Basic Site Details Name: | Anderston Redevelopment Scheme | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Anderston Cross Redevelopment | | CHECK - same as 402268? |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Urban planning | | | | Housing scheme | | | | Hotel | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 4 July 1958 | | Scheme accepted | 'Glasgow Corporation has approved a comprehensive redevelopment...involving 3,374 houses and 11,400 residents. Some 97 per cent of the houses in the area will be replaced with modern blocks. It is estimated that rehousing will take 4,000 inhabitants, leaving an overspill of 7,000 to be accomodated elsewhere. ...plans will [later] be submitted to the Secretary of Sate for Scotland for [approval]. A start is proposed in 1959.' per Builder p38 | | 20 February 1959 | | | public inquiry delaying start of work per Builder p389 | | 2 June 1959 | | Scheme accepted | by Glasgow Planning Committee on June 2; 114 acre site centered on Anderston Cross; est. cost £20,000,000 per Builder 12 June 1959 p1054 | | 14 August 1959 | | Scheme accepted | 20 year, £20m. redevelopment project approved per Builder p39 | | 28 August 1959 | | | 60 objections lodged with Secretary of State for Scotland by area businesses per Builder p124 | | 29 March 1960 | | | public inquiry opened on 29 March; Argyle Street to be curtailed and partially enclosed in proposals on view (as opposed to 1954 plan showing it as sub-arterial roadway); Corp arguing for residential, commercial and industrial development (unlike prev schemes at Gorbals-Hutchesontown and Pollockshaws) per Builder 8 Apr 1960 p720 | | 7 April 1961 | | Scheme accepted | Anderston Redevelopment Plan, which proposes demolition of 2,500 houses and reallocation of 300 commercial firms over 20 years, has been approved by Glasgow Corp and Secretary of State at cost of £20.6m per Builder p680 | | 27 March 1964 * | | Reconstruction | Rebuilding of the industrial section of Anderston Redevelopment Area, Anderston Cross - cost c. £2.12m. The scheme is of two phases, the first giving 500,000 sq. ft. of factory accommodation in a three-deck warehouse, an eight-storey factory block, and two single-storey factory blocks. | | September 1967 | | | Four storey and five storey housing commended by the Saltire Society. | | 5 April 1968 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | Plans for erection of £2m hotel forming part of Anderston Cross Scheme now being developed by Myton Ltd. have been announced by Strand Hotel Group, part of J. Lyons Group of Companies |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and Construction* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Glasgow Corporation | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Dow, Derek A | 1986 | Glasgow's Gain: The Anderston Story | | Carnforth | | | Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p235 p381, Gazetteer 2 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 4 July 1958 | | | 'Anderston Redevelopment Scheme Approved' p38 | | Builder | 20 February 1959 | | | 'Glasgow Redevelopmet Review' p389 | | Builder | 12 June 1959 | | | '£20,000,000 Redevelopment Plan' p1054 | | Builder | 14 August 1959 | | | p39 | | Builder | 28 August 1959 | | | 'Glasgow Building' p124 | | Builder | 8 April 1960 | | | 'Anderson [mis-spelled] Cross Public Inquiry' p720 | | Builder | 7 April 1961 | | | p680 | | Builder | 27 March 1964 | | | p684 | | Builder | 29 May 1964 | | | p1156 | | Building | 22 September 1967 | | | p106 | | Building | 5 April 1968 | | | p169 | | Official Architecture and Planning | August 1968 | | | p1034 | | RIAS Quarterly | 1959 | 15 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | pp13-21 |
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