Talk:Red Road Flats

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This page needs some public domain photos of the Red Road flats[edit]

Several webpages have got photos of the Red Road flats. Has someone got some that are in the public domain?

82.99.106.24 23:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The Future"[edit]

Never in all my years of reading articles in all of wikipedia, have I read such biased propaganda. Whoever wrote it really needs to learn wikipedia is not the place for spouting their anger or opinions. One thing's for sure, NPOV it is not. Feudonym (talk) 05:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed from your talk page that elsewhere you called a fellow contributor a "piece of shit". Have you any specific alterations to suggest here? 87.127.19.26 (talk) 21:28, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although I agree with the comment at the bottom of the "future" section about it being biased, I have removed the comment from the main page as the talk page is a more appropriate location for a comment of that nature. The section has already been tagged as disputed regarding NPOV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.208.175 (talk) 04:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that going from the aelling off of council owned flats to transfering (not selling( them en masse to a newly formed organisation approved by the councillors is not, in any way, a more "wide ranging reform". I would say it was a nominal change made to neutralise the right to individual purchase, prevent any commercial or block by block tenants groups running it while leaving it possible to keep the place as a dumping ground. Certainly it is difficult to argue that the occupants were in any way empowered by this transfer over their heads. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.151.62 (talk) 13:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Was this section lifted from the Socialist Worker, by any chance? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.248.153 (talk) 18:33, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

21 Birnie Court (Red Road) is a two-sentence stub; I propose that any salvageable content be merged into Red Road (flats). Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 10:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing there is salvageable, and the creator is probably a Nimbley6 sock; I'm going to prod it. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the 21 Birnie Court article. 21 Birnie court is one of the blocks that make up the Red Road flats.213.249.193.2 (talk) 00:15, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV / original work / not encyclopaedic style[edit]

Here's an example: "owing partly to the "looming" ambience of the blocks which in some ways might even be called emblematic."

Yes this phrase "But they were able to strike a nerve in the perceptions of non-residents, owing partly to the "looming" ambience of the blocks which in some ways might even be called emblematic. The slab blocks, for example, are not only 25 storeys high but also almost 100 metres wide." doesn't really make any sense - the meaning is unclear and it is awkwardly written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.119.135.134 (talk) 12:34, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, most of the article (and especially the section on the period of decline) looks rather unsupported by any cited sources - basically a gossipy opinion piece or blog. I reckon most of this may have been written by people who used to live in Glasgow, or at any rate by Scotsmen, and who were echoing some measure of local talk, local opinion, but as long as statements are unreferenced and unchecked, it's impossible to separate the real deal from urban legend or personal opinions. 83.254.151.33 (talk) 09:50, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RFID?[edit]

"Measures were introduced in the 1980s which gave residents increased protection. These included the control of access through the communal entrance doors by means of RFID keys and intercoms" - surely they weren't RFID tags, as they're a more recent invention, but some kind of more inert key fob?

Guardian article[edit]

Guardian may have some useful content. --ClemRutter (talk) 15:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Demolition[edit]

I know it is a big ask, but can anyone local possibly get to a demolition for a picture?--SabreBD (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Difference between certain type of block[edit]

It is said that 33, 63, 93 & 123 Petershill Drive, 10 Red Road Court and 21 Birnie Court are point blocks while 153-213 Peterahill Drive and 10-30 Petershill Court are slab blocks. Should it be changed to say that 10 Red Road Court and 33 Petershill Drive are "Tower" blocks? It is what they are referred to in the 1962 plans in the Mitchell Library and in the late 80s Springburn Heritage Trail. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Forbiddencoder6 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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