite place names. :lol:


we headed down at 1am on Wednesday Morning, got there just after 7am and had to wait till it opened about an hour later. Left at 5pm and got back up at 11pm. Didn't sleep at all, made up for it on thursday, slept till after 1pm.
Anyway overall I had a great time, even if the ques were a bazillion miles long. I'm going again in September.

Freaky stuff now, we stopped at the service station where those guys got arrested following the terrorist attacks at London and Glasgow.

Wow what a long journey! :eek: I went to Alton Towers in 1994 (from school), 1998 and 2002. I think I'm due another visit. :yes:

In this weather butterfield you must be mad. Will the rides be working with all the rain we've had? Back on topic.
Great pics Schemie. I love the positioning of the Sighthill and Charles Street blocks.

My great auntie Ena lived in Sighthill on the 15th floor of a block - huge flat, three double bedrooms. Awesome view of Red Road and the St Rollox works, M8 too. A close family friends grandparents lived on the 18th floor of a Cowcaddens block, the views were fantastic especially of the Erskine Bridge.

Nice line tae Ayr schemie, damn I love the city region, unsurpassed in the UK in my humble opinion.

In this weather butterfield you must be mad. Will the rides be working with all the rain we've had?

Good question. I don't know. Seems as though Mr. B had a good time though. :yes:

Anyway, on the same kind of theme, can anyone tell me the name of a theme park somewhere near Hamilton Services on the M74? I'm sure it's on the other side of the motorway by that most beautiful line of tower block high flats in Motherwell. :happy: Our dog nearly died on Hamilton Services car park but that's another story...


St Rollox works

:D


Nice line tae Ayr schemie, damn I love the city region, unsurpassed in the UK in my humble opinion.

Does the Ayrshire coast hold any nice surprises for visitors and tourists such as myself?

Hell yes, Ayrshire is the dogs, I'm an ayrshire resident myself dont you know. Ayr, troon, Largs are all nice places. Drive the A78 from Troon north to Largs then through Inverkip and onto Gourock - its magic. The Aisla Craig sits out off the coast anf the views over to Arran and Goat Fell are spectacular on a clear day, Goat Fell is breathtaking when its snow capped. Culzean Castle is amazing and the view you get of it coming south out of Ayr is amazing as it perches on the cliffs. Theres a little harbour village called Dunure just south of Ayr which is a little hidden gem too. Ayrshires coast is great but I love the views you get into the interior of Southern Scotland too, you can see for miles. Theres a little village near St Marnock (;) ) called Craigie, the views from up there are awesome. God bless Ayrshire.

Arran and Goat Fell, about 35 miles SW of Glasgow city centre that pic was taken from. You can see Goat Fell from Glagow in certain places, just one of dozens of mountains visible from the city.

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I took this from Queens Park a few miles south of the city centre a few boxing days ago. Its not even a great photo in terms of reflecting the citys backdrop.

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My great auntie Ena lived in Sighthill on the 15th floor of a block - huge flat, three double bedrooms. Awesome view of Red Road and the St Rollox works, M8 too.

It makes you wonder why schemes like these are so unpopular. Most high rise flats are big, almost luxuriously so for the price of the rent. Great views, city centre a stone throw away. so what the fuck? id love to live there and get bladdered in Rockers every night and take a short walk home to my Sighthillian penthouse where i can look out across thriving metropolitan beauty.... ah.... was your aunt's flat ok in terms of damp? i know crusty bint had trouble with black mould in his sighthill flat.

A close family friends grandparents lived on the 18th floor of a Cowcaddens block, the views were fantastic especially of the Erskine Bridge.

Cowcaddens is nice. i was up there just before i went along to Royston. Fantastically brutal low rise scheme. If you ever want to live in a multi storey car park, go to Dundasvale Court :lol:

I love the positioning of the Sighthill and Charles Street blocks.

i assure you its not intentional. I get very self conscious taking pics of tower blocks. i feel like a pure weirdo. so i just whip it out and get the job done when theres no-one else around :shifty: its frowned upon in this country for a 'teenager' to have an of the ordinary hobby so if theres someone else in the same street as me, i dont take a photo. There were much better angles where i could get more blocks in the picture but there was a guy in an orange trackie swaggering about. gutted.

Germiston. I'll have to add that to my list of favourite place names.

:no: it sounds boggin! like Germaline.

and im not big on rural sightseeing (i much prefer urban-ness as you might have guessed ;) ) but some of the natural beauties in the west of scotland are amazing. i would say the best in the country but then again, this country is beautiful too :)

Hell yes, Ayrshire is the dogs, I'm an ayrshire resident myself dont you know. Ayr, troon, Largs are all nice places. Drive the A78 from Troon north to Largs then through Inverkip and onto Gourock - its magic. The Aisla Craig sits out off the coast anf the views over to Arran and Goat Fell are spectacular on a clear day, Goat Fell is breathtaking when its snow capped. Culzean Castle is amazing and the view you get of it coming south out of Ayr is amazing as it perches on the cliffs. Theres a little harbour village called Dunure just south of Ayr which is a little hidden gem too. Ayrshires coast is great but I love the views you get into the interior of Southern Scotland too, you can see for miles. Theres a little village near St Marnock (;) ) called Craigie, the views from up there are awesome. God bless Ayrshire.

Wowww. :drool: And wow to your photo. :eek: I thought I'd heard how nice the Ayrshire coast was. It's an area I'd like to visit and it just goes to show that you don't have to be in the north of Scotland to have beautiful scenery.



i assure you its not intentional. I get very self conscious taking pics of tower blocks. i feel like a pure weirdo. so i just whip it out and get the job done when theres no-one else around :shifty: its frowned upon in this country for a 'teenager' to have an of the ordinary hobby so if theres someone else in the same street as me, i dont take a photo. There were much better angles where i could get more blocks in the picture but there was a guy in an orange trackie swaggering about. gutted.

I'm the same but I tend to stay in the safety of my car so I can make a quick getaway! :D



:no: it sounds boggin! like Germaline.

