Red Road Flats, Balornock (from Petershill Road):: OS grid NS6167 :: Geograph British Isles

NS6167 : Red Road Flats, Balornock (from Petershill Road)

near to Springburn, Glasgow, Great Britain

Red Road Flats, Balornock (from Petershill Road)

The original Red Road after which the tower blocks were named was a dirt track bounded by the former Low Balornock Farm and Barmulloch Farm. These 8 tower blocks were built 1962-1969 on this area. At 31 storeys they were then the tallest tower blocks in Europe. The current site is bounded by Petershill Drive and the modern Red Road. The flats were designed by architect Sam Brunton and built to replace slum tenements, but residents were complaining about the poor conditions by 1971. The most distant tower block (also the one in the photograph farthest to the right) is now due for demolition.

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Grid Square: NS6167, 11 images (more nearby)
Photographer: G Laird (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Saturday, 28 March, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 28 March, 2009
Category: Towerblocks (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 619 673 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:52.7831N 4:12.5390W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NS 617 673
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)