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glasgowken wrote:What the hell is the plan for the city, is there even a plan ?
Vast tracs of seemingly forgotten waste ground everywhere, and developers are insistant on demolishing everything old in sight, and replacing it with the most awful junk.
THE last link to Glasgow's days as the "Dancing City" is doomed to demolition, as the only surviving municipal ballroom is swept away to make room for flats.
In its heyday during the 1920s, the Plaza Ballroom, at Eglinton Toll, on the South Side, was thronged with young people.
However 80 years on, the final curtain has closed after builders won the go-ahead to use the site for luxury flats.
The unlisted ballroom will be replaced by 76 plush apartments with basement car parking.
It was once regarded as one of the country's most beautiful halls, with its art-deco features.
Steven Cochrane, 47, an amateur historian, said he was appalled the landmark was to be reduced to rubble.
The civil servant added: "It is like a time capsule from a by-gone era. While the outside façade may be crumbling, the interior is in excellent condition."
A spokeswoman for Historic Scotland said it was unusual that the building had missed being listed in the mid-80s and given protected status, but it was now too late.
South Place Homes, based in Prestwick, will transform the property, but said it would retain many of the original features and incorporate the façade into the design.
But it does look that they are carefully taking it down as stated brick by brick, none of the stone on the facade has been smashed up, and is all number presumably to make piecing together again nice and easy.
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