:lol:

I wasn't going to say anything so as not to offend you locals... :|


and im not big on rural sightseeing (i much prefer urban-ness as you might have guessed ;) ) but some of the natural beauties in the west of scotland are amazing. i would say the best in the country but then again, this country is beautiful too :)

Absolutely. That's why I love Scotland - fantastic scenery yet some great urban landscapes. However, I could live with just the rural Scotland myself as I'm a bit of a loner at times and prefer the company of pine trees, lochs and mountains to that of people. :crazy:

In this weather butterfield you must be mad. Will the rides be working with all the rain we've had? Back on topic.
Great pics Schemie. I love the positioning of the Sighthill and Charles Street blocks.

They were working, except oblivion just stopped with people over the big hole for 30 mins so...

Good question. I don't know. Seems as though Mr. B had a good time though. :yes:

Anyway, on the same kind of theme, can anyone tell me the name of a theme park somewhere near Hamilton Services on the M74? I'm sure it's on the other side of the motorway by that most beautiful line of tower block high flats in Motherwell. :happy: Our dog nearly died on Hamilton Services car park but that's another story...




:D




Does the Ayrshire coast hold any nice surprises for visitors and tourists such as myself?

That's M&D's Theme Park in Strathclyde Park, it's shite compared to Alton.

Ayrshire holds many surprises for people like you Butterfield. You'd like the 60's or 70's housing estates that are in great big lines through the outskirts of Ayr, brutal as f**k! There also scenic sites as well such as Castles, beaches, mountains, arran, Ayr.... the list goes on.

Ayrshire is lovely, long beaches, golf courses, occasional Tower block, sea, mountains what else could I ask for, I know, sunshine!

It makes you wonder why schemes like these are so unpopular. Most high rise flats are big, almost luxuriously so for the price of the rent. Great views, city centre a stone throw away. so what the fuck? id love to live there and get bladdered in Rockers every night and take a short walk home to my Sighthillian penthouse where i can look out across thriving metropolitan beauty.... ah.... was your aunt's flat ok in terms of damp? i know crusty bint had trouble with black mould in his sighthill flat.

Why do people not want to live in tower blocks, they would seem like great city appartments to live in, right next to the city centre. Although I think it is due to their reputations for being huge concrete monoliths with no soul (not true folks, not true).

also schemie did I hear you mention the Rockers under central station, if so that place rocks but smells funny.

i assure you its not intentional. I get very self conscious taking pics of tower blocks. i feel like a pure weirdo. so i just whip it out and get the job done when theres no-one else around :shifty: its frowned upon in this country for a 'teenager' to have an of the ordinary hobby so if theres someone else in the same street as me, i dont take a photo. There were much better angles where i could get more blocks in the picture but there was a guy in an orange trackie swaggering about. gutted.

I wouldn't ever be caught with a camera in broad daylight with people around in these areas, if I did I would expect these neds to walk up to me and threaten to "chib" me.:shifty:


:no: it sounds boggin! like Germaline.

:rofl:

Although I think it is due to their reputations for being huge concrete monoliths with no soul (not true folks, not true).

thats what makes them so appealling :drool: concrete... monolithic... whit! no soul? get me some KFC!

I wouldn't ever be caught with a camera in broad daylight with people around in these areas, if I did I would expect these neds to walk up to me and threaten to "chib" me.

its not the chibbing thats the problem with me. i like the occassional barney and anyway, people are just people no matter where they live. 90% of people won't do jack unless you do something to them. the remaining 10% of nutters, you pray you never meet. i just HATE to be made fun of. "ho! at cunts got a camera and hes takin picturs wi it!" even something mild like that and i would probably provoke the other 90% in one casual gesture :lol:

also schemie did I hear you mention the Rockers under central station, if so that place rocks but smells funny.

:yes: yep, the Rockers. good bar. used to get in there all the time til a few weeks ago when it was a different bouncer. Usually Zander is too busy looking at cleavage to actually analyse our IDs but this new guy took our ID and said "get tae"! so we got a carry out in Gorbals instead :hahaha: new ID is ordered though.

oh by the by, some news on mini blocks being refurbed:

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) is spending £21 million over the next three years to improve its mini-multis across the city.

Forty one eight-storey blocks, known as ‘mini-multis’, are included in the programme of investment work that started in 2006. Each of the 41 blocks will see new or upgraded roofs and external overcladding which improves the overall appearance and provides better insulation to the building.

Work has just started on five eight-storey blocks at Swinton Path and Invergyle Drive, Cardonald and work will begin at seven eight-storey blocks at St Andrew’s Drive and St Andrew’s Crescent, Pollokshields later this year. Two blocks at Jura Court, Craigton and three blocks at Tannadice Path, Cardonald have been recently completed as part of this programme.

The installation of new roofs and external overcladding will take seven months at the Cardonald flats. The improvements at the Pollokshield flats will take around eight months to complete.

David Hastings, GHA’s Director of Investment and Regeneration said: “GHA is entering the fifth year of a ten year multi-million pound investment programme and we are going from strength to strength. The investment works underway on the mini-multis will provide new or upgraded roofs and overcladding, ensuring that our tenants are able to live in the warm, dry homes they were promised at stock transfer.”

Regional director of Lovell, Alan Taylor, which is carrying out the work to 12 blocks, added: “We are delighted to be continuing our successful partnership with GHA through the schemes which will deliver major improvements for the blocks of flats making them warmer and dryer for residents.”

Rok has commenced a programme of work on 10 blocks in the West of the city. They have already started work on five mini-multi blocks at Archerhill in Knightswood. They will then commence work on two blocks on Northland Drive, Scotstounhill and three blocks on Halley Place, Yoker later this year.

Where was this article Schemie?

Actually Schemie she did have some damp problems in Sighthill, so did my grans house on the parkhouse estate - they were told they were getting new windows for years...Cowcaddens has changed for the worse, it was for older people but now theyve let in young, single people, junkies and criminals to name but a few, its gone right downhill, disorder and burglary.

Here Crusty - http://www.gha.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s4_1&newsid=848&newsType=

Cheers bud

I like the term 'mini-multis' from that article. :happy:


They were working, except oblivion just stopped with people over the big hole for 30 mins so...

:eek: :eek: :eek:


That's M&D's Theme Park in Strathclyde Park, it's shite compared to Alton.

Thank you! :okay: Not that I'd go or anything. The 3 or 4 times I've been past on the M74 it's been in the early hours of the morning anyway. I just didn't know if I'd imagined seeing some rides there or not!


