Power to all people? The 1960s fight for Byker

On the excellent North East Heritage Library

https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/post/power-to-all-people-the-1960s-fight-for-byker

https://www.alojapan.com/1233248/redevelopment-project-to-make-osaka-gateway-to-western-japan/ Redevelopment project to make Osaka gateway to western Japan #FeatureNews #FeatureOsaka #JapanNews #JapanRedevelopment #Osaka #OsakaJapan #OsakaRedevelopment #OsakaTopics #UrbanDevelopment #UrbanProject #UrbanRedevelopment #大阪 #大阪府 An urban redevelopment project near Osaka’s main transportation hub has reached its final stage, with expectations high that it will become a gateway to western Japan. Known as Umekita, the development around JR Os…

New flats overlooking the Firhill Basin in the north of Glasgow. Along with the narrow boats berthed below, their tall, gabled and colourful design give this stretch of the Forth and Clyde Canal a distinctly Dutch feel. I doubt this is the type of image which comes to mind when many people think of Glasgow.

The former New City Road branch of the Glasgow Savings Bank. Built in 1909, it's one of only a few older buildings to survive the post-war redevelopment this part of Glasgow, which largely involved demolishing the traditional sandstone tenements (see map below) and replacing them with a motorway and interchange to allow quicker access from the suburbs, which lie beyond the city's limits, into the heart of Glasgow.

The towers and spires rising above the sandstone tenements of the West End of Glasgow. These types of views are quite special, and distinctively Glaswegian. However, in the last couple decades they've become increasingly rare to find as more and more modern high rises are built across the city, and this, I think, is a loss to Glasgow's identity as its becoming more and more like any other city.

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1860s commercial buildings on the corner of Howard Street and Maxwell Street in central Glasgow. Built for the printers McCorquodale and Company, earlier this year plans were proposed to demolish much of this block and replace it with a modern, multistorey hotel building.

Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1856 Caledonia Road Church was once the centre of a thriving community and was surrounded by tenements. Its burned out remains now stand alone as a sole surviving remnant on a narrow strip of otherwise unoccupied land between two major road on the southside of Glasgow.

Despite efforts to save it, work has started to demolish the Art Deco Mecca cinema on Balmore Road in the Possil area of Glasgow. Designed by James McKissack in an Art Deco style and built in 1933, the Mecca (later the Vogue) originally seated over 1,500 people. It closed as a cinema in 1968, but has been used by many other businesses since.

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The impressive and classy A Listed Customs House on Clyde Street in Glasgow. Designed by John Taylor in the Greek Revival Style and built in 1840, it's now surrounded by modern, rather soulless and boxy developments.

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