I'm on the 9th floor of a high rise flat in Doncaster built in the 1950s just a few years ago thees were run down and needed knocking down but Doncaster council realised the cost of demolition and relocating residents was higher now in 2015 have had millions spent on upgrading and look completely diferent from the original after I'm very happy I'm all in favour of renovation of high rise flats so many have been demolished whilst so many people are homeless
@jasinere35
5 жыл бұрын
Grenfell is what happens when you renovate a highrise & have immigrants living there
@sniffadoghq
4 жыл бұрын
I’d be wary after grenfell and look at there redevelopment and what happened to them
@movingup2118
3 жыл бұрын
@@sniffadoghq Scotland doesn't put is citizens in danger with flammable cladding
@glasgowisblue5366
3 жыл бұрын
@@movingup2118 There are flats in Scotland with the same cladding!
@movingup2118
3 жыл бұрын
@@glasgowisblue5366 what flats and send citations
@broadsworddannyboy5057
5 жыл бұрын
I loved Queenie - A Block, 3rd flair then the 1st. Miss them dearly.
@alisonlee3314
7 жыл бұрын
I love my high rise flat in Glasgow. I'll never leave it.
@jemimallah2591
4 жыл бұрын
which one do you stay?
@movingup2118
3 жыл бұрын
Until they place addicts in it
@alisonlee3314
3 жыл бұрын
@@jemimallah2591 Broomhill
@Donice09
3 жыл бұрын
Kind of ironic her mentioning Red Road Flats considering they were eventually pulled down in 2015 only 22 years later.
@glasgowisblue5366
3 жыл бұрын
Used to live there sometimes, With my auntie Sylvia and uncle Sanny, Glasgow has changed beyond recognition from the 80's.
@SomeRandomBod
16 сағат бұрын
The Barbican has proved high rise brutalist architecture works, if it’s properly maintained & corners aren’t cut.
@Zedek
4 жыл бұрын
The first thing you hear from this is priceless: "Aaach,...!"
@alzeNL
11 ай бұрын
Prior to living in a 2 bedroom council flat that was part of a multistory, i lived in shared housing in a single room with my wife. It was very miserable and depressing. I was greatful to have flat where the front door was ours and the rooms inside we could decorate how we like. There is a massive housing shortage now these places are gone and the rest sold off - where is the social housing - its effecting everyone and it needs sorting.
@LRS905
7 жыл бұрын
7:49. Look at the cars drawn in that "modern" design, lol
@Tom-jt9ec
5 жыл бұрын
Le Corbusier started working on this style in 1920 so that sketch is probably close to 100 years old! Pretty amazing IMO
@willchristie2650
3 жыл бұрын
What language are they speaking? I honestly could not understand them I never realized that the accent was so thick there.
@Garden2ndvariety
2 жыл бұрын
that be Glaswegian laddy
@SpokaneGirl85
8 жыл бұрын
The whole place looked like a dump before the demolition so they must have ripped the building up before imploding it.
@robertmcintyre4653
6 жыл бұрын
OBVIOUSLY THEY DID EVERY BIT OF GLASS ,TILES DOORS, FRAMES, ETC HAS TO BE REMOVED B4 ANY TOWER BLOCK IS DEMOLISHED
@sniffadoghq
4 жыл бұрын
Everything gets stripped and I mean everything apart from structural beams etc. They leave it bare bones for safety before demolition. The building has to be prepared thoroughly first.
@Garden2ndvariety
2 жыл бұрын
reminiscent of a particular September that opening scene , but that's just me .
@alejandrolydiacamacho
8 ай бұрын
Really well designed building which isn't so common for this kind of blocks. It's real waste and a pity it was demolished, totally unsustainable approach, also ignoring the voice of the people living there. Great documentary.
@nexus9deluxe
4 жыл бұрын
They should have been renovated. But I hear what was remarked on the climate not really being suitable for hanging gardens. I lived in a notorious high-rise estate for six years in Coventry. I loved the airiness of the views. I found a community of artists, then there was a th atre group too. But then in the early 90's everything went south. The second recession put paid to all the ventures which could have given me a day job, a successful teaching course of mine was closed down, an artist member died and the community dispersed. Most notably it was obvious the powers that be had given up on the area and no longer cared about neighbour disputes, drugs were being openly sold on the staircases. I left that town for good, but when the next move proved fruitless I left the country. I live in a tower block now. There are problems with finding the money to renovate here too, it depends on who is running each block. A good caretaker runs things now, things are getting done, though for a long time things were being run by an alcoholic and maintenance money was going nowhere. Hopefully there will be no lunatic systemisation on the cards in the next few years. It's normal enough for people to live in flats here, most places do have recreation grounds for children within range though. I don't know why the UK has so many problems with it. Much later on I found out that executive decisions , deals made behind the scenes and most of the estate blocks where I used to live had been demolished to make way for a new college campus. They don't run themselves, there does need to be a caretaker, neighbourhood offices that actually do listen to people. As said, with homelessness being as it is and lack of premium land, it does seem crazy to demolish.
@movingup2118
3 жыл бұрын
I spent most of my childhood in Coventry visiting family absolute shithole.
@independentpuppy7520
2 жыл бұрын
Cost too much to save. They were not meant to be built in the UK.
@nexus9deluxe
2 жыл бұрын
@@independentpuppy7520 why not?
@oranbhoy67
7 жыл бұрын
they were a fucking kip , damp and bug infested with big dangerous freezing landings
@hhs_leviathan
7 жыл бұрын
Crip McWilliams So you would rather be homeless?
@Garden2ndvariety
2 жыл бұрын
what does "kip" mean ?
@oranbhoy67
2 жыл бұрын
@@Garden2ndvariety kip Slang term An untidy, dirty or unattractive place. "Your bedroom is such a kip, man!" "Tidy up this kip!" "Oh, what a fucking kip! Im out of here!"
@gerrynicol3951
6 жыл бұрын
The late John toye from stv
@roddy2body
9 жыл бұрын
Spot on, Allan. Glesga is full of high rises (even though nearly half have been demolished) not to mention the poorly designed/built 'schemes' built on the outskirts in the 50's 60's - ready made ghettos..
@alisonlee3314
7 жыл бұрын
roddy2body. I'm in the Broom hill flats in Patrick.....love living here :)
@georgemcconville849
Ай бұрын
Let these architects who design these high rise shit holes live in them for a few years. They would never build any more after that.
@wboyle9721
Жыл бұрын
Glaswegians have had a raw deal with housing Glasgow is still recovering from mistakes of the past
@sutherlandA1
5 жыл бұрын
Ambition + lack of time x tight budget = this. In australia a few high rises were developed in the le Corbusier brutualist style and have fared much better perhaps due to the nicer climate making them more suitable but government housing was mostly made up of detached single storey dwellings. As reviled as these towers were they did satisfy a housing shortage and removed people from outdated filthy slums which they served their purpose although not ideally and long term, history has shown that refurbishing old tenements was more viable financially socially and emotionally
@craignunnallypurcell
5 жыл бұрын
Tremendous waste of resources.
@craignunnallypurcell
5 жыл бұрын
No connection to city ?
@arnoldlane68
7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see english subtitles, Is hard for me to understand
@bettyprice6316
11 ай бұрын
Crazy waste of public money and totally disconnected from public opinion.
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