Gorbals\ Laurieston

[M_Riaz]

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/features/7021805.html

Alot has happend over the last few years and still a lot to happen over the next few... disassemble/ reassemble galore... with tower blocks comming down and new housing going up in time to come.

THE Gorbals, once one of Scotland's most notorious areas, has had a massive overhaul over the last 15 years and now the vision is almost complete. GERRY BRAIDEN looks at how it became a model for regeneration with an international reputation.


JIM HARVEY stands outside the block of flats where he now lives in the Gorbals, which just a few years ago was a building site.

[my kitten]

They certainly regenerated the housing but what about the rest? The area is completely polarised now and theres still the drug/unemployment/community (!!!) issues. Very nice £120k houses, but what about the people who can only get part time or extremely low paid jobs?

Some striking new builds but I fear that there really is no true regeneration.

[M_Riaz]

You are right about the ordinary people that have resided there for all the years and have not recieved any help, still lots to do of the social sense as you say.. it should be prioritised first and foremost.

Quite a cool website on the Gorbals intiatives since first mooted in 2000.

http://www.theartworksprogramme.org/#

Some different masterplans of the areas and adjioning areas.

[M_Riaz]

http://www.cruden-homes.co.uk/develo...velopment_id=8

QE_SQ rejuvenated



Queen Elizabeth Square Masterplan

[gleegie]

Some of those early models look alarmingly Stalinist, as it has transpired though New Gorbals is remarkably successful, they have managed to restore streetlife with a tenemental build (largely) superior to that which has passed before. Always obliged to give The Gatekeeper a gander when passing, very "Ringu" and very lovely.

[M_Riaz]

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Ne...sRTPIaward.htm
Thursday 02 February 2006

New Gorbals scoops major planning awards

The £170 million regeneration of the New Gorbals has been given a top award by the Royal Town Planning Institute.
The RTPI’s Planning Awards were established to recognise the positive achievements of the UK’s planning profession.The New Gorbals scheme won the Planning for New Neighbourhoods Award. It is major recognition for the hard work put in over the last 15 years to make the Gorbals a more attractive place to live, work and invest.

Councillor James Mutter, the local Glasgow City Council member for Hutchesontown, said: “This is a wonderful accolade, not just for the community of the New Gorbals but for the whole of Glasgow. This is one of many great projects that is being supported by Glasgow City Council which is helping not only the physical regeneration of an area but is also improving the lives of the people living and working there.
“It has set new regeneration standards by combining top class urban design with public/private investment. It has also demonstrated it is possible to reverse the economic decline and deprivation experienced in an area and attract people to return to live and work there.”

The regeneration of the area began in 1990 with the formation of the Crown Street Regeneration Project. Once the site of the damp flats and maisonettes of the Hutchesontown area, Crown Street set new standards for regeneration not only in the Gorbals but across the whole of the city.
Since then it has seen the creation of hundreds of new homes, both for the private and socially rented sector; local shops, including a supermarket; new tree lined streets, the Gorbals Park, student accommodation, leisure centre, library, business park and a local development company to assist in the improvement of the local economy.

The scheme is an prime example of what can be achieved through public/private partnership. Glasgow City Council is looking to continue this success in the neighbouring regeneration schemes of Oatlands and Laurieston.

http://www.rtpi.org.uk/about-the-rtp...s/planachieve/

NEW NEIGHBOURHOODS (sponsored by Berkeley Strategic)
Award for New Neighbourhoods to
THE NEW GORBALS, GLASGOW
Submitted by Glasgow City Council
The Gorbals, situated on the south bank of the Clyde close to Glasgow City Centre, is being redeveloped again - and with impressive style and quality.
The famous nineteenth century tenements - hopelessly overcrowded and lacking basic amenities – were demolished in the sixties, but despite the involvement of some of the
best architects of the time the redevelopment was not a success. In particular the system-built Hutchesontown “E” deck access blocks suffered from serious problems of damp and condensation, and had to be demolished in 1987. This left a forty acre vacant site which forms the area under consideration and which was the catalyst for the New Gorbals regeneration.
This has taken some time – the Council has proceeded with care to make sure that the mistakes of the past were not repeated and that a genuine community was created in this important part of the City. The work was grounded in the statutory planning system, with a local plan being initiated in 1984 and completed in 1993. It set out objectives including restoring population levels, providing social facilities, and improving the tenure mix. This last aim may seem obvious but in an area then consisting almost entirely of Local Authority housing the idea of introducing other tenures and providing housing choice was challenging.
Consultation took place with communities surrounding the vacant area and the area was broken down into manageable pieces to allow the regeneration to grow and develop organically, with flexibility to meet changing demands and trends. Masterplans were produced for each segment which aimed to produce a “sustainable and vibrant
community”, with a mix of commercial and social provision, and innovative and high quality design. For Crown Street – the main focus of the entry - the masterplan was produced (after a competition) by Piers Gough of CZWG. For the Queen Elizabeth Square area, which is following on from Crown Street, Hypostyle Architects are building on the good work of the earlier phase.
We were impressed by many things; Firstly, the success of the project has been due to a very impressive level of team working by the City Council, Government Agencies, Housing Associations and others; the constructive ease of this relationship shone through in the presentations.

