When its gone its gone Archive

[engineer]

high art one minute...

[pwm437]

Sorry to see the Mile End Mill at 91/97 Fordneuk Street has been demolished. It was one of the last surviving examples of the east end's industrial past, having been built around 1835 and much rebuilt in 1914.

Bet you can guess what's in its place - yes more housing

[onyirtodd]

Sorry to see the Mile End Mill at 91/97 Fordneuk Street has been demolished. It was one of the last surviving examples of the east end's industrial past, having been built around 1835 and much rebuilt in 1914.

Bet you can guess what's in its place - yes more housing

I thought the Mile End Mill was part of Marcus Deane's empire in Paisley.

Were there two?

[Sydney Rosewater]

high art one minute...

Fucksake! If thats still ther go doon n get it fur me!

[DickyHart]

[John]

Richmond Park Laundry - Now Demolished.


DSC02467 by John Robertson, on Flickr

[gap74]

Drove by this today, couldn't believe how quickly it had been flattened - I'm sure it was all still there when I visited the new Tesco only a week or so ago! Shame the wee office building couldn't have been retained, I daresay we'll get more uninspiring flats like the ones further west on the park at Dukes Rd - no doubt taking advantage of the proximity to the Commonwealth Games bits in Dalmarnock and the M74 extension.

[nodrog]

Nice wee building and garage in Otago Street, soon to be demolished for flats. I assume the replacement will be taller and presumably finally obscure the old 'Red Hackle' signage as well...









another good photo here:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/vie ... ago#p80699

[Dexter St. Clair]

http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/news%2007jul.htm

Otago St Glasgow
Planning for flats & offices at 39 Otago Street submitted by Page \ Park for NV Properties

is this it.

[nodrog]

Reference: 07/01995/DC Community Cnl: Hillhead Address: Site At 39 Otago Street Glasgow

Proposal: Erection of mixed development incorporating flats and an office space.
Date Received: 21.06.2007 Date Valid: 21.07.2007 Applicant Details: NV Properties Ltd
Agent Details: 0141 552 0686 Page And Park, 49 Cochrane Street GLASGOW G1 1HL
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ ... 107_17.pdf

Otago St Glasgow
Planning for flats & offices at 39 Otago Street submitted for NV Properties Jul 2007
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/page_park.htm

From Page & Park's own website...
http://www.pagepark.co.uk/
"Spiral Tower, Otago Street"








I've not been able to find out if the application was granted or not yet though...

Nodrog

[Socceroo]

I don't know what i think of that proposed building....quite something

[crusty_bint]

Pity about the cottage, it was quite charming.

I really like the proposal though, it works well with its neighbours, act as an interesting axial termination of Otago St and an equally interesting counterpoint to the stunning Caledonia Chambers when viewed from Kelvin Bridge. I'm not entirely sold on the brick palette though, I would have preferred to seen a coppery bronze (in colour) metal panel instead.


Reminds me of Erich Mendelsohn's 'Einstein Tower', an observatory near Potsdam (1919-1921)

[nodrog]

Here's a bit about the current building's history, from the RCAHMS website...

Two-storey, slate double-hipped roof with furrow, two by five bay workshop with lean-to. The lean-to appears to have been added sometime after 1913 according to map evidence..
This building is an interesting survival of a late 19th century workshop. 39 Otago Street is listed in the Post Office Glasgow Directory of 1896- 7 (p 373) as belonging to `McLintock, William, Joiner' and was subsequently listed as belonging to `A.McDonald & Co, Joiners' in the Post Office Glasgow Directory from 1909-1910 (p.411) until 1955 (p.1127). From that date, the premises are not listed in t he Post Office Directory for the following year and at least up until the mid 1970s. The building has probably survived due to its adaptability. It appears to have recently been in use as an `arts' studio and had a garage housed in the lean-to on the date of visit.

More (inc photos) at
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/new ... ink=210135

[viceroy]

I have a rather vague childhood memory of my father keeping his car in the lean-to garage for a while, sometime during the 1950's when we lived in Belmont Street. So I shall be sorry to see the building go, if only for sentimental reasons. But I quite like the proposed replacement, although I think it would probably take a bit of getting used to.

[Socceroo]

I don't think the Page & Park design for the end of Otago Street is a brick facade. The geometry and the angles would cost a fortune to achieve. It would look good though to see brick in such an unusual building.

If it were brick though it would leak like a sieve, so it's probably a metal pre treated Cladding. Nice to look at, just need to get some idiot daft enough to build it.