Ayrshire holds many surprises for people like you Butterfield. You'd like the 60's or 70's housing estates that are in great big lines through the outskirts of Ayr, brutal as f**k! There also scenic sites as well such as Castles, beaches, mountains, arran, Ayr.... the list goes on.

Ayrshire is lovely, long beaches, golf courses, occasional Tower block, sea, mountains what else could I ask for, I know, sunshine!

It sounds lovely. Tourists don't seem to go there as much as the Highlands and it doesn't get advertised - at least in England anyway.

Speaking of which, unfortunately I won't be making a pilgrimage to the Highlands this year. BUT, seeing as I've been to Scotland every two years since 1997 I really am due to cross that border again this year so when I'm in the Lake District for a couple of days later this month I'll try and make a trip to Gretna and sigh when I see the miles on the sign saying "Glasgow 98". :bash: ;)

Actually Schemie she did have some damp problems in Sighthill, so did my grans house on the parkhouse estate - they were told they were getting new windows for years

ah... the bane of 20th century council housing :ohno: parkhouse estate in Nitshill? its been demolished now. when i was passing through last year, there was lots of new houses going up and lots of tenements going down.

Cowcaddens has changed for the worse, it was for older people but now theyve let in young, single people, junkies and criminals to name but a few, its gone right downhill, disorder and burglary.

i dont see any problem with you, single people! how dare they have easy access to Glasgow's nightlife where they can age themselves with binge drinking and find a shagging partner so as to meet the requirements for "middle aged, unhappily married people". but the other two are problematic. although not unexpected. at least its right next to a police station. you could virtually shout 999 and get an answer. i still plan on moving there after i finish uni... joining the army of young single people :D

Got some more pics and I've got more coming soon!

ENJOY!!!:)

Red Road before the Flats
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Springburn U/C
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St. Andrews House in Sauchiehall street
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Waddell Court U/C
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Dougrie Place U/C
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Queen Elizabeth Square U/C
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Gallowgate shortly after completion.
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Strathclyde Uni Building next to Queen Street Station
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Good stuff Mr. B! :okay:

Little did those fields and farm track know what to expect in 40 years time...

And I love the second picture. What's the status of that exact place now? I can never remember which area is which in Glasgow. :nuts:

Good stuff Mr. B! :okay:

Little did those fields and farm track know what to expect in 40 years time...

And I love the second picture. What's the status of that exact place now? I can never remember which area is which in Glasgow. :nuts:

Thanks Butterfield!

Those blocks are still standing, and I think they will be refurbed not sure though, they are some of my favourite blocks. Those four and Red Road are the only ones you can see from Cumbernauld.

Can you find me a picture of them to jog my memory? I tend to recognise Glasgow's blocks but not able to put a name to them.

And are the low rise flats still there?

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/springburn2.jpg

Yup all still there. All along the main road through Springburn into the City Centre

Oh those ones! Yeah, I recognise them but they obviously look different to the old picture as they've had a refurbishment at some point.

Yup! those ones, it's an easy mistake. Some of the pictures look totally different to what they look like now. The old pics of the block look so clean and grime free, now they are all the opposite but still they are loveable.

Forgot to mention, that St. Andrews House, my mum used to work in that, i got to go up it several times , great views across central glasgow.

I thought I'd posted that Springburn picture before. There's a fantastic article somewhere, showing before during and after. Now where was it...

BANG!!!
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BANG!!!
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*cough* That's Queen Elizabeth Square in Hutchesontown. *cough*

Still thats a great pic never seen it before, i've only ever seen one or two things about QES demolition, I seen a video of it showing the large bit of debris that killed the old woman flying through the air. Brilliant pic though, I've just made it my desktop background.

Nice caption as well

Never realised QES had one of those dodgy stuck on metal roofs like waddell court has had done to it. Wonder if they had the washed out colours when first put on or if they were bright and over time theyt just faded, hmmmmm?

*cough* That's Queen Elizabeth Square in Hutchesontown. *cough*

Still thats a great pic never seen it before, i've only ever seen one or two things about QES demolition, I seen a video of it showing the large bit of debris that killed the old woman flying through the air. Brilliant pic though, I've just made it my desktop background.

Nice caption as well

Never realised QES had one of those dodgy stuck on metal roofs like waddell court has had done to it. Wonder if they had the washed out colours when first put on or if they were bright and over time theyt just faded, hmmmmm?

If you look at the bottom of page 2 of this thread, I've posted a picture of one of the blocks lying on its side across the road after the blowdown. And on page 5 schemieboy has posted a colour picture of them with the roof on, just before they were bombed, that I posted on the British Tower Blocks thread aaaages ago.

There are also these ones, liberated from Flickr

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Hot diggity dog you made my day:happy:. Never seen those pictures before, must have been away or something wen they were posted. No wonder that poor old dear was killed, look how close they were to the buildings:eek:, not accepetable:no;

Those are great! Just think, the woman who was killed was still happily alive on that first pic of the demolition day, but only for a few more moments...

nice way to put it Butterfield

1948
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2002
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OH MY!!!!! :eek: :eek:

Thanks for that schemie!! Wow wow wow...

Although I'm not sure that the old photo was 1948 as it says 3.3.25 at the bottom right.

by the way on the subject of Queen lizzy, just found notes i lost from ages ago:

*1957, Basil Spence appointed GCC design consultant along with Robert Matthew. Both are well-known modernist architects and both at this point have OBEs and both would go on to be knighted.

*1958, Basil Spence's plans for a multi storey development at Queen Elizabeth Square are approved by city architect, Archibald George Jury.

*1961, construction begins as Spence is handed a £1.3m contract on his return from an 'inspirational trip' to Marseilles. He promises ever future resident of QES will have their own garden located on huge balconies. in the same year, the Queen visits Gorbals and is shocked by the squalor prevailent in the area.Upon entering a single end, one partment tenement flat which was the typical accomodation of Gorbals 90,000 inhabitants, she asks the residents and their 7 children "is this all you have?".

*1962, King Olav of Norway visits the under construction flats and isnt impressed. Neither are the locals who say QES is "intimidating". An Edinburgh firm announce plans to build a shopping centre on QES

*1963, the first block of flats are completed at QES.

*1964, the other blcoks are completed 16months behind schedule.

*1967, the unpopular flats are given nicknamed after prisons by residents. Alcatraz, Barlinnie and Sing-Song.

