The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’
The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’
www.theguardian.com The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’
Inspired by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier, who believed streets fostered disease, a vision of Britain was cooked up that would see historic city centres flattened for flats and ring roads. But the public decided they’d had enough – and took to the streets
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In Glasgow, the Red Road towers were uninhabitable. In 2014, there was a plan to celebrate the opening of the Commonwealth Games in the city by blowing them up. Instead, they were more discreetly demolished.
Goddammit....yet more evidence that we're in the Biff Timeline.....