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Reinventing the tenement: transformation of crown street in the Gorbals, Glasgow
Glasgow has experienced many incarnations. The present paper examines one contribution to the current phase of transformation. A 16 hectare hole in the heart of the Gorbals district of Glasgow has been filled over the last decade by a regeneration development. At the simplest level, the Crown Street Regeneration Project aimed to produce 800 housing units, a mix of commercial activities and community amenities, and to reintroduce private investment and a diversity of residents to the Gorbals. However, such transformations of urban areas abound with ideological foundations and influences. This paper develops an intricate understanding of Crown Street's founding premises and instruments. An analysis of the regeneration's intentions and process reveals the contradictions and incompatibilities in the project's goals, the hope for physical manifestations to meet social ambitions and the push for a conservative urban order.
Reinventing the tenement: transformation of crown street in the Gorbals, Glasgow
Glasgow has experienced many incarnations. The present paper examines one contribution to the current phase of transformation. A 16 hectare hole in the heart of the Gorbals district of Glasgow has been filled over the last decade by a regeneration development. At the simplest level, the Crown Street Regeneration Project aimed to produce 800 housing units, a mix of commercial activities and community amenities, and to reintroduce private investment and a diversity of residents to the Gorbals. However, such transformations of urban areas abound with ideological foundations and influences. This paper develops an intricate understanding of Crown Street's founding premises and instruments. An analysis of the regeneration's intentions and process reveals the contradictions and incompatibilities in the project's goals, the hope for physical manifestations to meet social ambitions and the push for a conservative urban order.
Reinventing the tenement: transformation of crown street in the Gorbals, Glasgow
Thompson‐Fawcett , Michelle (author)
Journal of Urban Design ; 9 ; 177-203
2004-06-01
27 pages
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