*1969, The cumberland arcade shpping centre is completed containing 38 shops and 4 blocks of low rise flats. they are built in a brutalist design to complement the high rises. This completes the masterplan.

*1984, a young family are shocked to find asbestos panels in their cupboard. The Glasgow District Council (replaced the GCC in 1975), who are no fans of multi storeys strip all the flats of asbestos over the next year.

*1987, residents are evacuated after the blocks are flooded. GDC spends £2m refurbishing the blocks over the next 3 years with new roofs, new lifts and the introduction of a concierge station after several brutal assaults in the estate.

*1989, QES is flooded again. Another evacuation makes it unpopular with some residents, who opt to be rehoused rather than return to their homes

*1990, GDC announce that the half empty flats will bedemolished over the next 5 years, with a long term plan to demolish all the high rises in Gorbals over the next 15 years. this comes 3 years after the demolition of "The Dampies" at Area E that were abandoned just 5 years after completion. and demolished afer 10 years. They also announce that 240 Roystonhill in Royston, 30 Bogany Terrace in Castlemilk and 9 Coll Place in Germiston will also be demolished. many others are listed as long term demolition targets.

*1992, the first high rise demolition takes place in Royston. There are 38 residents remaining at QES. The blocks are fenced off to encourage them to accept rehousing quickly. Many feel they are being forced out of their homes.

*1993, The flats are demolished by Ladkarn. One woman is fatally wounded by debris and several seriously injured.

*1994, an enquiry into the death of 63 year old mum of 4 Helen Tinney finds that Ladkarn used twice the amount of explosives necessary and no blast sheeting was used.They calculated the 'safe' distance as twice the height of the building (140m). An outdated technique that had already ended in fatalities abroad. No klaxon was used to announce the imminent demolition. Ladkarn say they forgot it. They will never work in the Uk again.

*1999, 550 homes are planned for the 6 years vacant site

*2001, 950 homes are built on the site. 750 private and 200 for rent in a £40m regeneration of teh area. The GDC are deposed of the control of Glasgows housing and are replaced by Glasgow Housing Association, independent of the council. They announce their own plans for Glasgow's high rises which includes teh refurbishment of 8 tower blocks in Gorbals at Waddel Court, Caledonia Road and Silverfir Street.

it says 3.3.25 at the bottom right.

ah just a guess. im not always perfect :)

Interesting stuff Schemie. Any more where that came from?

I thought Hutchie E was built in 1968 - making their 1987 demolition 19 years after they were built rather than 10.

There is a brief glimpse of them in this (http://www.bestlaidschemes.com/moviezone/if-only-we-had-the-space) film

I love Balgray Hill my favourite flats after the undisputed kings of Glasgow.

Are these Hutchie 'E' ?

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Here's another blast from the past with these pics.

I might have more to post up soon...

Maryhill U/C
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Anderston Just Completed
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Bridgeton just Completed
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Gallowgate U/C
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Dalmarnock
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Springburn with Red Road in the Background
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Wyndford Nearing Completion
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very nice pics. Most of them i havent seen before. its all vvery "Brave New World"ish innit? bravo! :) incidentally, that block in Dalmarnock is the one that was demolished last week. and yes those are Hutchi E. got notes on them too. a very sad tale of crap homes:

*1967, GCC admit they are looking into the possibility of deck access flats at a number of locations accross the city as the traditional 4 storey tenement cannot house the vast numbers still to be rehoused in the city limits. These areas are Summerston in the north, Darnley in the south and Hutchesontown Area E in Gorbals.

*1969, all three schemes are approved and construction begins.

*1972, the first flats are opened by Queen Elizabeth in Pine Street. She hands over the keys to a young couple. The scheme consists of two 24 storey tower blocks at Sandiefield Road and 759 flats and maisonettes in mid-rise deck-access blocks. 4 months later, the first complaints of damp are made as new furniture, carpets and wallpaper are attacked by a creeping black mould. the flats earn the nickname "The Dampies" as water penetration and condensation rot the new buildings.

*1974, the scheme is completed as Gorbals masterplan is finished. It relinquishes its status of a comprehensive development area for the first time since 1957.

*1975, damp has now reached an over powering level. Black mould is prevalent on the upper floors and black and green mould on teh lower floors. Tint beetles infest the complex as the feed of teh fungi. Possessions like clothes smell, food not in the fridge goes off and residents are deeply unhappy. 400 protest about the flats and are outrage when the newly appointed GDC claim it is down to heavy breathing and condensation, as opposed to damp. In teh end, they admit the buildings are at fault and propose a £2m overhaul of teh heating system. This is slammed by experts who say that this will not make the flats habitable.

*1980, after a prolonged rent-strike, residents are rehoused. Water ais running down the walls, the carpets breed maggots and the mould has long term afftects on health. Willie Roxburn of Norfolk Court in Laurieston is voted leader of the Scottish Consumer Council for his tireless campaigning to get Area E residents rehoused.

*1981, "This is the most modern and expensive ghost town in the world, we havent even worked out the cost to remedy the dampness. Even to knock the houses down would probably run into millions"-GDC spokesman.

*1982, Barrat offer to purchase each of the dwellings on the 2miles squared site for £1000 each. The handful of residents remaining move out a few weeks short of Area E's 10th birthday and the vacant complex is raided by squatters, drug fiends and youths.

*1985, After a 5 hour meeting, the GDC opt to demolish the flats to be replaced by a mixture of private and social hosuing and a supermarket.

*1986, the plans for a supermarket are rejected as it is deemed "too big"

*1987, the flats are demolished by Burnthills of Johnstone(:banana:) leaving 2 square miles of wasteland cutting off Gorbals from the rest of the south side.

*1988, Frank Lafferty's building empire goes bankrupt. The company was building the private housing on the Area E site. This leave the GDC to deal with teh wasteland on its own.

*1989, locals want the "eyesore" to be cleared up but not with "yuppie flats."

*1990, An ambitoius project is formed and called the Crown Street Regeneration Project, named after the bustling hub of 'Old Gorbals'. It will rebuild the urban fabric that has been lost in the midst of the Area E demolition. Project leader, Mike Galloway says, "The only project on this scale was undertaken in Berlin". he has been given £80m to achieve what appears to be the impossible.

