{"id":225116,"date":"2025-06-29T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225116\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:51:21","slug":"dramatic-moment-two-glasgow-tower-blocks-are-blown-down-in-double-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225116\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic moment two Glasgow tower blocks are blown down in double demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pair of 226ft buildings – some of last standing tower blocks in the Gorbals – were brought down using explosives on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

13:44, 29 Jun 2025Updated 16:15, 29 Jun 2025<\/p>\n

Two Glasgow<\/a> tower blocks were blown down in a dramatic double demolition today.<\/p>\n

The pair of 226ft buildings – some of the last standing tower blocks<\/a> in the Gorbals – were brought down using explosives at around 1pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Large exclusion zones were in place as crowds gathered to watch the detonation – with threw up huge clouds of dust and debris.<\/p>\n

The tower blocks, Numbers 305 and 341 Caledonia Road, were built in 1965 amid a move to regenerate the area which was once known for its overcrowded, dilapidated Victorian tenements.<\/p>\n

Plans to demolish the blocks were announced two years ago with the cost running to \u00a36.5million.<\/p>\n

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Housing chiefs say the 23-storey blocks were razed to make way for 150 new homes <\/a>after concerns were raised about the safety of the materials used.<\/p>\n

New Gorbals Housing Association said: “Over the last few months, the contractor for the blow-down has been making progress preparing the buildings for demolition.<\/p>\n

“This includes stripping the buildings, removing the concierge building and working with the association to save tonnes of material from landfill.”<\/p>\n

\"GorbalsGorbals Tower block demolition(Image: Jamie Williamson)<\/p>\n

After World War Two, the Gorbals area became known as one of Europe’s worst slums.<\/p>\n

The towers were built in 1971 between St Francis’ Primary School and the Southern Necropolis cemetery.<\/p>\n

But in 2021, tenants were moved out due to fears over flammable building materials which were too costly to replace.<\/p>\n

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The exclusion zone covered the graveyard and the nearby Gorbals rose gardens.<\/p>\n

Onlookers gathered at vantage points to watch, including Richmond Park and nearby allotments.<\/p>\n

The controlled explosion will be managed by contractors Dem-Master.<\/p>\n

\"CrowdsCrowds gathered to watch the demolition<\/p>\n

A string of Gorbals tower blocks have been demolished over the years.<\/p>\n

Buildings in Sandiefield Road came down in 2013, followed by Norfolk Court’s flats taken down in 2016.<\/p>\n

The Stirlingfauld Place towers were blown down in 2008.<\/p>\n

\"NumbersNumbers 305 and 341 Caledonia Road<\/p>\n

Tragedy struck when the large Queen Elizabeth Square towers came down in September 1993, killing Helen Tinney, 61, after being struck by debris.<\/p>\n

Just one tower now remains at Waddell Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pair of 226ft buildings – some of last standing tower blocks in the Gorbals – were brought…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,88822,6333,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-225116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-house-building","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114769106505779389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}