Townhead (Glasgow)
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The original and oldest part of Glasgow, Townhead, is where St. Mungo had his encampment by the banks of the Molendinar Burn. Its strong association with the man can be known by the fact that three streets, a church, a school, a museum and the cathedral are named after him; the most famous of which is Glasgow Cathedral.
The most famous person to come from Townhead in Glasgow is Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In the post war period, most of Townhead had declined into a slum, and in the aftermath of the infamous Bruce Report, Glasgow Corporation declared it a Comprehensive Development Area (CDA). In essence - this meant flattening virtually everything that was already standing and starting again from scratch, and as a result pretty much nothing original has survived apart from the Royal Infirmary, the Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship. The tenement slums were cleared and replaced by high-rise housing, whilst other residents were moved out to the new estates on the outer periphery of the city. The M8 Inner Ring Road scheme was also built over the top of former slum areas and the southern reaches of Townhead were re-zoned for the expansion of the Royal College of Science and Technology - which became Strathclyde University.
Most of today's housing is fairly modern 6 in a block flats, although its most visual features are the four 24-storey high-rise flats named "Two Taylor Place", "Grafton Place", "St Mungos Place" and "Dobies Loan"
The most famous person to come from Townhead in Glasgow is Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In the post war period, most of Townhead had declined into a slum, and in the aftermath of the infamous Bruce Report, Glasgow Corporation declared it a Comprehensive Development Area (CDA). In essence - this meant flattening virtually everything that was already standing and starting again from scratch, and as a result pretty much nothing original has survived apart from the Royal Infirmary, the Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship. The tenement slums were cleared and replaced by high-rise housing, whilst other residents were moved out to the new estates on the outer periphery of the city. The M8 Inner Ring Road scheme was also built over the top of former slum areas and the southern reaches of Townhead were re-zoned for the expansion of the Royal College of Science and Technology - which became Strathclyde University.
Most of today's housing is fairly modern 6 in a block flats, although its most visual features are the four 24-storey high-rise flats named "Two Taylor Place", "Grafton Place", "St Mungos Place" and "Dobies Loan"
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhead
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°51'59"N 4°14'30"W
- Castlemilk 5.8 km
- Govan 6.2 km
- Giffnock 7.7 km
- Thornliebank 8.2 km
- Clarkston 8.9 km
- Drumchapel 11 km
- Newton Mearns 11 km
- Abbotsinch 14 km
- Balerno 55 km
- Portobello 70 km
- City of Glasgow College City Campus 0.4 km
- Broomhill Park 0.5 km
- Glasgow Caledonian University 0.5 km
- University of Strathclyde John Anderson campus 0.5 km
- Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station 0.7 km
- Glasgow City Centre 0.7 km
- Port Dundas Business Park 1 km
- Dundasvale Housing Scheme 1.1 km
- Craighall Business Park 1.1 km
- Sighthill Cemetery 1.2 km
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