Firth of Clyde Architecture : Bay Street tower blocks, Port Glasgow
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Firth of Clyde Architecture : Bay Street tower blocks, Port Glasgow
Image: © Richard West Taken: 14 Jul 2024
Heather Court, Rowan Court and Thistle Court, three 15-storey blocks of the Bay Area Redevelopment, commissioned by Port Glasgow Burgh Council in the late 1960s. Three 15-storey blocks of 170 dwellings. Building contractor : Concrete Scotland Building system : Bison Construction started : 1968 Original commissioning authority : Port Glasgow B.C. Present day authority : Inverclyde sources of information : Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius : "Tower Block - Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland", Yale University Press, 1994, page 369 The on-line "Tower Block UK" project website : towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk (viewed 17th July 2024)
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Image Location
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55.933974
Longitude
-4.685214