They’d always been a byword for overarching civic ambition and stupidity. But when they were demolished on Sunday,many felt it wasn’t a fitting endThe Red Road flats in Glasgow were demolished this Sunday. The demolition didn’t fade very well. Two of the towers were left only partially demolished, endangering the locals. It should have been a fitting terminate to a housing scheme characterised as symbolic of civic stupidity.But it wasn’t. The classic Glaswegian supercilious (haughty) shrug was ruined by the controversy over the Commonwealth Games. Related: A botched demolition: the fall of Glasgow's Red Road towers – in pictures Related: Glasgow's Red Road flats arrive down – but not without a fight Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com