*1994, Wimpey, Miller Partnerships and Redrow all involved in the Crown Street Regen. Streetplan to be reverted back to how it was in 'Old Gorbals' and streets renamed after the old streets.

*1996, phase 1 is completed and Tay Homes are granted £5m to work on the second phase after Miller partnerships are pulled up on defective properties that flooded 3 times in stage 1.

*2007, work is still ongoing but Stage 3 is nearing completion. This will link up with the Queen Elizabeth Square and Laurieston redevlopments and a refurbishment of properties in Hutchesontown areas A, B and D to create a new start for the Gorbals.

From Shug's demolition pages.
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb5.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb16.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb13.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb17.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb21.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb19.jpg
:lol: dammit we missed the ginger kid :lol:
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb20.jpg

God they sound horrible, mould and Maggots and all, yuck imagine seeing that a carpet getting eaten by the maggies. I've seen an arial pic showing Hutchie E and the scale of it was huge, never knew those two beauties of tower blocks were part of the scheme.

The blocks have strange patterns on their balconies, nice! If they had only built them properly, instead of leaving bits that would allow the elements in, they would probably still be around today.

Now now Schemie it's not the ginger's fault that he was born Ginger. Maybe he just drank too much Irn-bru or maybe he rusted or maybe he was a resident and the mould attacked him in his sleep.

maybe he was a resident and the mould attacked him in his sleep.

:hahaha: class

btw post that aerial pic. that way we can work out how many blocks there were and put them on the wiki.

I don't know if there are more blocks off shot, but i'll try and find that out for you asap.

However it has Queen Lizzie in it

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

Now now Schemie it's not the ginger's fault that he was born Ginger. Maybe he just drank too much Irn-bru or maybe he rusted or maybe he was a resident and the mould attacked him in his sleep.

Erm, excusé moi! I have ginger hair and have never rusted or drunk Irn Bru. Plus, Scotland has the largest percentage of redheads in the world. We are the original inhabitants of these lands, so :tongue:

A lot of you Scottish peeps will carry that so called 'ginger gene' so I recommend you don't have children... :lol: :devil:

Great pictures btw! :yes:

Found it!!! This was so hard to find.:banana:

Hutchesontown-Gorbals CDA, Area 'E' was approved in 1968 and built by developers Gilbert-Ash (Scotland) using the 'Tracoba' system of pre-cast panels. Two 24-storeyed blocks of 384 flats, and 12 seven-storeyed blocks containing 759 flats were built.

Erm, excusé moi! I have ginger hair and have never rusted or drunk Irn Bru. Plus, Scotland has the largest percentage of redheads in the world. We are the original inhabitants of these lands, so :tongue:

A lot of you Scottish peeps will carry that so called 'ginger gene' so I recommend you don't have children... :lol: :devil:

Great pictures btw! :yes:


hehehehe, ooooops!

It is something like 1 in 11 people in Scotland have Ginger Hair, which as Butterfield said is the highest percentage in the world.

Apparently the ginger Gene is in my family, but I have Brown Hair

Thanks Butterfield & Schemie for your pic comments. I found a website with great pics on it.

^^

The ginger gene jumped a generation in my family - from my grandparents to me. :bash:

However, I like to think of my hair as more of a golden colour and I have to admit that I'm one of the better looking redheads. :bowtie:

Unlucky for you mate, so so unlucky.:no:

Oh ho ho we have Mr. Modesty 2007, sarcasm by the way:colgate:

*cough* That's Queen Elizabeth Square in Hutchesontown. *cough*

Still thats a great pic never seen it before, i've only ever seen one or two things about QES demolition, I seen a video of it showing the large bit of debris that killed the old woman flying through the air. Brilliant pic though, I've just made it my desktop background.


What was she doing flying through the air? Was she a witch of sorts?! Terrible shame that :ohno:

Just popping in and all the pictures look great! That's a great wealth of stuff on display there!:)

^^ ^^ hahahahahahahaha:rofl:

That's so stupid of me. when I saw the highlighted bit I actually burst out laughing to myself, how sad am I !? Mr. B Nae Pals.

Somemore of Queen Lizzie

Original Concept Sketch
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/QES4.jpg
Boy looking up at the Blocks
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/QES.jpg
Gates to Shopping Centre
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/QES3.jpg
Demolition
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/QES2.jpg

Yo ho there, anyone got any news as to when Waddell Court and Commercial Court are being refurbed. Future glasgow just says Summer 07.

I really like Queens Elizabeth Square. It's such a shame they were demolished as I think if they were still here they would probably be listed. Similar to Park Hills.

sadly even if they were still here they couldnt be inhabited. i mean damp is one thing but FLOODING! although i like them too. pity i cant remember as far back to see them.

as brilliant as FutureGlasgow is, it also says 12 Riverford Road should have been down months ago so dont take the deadlines literally but more as a process. Waddell Court will be the next step in the process :yes: but when? who knows :? i doubt it will be this summer. ClydeWaterfront also say this Summer at a cost of £15. ive just sent an email to 'Kirsty Fotheringham' asking for more details

Salvaged this from the archives, originally taken by Gleegieboy and posted onto a thread by The Boy David.

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

Great find Mr.B you should put it in the British Tower Blocks thread let butterfield feast his eyes on it.

Eh! I must be having a brainstorm because the Science Tower is in the wrong place for me. Lol nevermind, I'll get there in the end.

Great find Mr.B you should put it in the British Tower Blocks thread let butterfield feast his eyes on it.

Okay, if you're sure.

Eh! I must be having a brainstorm because the Science Tower is in the wrong place for me. Lol nevermind, I'll get there in the end.

Must be all that Attempted Suicide.

I can see the Hilton then the Cowcaddens blocks popping there heads over the ridge and the Science Tower is in between the two. This is headfucking me!

It's from the South Side so things might appear to be in strange places.

I cant for the life of me work out wheres thats taken from.

Great find Mr.B you should put it in the British Tower Blocks thread let butterfield feast his eyes on it.

Don't worry, I often check this thread! Thanks for that Mr. B - once again, I nearly choked. At first I thought it was just a picture of a church but scrolled to the right and I was like :eek: :eek: :eek:!!

eh... that church is in fact Glasgow Uni Spire. :lol:

Ohhh... :|

Here's some blocks that were Never built and half the Road in the oics was never built either, The Inner Ring Road.

