Talk:Tower block

Article merged with 'apartment block'

I do not think the article should be merged.

Tower blocks evoke far more negative connotations than apartment blocks do - especially in the United Kingdom.

They deserve a dedicated entry in Wikipedia, and should not be dilluted by apartment block information.

I have added my own section to the article, including references - Post-war British tower block vision and reality.

I agree that the rest of the article needs to include more references and include a more thorough world view.

Regards, Evan

Evanmgranger (talk) 11:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I absolutely agree. Tower blocks mean something entirely different to Apartment buildings in the UK. Tower blocks are more synonymous with the US expression 'The Projects' than they are with the expression 'Apartment Block' The current article explains how the circumstances around their construction has led to this quite different impression.

Jpmaytum (talk) 16:08, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Also agree, tower blocks in a UK context need their own page - they have a history and cultural legacy in the UK which is distinct enough, in my opinion, to deserve their own, unique entry.

Markt74 —Preceding undated comment added 13:31, 16 December 2009 (UTC).

As there is no consensus for a merge, I will remove the merge tag. SilkTork *^YES! 08:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Streets in the sky

Suggested sources for expansion of this section:

• http://www.urbanadventure.co.uk/?p=11
• http://www.open2.net/savingbritainspast/streets_in_the_sky.html
• http://www.towerblocks.org.uk/html_report/index.htm

- Fayenatic (talk) 13:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Confusion about scope

The article title is "tower block" which sounds like an apartment block. The first sentence list the various kinds of high-rise buildings, yet many of the international sections are focused on apartment towers. It's confusing and diminishes the usefulness of this article. A.Roz (talk) 03:45, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Confusion about scope

Definitely confusing!!!...now that I clicked on this section. but before I cliked here I... I redid the Canadian section which focused on Toronto. The way it was originally written was slanted and intandem towards the "uk tower block problems, or what might be associated with problems with social housing and "projects" in new york.

apartment block or towers is just that a bunch of apartment buildings together. because they are together does not make them social housing which the U.K section seem to suggest, and the way the canadian section was written.

There are many apartment building built in the 1960's that many young trendy types will soon be, or are now clamoring to to get into.

There were rental apartment building that were built by real estate owners and business men, and there were social apartment building that were built by the government. And theses two are not at all synonymous.

Many of the apartment buildings that were built were built for young middle class families, and to a lesser extent, singles or couples...but mostly for families.

"Except for public housing, the construction of apartment blocks has declined in Toronto since the 1970s, and most multi-unit buildings since then have been built as condominiums. Furthermore, public housing is increasingly being combined with private condominium development, such as with the redevelopment of Regent Park."

Most public housing building was came to and end by the 1980s, and any type of social housing pretty much came to an end in the early 1990s with the conservative government in ontario.69.165.138.51 (talk) 04:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)