Topic: [The Guardian] Glasgow homes under the jackhammer – a photo essay (Read 790 times)

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Glasgow homes under the jackhammer – a photo essay

Photographer Chris Leslie talks to residents of Glasgow’s Wyndford estate, slated for demolition and regeneration.

Glasgow is no stranger to demolitions – the city’s built environment has been torn down, built up, and then torn down again every generation. It has witnessed the wholesale demolition of many of its tenements in the 1950s and 60s and then more recently the demolition of its high-rise flats that were built to replace its torn down tenements.

Since 2005 the city has lost 35% of these high-rise housing blocks and schemes, and next for the wrecking ball are four high-rise blocks in Maryhill’s Wyndford estate in the West End of the city.

The view from Norman Cunningham’s balcony overlooking the city

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[The Guardian] Glasgow homes under the jackhammer – a photo essay

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