Gorbals/Laurieston Proposals. This is where Stirlingfauld and Norfolk Courts are, the Motorway would have passed between them if it had been built.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/PB3.jpg

Anderston Cross Proposals.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/PB.jpg

Charing Cross, coincedentally an office block was built on a bridge over the Motorway, an old pedestrian bridge with no access. Similar to another bridge just along the road. The Bridge to nowhere.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/PB2.jpg

I've seen those drawings before. It's such a shame they weren't built they look brilliant. The third picture looks like a giant concrete jungle.

This is the Bridge in Question, only this is viewed from the other side.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Bridge.jpg

Here's some more blocks that were never built, they would have demolished the Royal Infirmary in this drawing, the bit of Motorway coming down to the bottom off the pic is the unbuilt bit, the junction for it was built, just the road wasn't

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

Townhead and City Centre, 1970's

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

thank fuck all that crap wasnt built! i mean, i like tower blocks but i mean its Glasgow not Russia! Knocking down the Royal... building dual carriageways straight through communities... No doubt demolishing even more of 'old' Glasgow... the Anderston cross pic looks pretty good and 50 years later is finally happening with Elphinstone Place but check that one with the junctions and stuff Mr B! now if Hutchy E had massive problems imagine building zillions of replicas! that wouldve thrown Glasgow back into the dark ages and made it look a bigger desert than it already is! :soap: and is it just me or are those Townhead blocks WHITE!

and Boards, the picture is taken from Ralston in Paisley-south west of the city centre. now, the science centre, 2miles ish west of the city centre would appear to be in the city centre because it is being viewed more or less from the west and be appear closer to the north bank because it is viewed from more or less the south! Problem solved! erm just take my word for it!

great photo btw. Moss Heights (on the extreme right) looks fantastic!

thank fuck all that crap wasnt built! i mean, i like tower blocks but i mean its Glasgow not Russia! Knocking down the Royal... building dual carriageways straight through communities... No doubt demolishing even more of 'old' Glasgow... the Anderston cross pic looks pretty good and 50 years later is finally happening with Elphinstone Place but check that one with the junctions and stuff Mr B! now if Hutchy E had massive problems imagine building zillions of replicas! that wouldve thrown Glasgow back into the dark ages and made it look a bigger desert than it already is! :soap: and is it just me or are those Townhead blocks WHITE!

and Boards, the picture is taken from Ralston in Paisley-south west of the city centre. now, the science centre, 2miles ish west of the city centre would appear to be in the city centre because it is being viewed more or less from the west and be appear closer to the north bank because it is viewed from more or less the south! Problem solved! erm just take my word for it!

great photo btw. Moss Heights (on the extreme right) looks fantastic!

It's good in a way that they never finished the Glasgow Motorway Plans, bu tbad in that now you need to go round the North of the City Centre to go South. They had a proposal you know for a Johnstone Motorway.

It's good that they got a lot of the blocks up but it's also good they didn't realise the full vision they had. Although I think Butterfield would love the vision of the whole city Centre being rebuilt with Tower Blocks and Office Blocks. It's good they didn't finish or get even half way to the final vision as we would have lost a vast amount of our heritage. and half trhe time these blocks ain't exactly the best when facing up to the Elements and well a whole city of them would be quite bad as people would move out of the city.

The Townhead Blocks look so White because they are so new. Just over time the Scottish Weather isn't too kind to Concrete and many of the other materials used to build these fellas. Sad really, people would probably like them if they weren't so Grey but Never mind We Still love them.

In the case of that Pano, thanks for pointing out where it is, now I hope Boards will maybe start to understand, took me a wee while to work it out at first. Come on Boards mate you have to understand it now.

Thanks on the terms of the photie of Moss Heights.

No I worked it out about ten minutes after I posted, was a bit stoned like.

:lol: ah right then... would make sense...

Firts 2 are of East Kilbride.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/EK.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/EK2.jpg

This is of Whitelawburn in Cambuslang, they have been getting refurbed for yonks now, it's either still two to go or one to go, been a wee while since last went by them
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/WLB.jpg


You can see that Bridge I posted a few posts back live, at here

http://www.elphinstone.com/web/site/Commercial/elphinstonePlace/elphinstone_webcam.asp

A strange question perhaps, but is a Glasgow overspill town (like East Kilbride or Cumbernauld) accent much different from the accent of someone who has lived in Glasgow all their lives?

Not too different, largely due to the large bulk of the population coming initially from Glasgow. It's like Corby (I think) that has the Scottish Accent because the majority of the people who moved there were from Scotland and over the years it has became the local accent.

ive lived in Johnstone longer than ive lived in Paisley or Glasgow and im still full of the Shettlestonian patter :lol: although even people that arent from Glasgow like Ayr people, Greenock people and stuff like that they speak the same. Its a regional accent rather than a city one. except people from Houston, Kilmacolm, Bearsden, Milngavie and Newton Mearns who sound like theyre from Kent or somewhere! Dunno where they picked that up from :?

D'ya know, I didn't know that about Corby but I've just read it on Wikipedia. Interesting!

So, erm, where does one 'lose' the typical Glasgow accent? I know that Edinburgh sounds different and Aberdeen but surely it's gone way before then!

Well just east of Cumbernauld and people start talking all crazy ways. They start using words like "Ken" and just sounding really broad scottish. I can't understand people from Falkirk and Bonnybridge and they're like 2 miles away from Cumbernauld. The accent is completly different.

Before you ask Butterfield, "Ken" means "You Know"

:lol:

I see! Erm, we seem to be straying from the thread subject somewhat - slap my wrists. :|

Consider your wrists slapped.

Anyway now I have a question, was Queen Lizzie two level Flats, I mean I was just looking at this pic and the Balconies are on every Second Floor. See what I mean. I've seen 2 storey flats before but they're in 4 storey blocks not 2 storeys. I've never seen a tower block like this, it was so good, damn them for demolishing it

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

That's interesting, I only know of one tower block where the flats have a downstairs and an upstairs - this one on the right in West Bromwich:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/241046709_72d7b20407.jpg?v=0

Doesn't the Trellick Tower in London have 2 level flats? There are balconies at the bedroom as well as the living room.
Im sure Park Hill has a similar sort of set up aswell.