link to some of the Historical facts of the Gorbals
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/airgli/airgli0110.htm

[M_Riaz]

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High-rises to make way for £350m vision of the future
A NEW Gorbals Cross, a landmark square and 1700 homes are at the centre of a £350million plan to revitalise a rundown part of Glasgow

The blueprint will see the demolition of the notorious Stirlingfaulds tower blocks in Laurieston to make way for the ambitious scheme.

A new city park will form the centrepiece of the upmarket residential development in the style of the traditional city squares of the west end's Park Circus.

The historic Gorbals Cross, which was demolished in the 1970s, will also be reinstated as a focal point with artists commissioned to help re-design a new landmark for the area.


THE Stirlingfaulds tower blocks will be demolished and Laurieston transformed into a residential development in the style of city squares such as Park Circus

[gleegie]

I've written a piece on it at futureglasgow. Live now.

[Vladimir V L]

I was opposed to this at first, mainly due to the height of the buildings. I was afraid of another low rise waste of space. But now i see that some of the buildings rise to 12 floors around the central square, which is not so bad. Thats a bit more urban in character!

[M_Riaz]

Minutes of the Laurieston Masterplan

Glasgow City Council
Development and Regeneration Services Committee
Report by Director of Development and Regeneration Services
Contact: Tom Turley Ext: 287 8571
Implementing the City Plan - Laurieston Local Development Strategy Part 2
Purpose of Report:
1. To advise Committee of the completion of Laurieston Local Development Strategy (LDS)
Part 2;
2. To outline the next steps in the development and delivery of the Laurieston Strategy; and
3. To seek approval to implement the Strategy.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that Committee:
1. Notes the finalised draft Laurieston Local Development Strategy;
2. Gives authority to :
a. negotiate with all appropriate stakeholders and land owners to enable the
redevelopment of Area ‘A’; (site bounded by Bridge Street, Bedford Street, Bedford
Lane, Gorbals Street, Cumberland Street as shown on the plan on display);
b. start negotiations with the Crossroads Youth Project with regard to the relocation of the
current Playbarn facility within the Laurieston Gorbals area ; and
3. Instructs negotiations to be undertaken and, where appropriate, partnership agreements
progressed with all other landlowners/occupiers and tenants, who would be potentially
affected by the implementation of the LDS.
4 Notes that the outcome of all negotiations will be reported to Committee for approval.

[M_Riaz]

Friary Court from P&P @ GA site

[M_Riaz]

Dawn of a brave new world



THE sun rises over the upper reaches of the River Clyde in Glasgow a potent symbol of a new dawn for the Gorbals.
Our stunning picture, taken yesterday morning, shows the morning sun over the illuminated tidal weir with the chimney of the Adelphi distillery in the background.
The stretch of river is beyond the shipyards, docks and quays, and flows through two of the city's most diverse and colourful communities.
On the north bank is Glasgow Green - the city's most precious area of green space. It houses splendid monuments and buildings, including the People's Palace and the stunning architecture of the former Templeton carpet factory.
continued...Directly across the river is the Gorbals once best known for violence, deprivation, squalor, poverty and some calamitous housing experiments.
The pace of change may be less dramatic than the iconic developments further downriver but the effects of the multi-billion pound regeneration efforts can still be felt.
And as developers cast their eyes eastwards, the changes so far are only the tip of the iceberg.
For James Mutter, who has lived in the Gorbals all his life, the transformation in the area has been nothing short of remarkable.
For 23 years he has been the local councillor and will retire at the May elections, content that he has done his bit to improve things.
"People would look at the Gorbals and think No Mean City' it's certainly not that now," he said.
"When it came to regeneration we were ahead of the game. We started in1984 and the first thing we did was demolish some of the housing mistakes of the 1960s and 70s.
"It's a different place now. No-one would have thought then there would be houses selling for £200,000 to £250,000 in the Gorbals.
"Some people will say it has put the price of housing out of reach of local people but we have a good mix and I think it has brought the area up."
Many of the new houses in Gorbals, Laurieston, Hutchesontown and nearby Oatlands will face the river and a £2.2million riverside walkway - the Clyde Promenade - is planned.
"It will be a terrific walk. This is a lovely part of the Clyde, we have an absolutely beautiful view looking across the river," said Mr Mutter.
Glasgow Green was granted to the people of Glasgow in 1450 by King James ll and the people guard it jealously.
Over the years it has been used for grazing cattle, as a place of relaxation, the site of the city's first "steamie", an area for radical protest - it has seen at least one public hanging - and the site of the first Rangers match.
The magnificent Templeton carpet factory was built in 1889 by architect William Leiper and styled on the lines of the Doge's Palace in Venice.
The People's Palace was opened by the Earl of Rosebery in 1898 as a cultural centre for the people of the East End.
The Green is seeing changes as developers seek to build on the success of the Merchant City and make communities such as Dennistoun and Calton more desirable and up-market.
Flats have been built on to what was once an extension of the Templeton factory.Architect Peter Richardson, of ZM Architecture, said: "The flats next to the Doge's Palace are all occupied now and it's likely the main building will remain commercial.
"There's a mix of people working inside it now, including an NHS Trust organisation, a brewery and an art studio it has a whole new lease of life.
"The whole area is the same. Eight years ago developers would not have gone past the High Street, it was seen as too dodgy and not in the city centre.
"If you walk through Glasgow Green now, past the fountains, it is all landscaped and there are people there all the year round.
"We see activity in the streets and it's a much safer place to be."
Connecting the two areas is the ornate St Andrew's suspension bridge, built in 1855 as a replacement for a workers' ferry.
On the river there is a plan to replace the two old rowing stations - one of which is A-listed - with a state-of-the-art boathouse on the north bank.
Regeneration may be less dramatic on this stretch of river but there's a lot more to come.

