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Weren't they trying to get rid of Glasgow's high rises?
Who are the idiots who are approving all this? What the hell's wrong with Glasgow City Council? Has somebody sedated them?
deebers wrote:Well, sorry - nobody's been chapping my door!
My mother (who personally factors her tenement building in Hyndland) is involved quite heavily in the Hyndland and Partick committees and I've attended a few with her. True, there have always one or two council members to listen to points raised, and I do believe they genuinely care but few of them have been able to make any difference to matters - especially when complaints against planning permission have been raised.
And yes, I am writing to this board hoping a few people agree with me. Why not? I didn't come here for an argument. As ever I am always interested in people's opinions here as I do believe they are well researched and as interested in Glasgow's redevelopment as much as I am. There are plenty of places you can read about what's happening in Glasgow, but few where you can add your own comment, so please don't put me off for voicing my opinion.
OK - maybe idiots was a harsh word - would "numpties" make you smile?
deebers wrote:Tell me about it… I attended one or two Hyndland Residents meetings when they were trying to build high flats down the wee sliver of railway land behind Hayburn Crescent and Turnberry Road. As this would have partially blocked my mother's beautiful view and would have seriously congested the car-parking and volume of traffic in an already cramped area for cars, I was extremely interested to see what excuses they had to justify squeezing hundreds of flats down a skinny wee lane. Thankfully, after several re-designs were submitted, rules and regulations prevented the build from being approved (the guy who bought the land must have been raging).
Vladimir wrote:Haha! Slag the high rises to your hearts content, nobody will disagree... Its the fashion at the moment you see! I think about 90% of the popular dislike lies with social perceptions and 10% in structure...
AlanM wrote:There really wouldn't have been much room to build anything there, I used to live in the last close on Turnberry Rd and it was really close to the railway line.
Vladmir wrote:Haha! Slag the high rises to your hearts content, nobody will disagree... Its the fashion at the moment you see! I think about 90% of the popular dislike lies with social perceptions and 10% in structure...
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