I'll have to Investigate this further.

Thanks Mr.B it'll be interesting to see how much we really no. :)

i live in a 2 storey flat/maisonette. there actually quite common if you pay attention to how each building is set out. by the way i got a reply with regards to Waddell Court. Isobel Sinclair says:

I can advise you that it is hoped that the refurbishment of the low rise and
multies at Riverside (Waddell Court and Commercial Court) will commence in
October / November 2007. The work is expected to take about 2 years to
complete. The cladding is metallic.

If you can advise why you require information we may be able to provide you with
a bit more detail

i like your shiny buildings ma'am :) theyre real big :lol:

To answer your question Mr B the blocks in the Gorbals were two-storey. I had an 'aquaintance' when I was at University called 'Jimmy Bollocks' who planned to run his campaign to be an SNP Westminster MP from the lower area of his maisonette. I was not impressed.

You and Schemie Bhoy have been talking about the fading concrete in some of our multi blocks. My own view is that the finish specification of the concrete cladding has been inappropriate. There is no reason, despite our climate - which is moderate, that we should not have buildings with exposed concrete finshes. I think the imporatant thing is that we specify the right finish. Not to bore you but if you have a finish which is smooth rather than open grade then you do not induce as much moisture/organic matter into the concrete and hence it retains a far cleaner appearance. I think the Anderston centre is an example of where a concrete mix with a high grout factor can result in a durable finish. Just a pity we had to build three of the mothers right in the city! I would be v. proud if we had a forty storey Anderston tower rather than the three commie blocks we must endure..................:down:

:lol:

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Good post, Gerome :)

damn straight! i think with a rant like that you could run for an SNP MP urself :lol:

pictures from the Drygate scheme taken earlier today
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture280.jpg?t=1184437908
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture281.jpg?t=1184437965
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture284.jpg?t=1184438051
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/Picture285.jpg?t=1184438083

went all the way along Duke Street to the Gallowgate flats today. I seriously would love to live there. Theres a great community vibe going on. I passed by right next to one of them and there were all these wee kids playing wallsie agaist the base of the flats and there were loads of people just hanging about around the blocks enjoying the sunshine. too many people about to take a picture but it was beautiful. really put me in a good mood just to see such a vibrant community in a place people usually dismiss as having social problems simply because it is a high rise estate. took a walk through the maisonette scheme just west of the blocks. They look like they've been refurbed. maybe they might do the same to the big boys too. Mind you, other blocks that werent refurbed were just lying there rotting and derelict. Could go either way.

I don't know these ones at all. They're a weird shape on the second pic! Nice to know the people seem quite happy around there. :yes:

Btw can we hide out in here for a while as we're not wanted in any of the other forums. :(

If I'm correct these are the flats next to Glasgow Cathedral, quite near Townhead. i've passed by them sometimes, I never even knew they existed until a wee while back, when going to the Royal Infirmary

Btw can we hide out in here for a while as we're not wanted in any of the other forums. :(

Sure you can, you're always welcome here. Hey turn that frown upside down:)

Hey turn that frown upside down:)

:happy:

Mr. B we've had a few 'issues' in the other tower block threads as I'm sure you'll see...

and seen I have, good to see that Butterfield Smile back again.

You all seemed to be swearing at each other so I thought best to stay out. Nice to see you sticking up for yourself though.

Btw can we hide out in here for a while as we're not wanted in any of the other forums

Hey its a public forum and we werent doing anything wrong. if anything, without us -- without Butterfield's unequalled enthusiasm even -- that thread would have died on its feet months ago. so i'll be posting up these pics right now just to get on his tits. he might've created it but we MADE it.

You know what you're right, I don't recall him posting in the last thousand postsor whatever it was. Stand up for ourselves we must, kick out bad guys also, they ain't nice to us so we gonna kick their asses to timbuktu. If they ban us from talking bout tower blocks and everything else then... I eh haven't thought that far ahead yet. At least they cannae take oor Glesga Wan.

Hey its a public forum and we werent doing anything wrong. if anything, without us -- without Butterfield's unequalled enthusiasm even -- that thread would have died on its feet months ago. so i'll be posting up these pics right now just to get on his tits. he might've created it but we MADE it.

You know what you're right, I don't recall him posting in the last thousand postsor whatever it was. Stand up for ourselves we must, kick out bad guys also, they ain't nice to us so we gonna kick their asses to timbuktu. If they ban us from talking bout tower blocks and everything else then... I eh haven't thought that far ahead yet. At least they cannae take oor Glesga Wan.

Amen to all the above! ;)

You know what though Mr. B, even in a city of a thousand tower blocks (or less :|), there's not very many supporters in this thread - yourself, schemie and sometimes Boards. Maybe over time more people will come along. Today we've had a bit of a set back from one forumer but we must carry on.

:grouphug:

I'm not sure what you guys mean by 'supporters of tower blocks'. I love tall buildings but hate the Glasgow culture of 20 storey-ish mini clusters comprising three, four or five identical towers. It is by far the worst aspect of our city and why I love demolition of areas like Millerfield so much. By the way, just watched the Amir Kahn v Willie Limond boxing and am furious about what I percieve to be a bit of a 'contrived' outcome.....Grrrrr!! Don't get in my way for a while:bash:

fuck! how awesome was that fight btw? Willie was mauling Khan for like 2 rounds but i gotta say, pure class comeback from Khan. Willie's face... the only thing he'll be pulling for a while will be his stitches :lol:... the Skelton fight after that was dire though.

i love our "20 storey-ish mini clusters comprising three, four or five identical towers". I know im home when is see them in every direction. How boring would it look be if there were no high flats? It would be like living in a giant Renfrew, god help us!

I might believe them to be aesthetically dubious, but I know they are cheaply built, inflexible, concentrate poverty, poorly located and expensive to maintain. We also have an over supply. :)

The Anderston centre did have a modicum of design effort expended on it. whether or not the piecemeal redevelopment will solve its many ills however is anyone's guess.
http://www.futureglasgow.co.uk/extra/anderston.jpg

IF anyone just watched davey D's How we built Britain then the Idea of that block in London is fantastic, the refurb was to a very high quality. Before it was refurbed people said how they thought it was ghastly to look at, after the refurb people wanted to live there. They gave it proper security and a complete refurb. Looked brilliant, I want one!!!!