[M_Riaz]

Laurieston Masterplan is about to become reality, Also a 120m Crown st Regeneration package is being rescheduled.

Further masive investment to this part of this citys urban renewal.

GCC Minutes items 3a and 3b

SITE AND DESCRIPTION

Outline planning permission is sought for a comprehensive, phased mixed-development of the Laurieston area, comprising residential; retail; commercial; health; multi-storey and other car parking; light industrial uses, plus associated roads infrastructure, landscaping, public realm and open space works. (See accompanying schedule of accommodation below). Consultation was central to the preparation of the Laurieston Outline Planning application. Between January 2004 and June 2005, a series of stakeholder meetings and design workshops were held to ascertain the hopes and aspirations of stakeholders and residents. Timing of events allowed local outcomes to be built into the initial structuring of the local development strategy and planning application. Events were organised by New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA), Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) and Glasgow City Council, Development and Regeneration Services (DRS). The Laurieston Local Development Strategy was also reported to the Development and Regeneration Committee on 1 December 2005. Committee were asked to: (i) note the finalised draft Laurieston Local Development Strategy and (ii) Give authority to: (a) negotiate with all appropriate stakeholders and land owners to enable the redevelopment of Area ‘A’ (site bounded by Bridge Street, Bedford Street, Bedford Lane, Gorbals Street, Cumberland Street) (b) start negotiations with the Crossroads Youth Project with regard to the relocation of the current Playbarn facility within the Laurieston Gorbals area; (iii) instruct negotiations to be undertaken and, where appropriate, partnership agreements progressed with all other landowners/occupiers and tenants, who would be potentially affected by the implementation of the LDS; and (iv) note that the outcome of all negotiations will be reported to Committee for approval. The area subject of the application extends to approximately 30 hectares bounded by the elevated railway lines to the east and south, Eglinton Street to the west and the River Clyde to the north. The area is well served by public transport and within easy walking distance of the City Centre, Glasgow Green and the River Clyde, giving it convenient access to their various amenities. Notwithstanding Laurieston’s locational advantages, its townscape character is varied, ranging from the 'A' listed terraces at Carlton Place, which lie within the Central Conservation Area, but outside the application boundary, to the widespread derelict/vacant ground within the heart of the site. The application site can therefore be considered in two sections - the area to the north of Norfolk Street that retains Laurieston’s original tenemental street pattern, plus a range of good quality buildings, and the area to the south of Norfolk Street, where the 1960’s plan for comprehensive redevelopment has resulted in a fractured urban fabric, with isolated buildings set in poorly defined spaces.

