Why were the Red Road flats demolished?
The Red Road towers were the tallest residential buildings in Europe when they were built as social housing in the 1960s. Their phased demolition was commissioned by social landlord Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) as part of its plans to regenerate the Balornock and Barmulloch areas of the city.
How many floors did the Red Road flats have?
28-storey
The flats were “immaculate” and a welcome solution to the city’s overcrowded and squalid housing. Designed by architect Sam Bunton and built between 1964 and 1969, the two 28-storey “slab” blocks and six 31-storey “point” blocks were once the tallest residential structures in Europe.
When were the Red Road flats built?
1964Red Road Flats / Construction started
The Red Road estate was a development of eight tower blocks in the north east of Glasgow between Balornock and Barmulloch. The steel-framed high-rise flats were designed in 1962 by architect Sam Bunton for Glasgow Corporation (later Glasgow City Council) and built between 1964 and 1969.
Are there still tenements in Glasgow?
Today, tenements are still the most common form of home in Glasgow, no matter where you go in the city. Buyers and renters, whatever their budget, are drawn to their large rooms, high ceilings and period features like cornicing which can found almost no-where else in the UK.
When did the Red Road flats get demolished?
2015
The Red Road Flats were a mid-twentieth-century high-rise housing complex located between the districts of Balornock and Barmulloch in the northeast of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate originally consisted of eight multi-storey blocks of steel frame construction. All were demolished by 2015.
How high were the Red Road flats in Glasgow?
| Red Road Flats | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Glasgow Housing Association |
| Height | |
| Roof | Point Blocks=89.0 metres (292 ft) Slab Blocks=79.0 metres (259 ft) |
| Top floor | 31 |
Does Glasgow have slums?
Nationally celebrated photographers including Joseph McKenzie, Thomas Annan, Joan Eardley, Bill Brandt and Bert Hardy all documented life in Glasgow’s slums over the years. The pictures, while arresting, shocking and honest, are also artful: the dingy streets are transformed into something close to picturesque.
Is the Gorbals still rough?
This was one of the last real savage tragedies to make headlines and shock the city. Nowadays parts of The Gorbals are unrecognisable. ‘The New Gorbals’, as some parts are dubbed, feature some of the most sought after modern houses on the outskirts of the city. Fragments of the past still remain.
When was blackhill Glasgow built?
Blackhill Locks and Incline, Craigendmuir St: built 1793 and rebuilt 1841.
What is the roughest area of Glasgow?
The ‘worst’ places around Glasgow to live in 2021 and why we don’…
- Paisley – ‘What can one say with regards to this ‘charming’ town?
- East Kilbride – ‘Slice of hell cut off from civilisation’
- Wishaw – ‘Where to even start?
- Kilsyth – Home to some of the most nosey people in the whole of Scotland.
What is the poorest part of Glasgow?
PARTS of Glasgow’s East End are among Scotland’s most deprived areas, new figures have revealed. The latest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) data shows Carntyne West and Haghill is the second most deprived area in the country, second only to Greenock town centre.
What is the roughest pub in Glasgow?
A growl you can feel in the soles of your feet goes round the roughest bar in Glasgow’s Gorbals. In the Brazen Head, a pub that Strathclyde police are desperate to close down, the regulars are displeased.