Thats a great pic of Anderston centre, got any more Gleegie? Interesting to see that the towers were built before the offices and shops were built, Are these being refurbed or demolished?

I might believe them to be aesthetically dubious, but I know they are cheaply built, inflexible, concentrate poverty, poorly located and expensive to maintain. We also have an over supply. :)

Had we not have had to fling them up in such a hurry maybe they would have been better built. :| altho, if we did have the time they may not have been built at all...

Lets not blame tower blocks completely, i feel like they are too often made a scapegoat for all of Glasgow's ills from mental health to teenage preganancies (havent a clue how the ET made the latter link however, i hear them flats up at Germiston are a right bunch of studs :lol:). If that was the case Knightswood would be a no go area. It has the the highest amount of tower blocks in Glasgow (39 if you judge tower blocks to be 5+ storeys) but it just happens to be one of the most sought after areas in Glasgow. Barlanark - nowhere near any tower blocks - most poverty stricken place in Glasgow 2004.

Agreed, we do have a massive over supply though (Livingstone should never have existed) I doubt very much if there are many tower blocks in the city filled to capacity and I like what the GHA are doing. They arent demolishing ALL of the high rises, which the GDC before them promised to do. only 150 or so are coming down. We'll still be left with over 170 tower blocks which will be refurbished to a high standard. The high rise refurbs at Parkhead and Hutchesontown are very impressive. Although if you've been round Cardonald/Hillington/Penilee recently those 8 storey refurbs are pish poor.

That Anderston pic is great :colgate: I havent seen it before. I notice the Pinnacle going up in the background. Is that a tower block?

fuck sake. this is a long post

Kealing House? The refurb was out of this world although to be fair the original had design merit as it stood, something Glasgow's blocks almost universally lack. The economic situation in London is vastly different to the Glasgow schemes.

The Pinnacle was office prior to refurbishment, it's now residential so I guess you can call it a tower block (though the residents may take umbrage).

Kealing House? The refurb was out of this world although to be fair the original had design merit as it stood, something Glasgow's blocks almost universally lack. The economic situation in London is vastly different to the Glasgow schemes.

The Pinnacle was office prior to refurbishment, it's now residential so I guess you can call it a tower block (though the residents may take umbrage).

That's the one, thanks. It was a rather good refurb wasn't it. I'm sure there must be a few with architectural merit, those ones on Old Rutherglen Road had quite a bit of design on the exterior before refurbishment and for the other two demolition. You're right about economic situation but what if the council were to refurb there blocks to high standard, they would be very attractive to live in, once the mould and dampness and lack of Maintenance is reversed.

Butterfield, I think it was you who asked what Possil means, well "Possil" means "Place of rest". Just found that when checking around some web pages.

Anyway here's a pic of a block in Possil. Wish I'd went to the School in the foreground, I'd stare out the window all day.:|
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/VE.jpg

Also found a concept sketch in colour of those ones that I posted earlier for Laurieston/Gorbals
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/CoceptualDesign.jpg

Thanks Mr. Brightside! :okay: It was me who asked about 'Possil'. And regarding the last bit of your post, you really are one of us. :lol:

That block doesn't look typically Glasgow - more Nottingham or something. :dunno:

Who is this us and of course I'm one of them whoever they are. ;)

are you meaning the possil Block when you say it doesn't look like it from Glasgow if so there is quite a lot of them, you'd be surprised.

'bout the first bit of my post, I know that us is in fact you guys who love all things concrete, derelict, power stationy and everything else along those lines.

Also I've noticed that some people keep coming up with bits for the B in my name, I like them, makes me laugh. Keep coming up with ones if you want to.

^^ Mr Boa... :lol: no i won't

those Possilpark flats were refurbed in '94. This is how they look now:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/adamcarrington/local%20area/DPP_0025.jpg?t=1184610601

oh I see them every time i'm on the train, I always wondered where it was, now I know. Huzzah!!!:banana:

Finish what you started there Schemie, Mr. Boa...

^^

I luuuurrrrrve that picture.


Who is this us and of course I'm one of them whoever they are. ;)

I'm thinking of compiling a list of all the people who hang out in the various tower block threads just for my own nerdy interest. A stack of people joined at the end of last year and the beginning of this year (including yourself and schemie) but there hasn't been anyone new for a while. Maybe it's best that way. :yes:


are you meaning the possil Block when you say it doesn't look like it from Glasgow if so there is quite a lot of them, you'd be surprised.

It just looks a bit normal in that photo, not very brutal. I like my Glasgow blocks to look like they mean business. :D


Also I've noticed that some people keep coming up with bits for the B in my name, I like them, makes me laugh. Keep coming up with ones if you want to.

Will do Mr. Bo Peep :yes:

:rofl: Mr. Bo Peep approves.:laugh: Just laughed very hard for about 10 mins. That was a good one Butter Boy.

It just looks a bit normal in that photo, not very brutal. I like my Glasgow blocks to look like they mean business:D.
If you want me to make it look like it means business I could always photoshop in a pair of muscley arms and stick them on the side of the block.:dunno:

I'm thinking of compiling a list of all the people who hang out in the various tower block threads just for my own nerdy interest. A stack of people joined at the end of last year and the beginning of this year (including yourself and schemie) but there hasn't been anyone new for a while. Maybe it's best that way. :yes:

Well there has been some new people, but they don't seem to be posting very much, unlike you, me ,Schemie, Erebus, Stef, Stephen and some others.

I usually just comment on the pictures in this thread as I no nothing about tower blocks in Glasgow apart from Red Road and a few others.
I view it regularly but don't really contribute.

If you want me to make it look like it means business I could always photoshop in a pair of muscley arms and stick them on the side of the block.:dunno:

:lol:

We've actually had some photoshopped pictures from Martin G before of two of Birmingham's blocks which house a large number of gay people (known as Dorothy Towers :|) and he put these blocks carrying handbags and wearing skirts. :nuts: I'd love to know where those photos have gone.



Well there has been some new people, but they don't seem to be posting very much, unlike you, me ,Schemie, Erebus, Stef, Stephen and some others.

Stephen Robinson is an interesting case. I don't remember him posting in any of the tower block threads until recently, as though we've converted him somehow! :devil: He takes some great photos for us now from all round the UK.