SITE AND DESCRIPTION

Outline planning consent is sought for the erection of a mixed use development comprising office, residential, hotel and associated car parking, access roads and landscaping; contrary in part to the adopted Glasgow City Plan 2003 and the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan 2000. The estimated cost of the proposed development is in the region of around £120 million. The site is located in the south side of Glasgow, immediately south of the award winning, internationally acclaimed Crown Street Regeneration Area. The site is bounded by Caledonia Road to the north, Cathcart Road to the west, Lawmoor Street to the east, with the West Coast main railway line to the south. The proposed M74 Extension will pass between the site and the railway line to the south and will then form the southern boundary of the development. The majority of the developed area to the north is residential, whereas, to the east of the site lies Dixon Blazes Industrial Estate and the Southern Necropolis. Vacant land lies to the west, on the other side of Cathcart Road, which will be bisected by the M74 Extension. Construction of the new headquarters building for City Refrigeration Holdings (UK) Ltd, located immediately to the north east of the site and fronting onto Caledonia Road, is nearing completion. The M74 Extension will pass directly to the south of the site, with the proposed Polmadie Junction providing the nearest junction. Historically, the site was occupied by tenement blocks and courtyards in a linear/axial pattern. The Govan Iron Works was located in the southern portion of the site. Tenement dwellings were still located at the north end of the site until the end of the 1960’s, with the southern part of the site occupied by a carpet factory.

[M_Riaz]

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Ahem

£500m plan for Gorbals poised to get green light

TWO multi-million pound developments aimed at breathing new life into one of Glasgow's most deprived areas are to be given the go-ahead.
Almost half a billion pounds is being ploughed into the Gorbals - with planners insisting they will not repeat the disastrous housing mistakes of the 60s and 70s.
The two schemes which it is hoped will rejuvenate Hutchesontown and Laurieston will see more than 2300 new houses built.
Tower blocks which have blighted the area for almost half a century are to be demolished and offices, shops and a new hotel are planned.
advertisementGlasgow City Council's planning committee is set to give the green light to the applications tomorrow.
The Laurieston plan will see 1726 new houses, built in the style of Park Circus in Glasgow's West End, and the rebuilding of the historic Gorbals Cross, which was demolished in the 1970s.
Laurieston Regeneration, a steering group made up of public bodies and agencies including the city council, Glasgow Housing Association and New Gorbals Housing Association, is taking the £350million plan forward.
They plan to knock down the notorious Stirlingfaulds flats and transform Bridge Street and Eglinton Street into a thriving area attracting businesses and young professionals.
The scheme also includes the demolition of tower blocks at Norfolk Court and could take up to 15 years to complete.
Local businessman Willie Haughey is behind the £120million plan for Hutchesontown which centres on a derelict site at Crown Street.
Mr Haughey, who was born in Camden Street on the site of the new development, said: "This land has lain barren for 15 years."
The headquarters of his firm, City Refrigeration, now stands on an adjacent site and Mr Haughey said he wanted to do something positive with the vacant land.
"I think the Gorbals regeneration has been fantastic but the one thing that is missing is job opportunity.
"I want to put that right by building a business park which could create 2500 jobs."His plan includes a 60- bedroom hotel with access off Cathcart Road and close to the Caledonia Road Church designed by noted architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson.
The 600 houses will be arranged in 10 blocks built round central courtyards. The ground floors will have cafes and shops.
He also plans 250,000 sq ft of business premises with car parking facilities.

Two new schemes will transform the Gorbals

[M_Riaz]

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£15m new look for 400 city homes

HUNDREDS of tenants in a deprived area of Glasgow are getting their homes revamped in a £15million makeover.

The cash is being spent on 400 flats and houses - and the surrounding community - in the Gorbals.

The properties - four run-down multi-storey blocks and maisonettes on Waddell Court and Commercial Court - are to get a complete overhaul, including new kitchens and bathrooms, new central heating systems and rewiring.

Improved security measures such as new balconies and common entrances are also part of the refurbishment programme, as is insulation and external cladding.

[M_Riaz]

Some serious reclading/revamping/renovation will be happening over the next few years on exisiting housing stock in the Gorbals/laurieston area.

[M_Riaz]

Crown Street Regeneration has certainly paid off dividends over the last few years with a complete change of context in city living to what it was over the last century of deprivation and squalor tower blocks to previous victorian tenaments.

CABE Case Studies on the project during the last few years.

[Bachy Soletanche]

Here's some pics I took of the new buildings, looked good to me:-





the 'smoke' is a bit knowingly kitch though:




Oh, and

[Chief]

Stephen mate - you don't half get about. Great pictures in this and the other threads - thanks for sharing.

Mo, that aerial picture you posted shows a lot of greenery in New Gorbals. The development looks quite dense from the street, but the courtyards at the back of some of the buildings are massive! Not quite as dense as it looks - very deceptive.

[M_Riaz]

Recreating the Grid in Gorbals Laurieston will be quite a task for the developers in time to come,
i can vaguely remember the tenements during the 60s and the Big Clock @ Gorbals x, i can remember going to a cinema in
crown st cant remeber the name of it... i can remember comming off the subway @ Bridge street underground
and walking along and seeing all the
tenements right along bridge st... oh and also remember the Coloseaum and Bedford cinemas Qued out.

Oh my memory

Images from Future Glasgow