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glasgowken wrote:I'd guess it's some sort of water based poster paint, hence no, or very little, smell.
Telly ad flats won’t bite the dust just yet
Jan 11 2007
A BLOCK of Toryglen flats which featured in a spectacular UK-wide Sony TV advert has had its demolition delayed... for a second time.
Contractors had planned to blow up the disused high-rise building in Queen’s Court later this month.
But the plans have been put on a back burner to allow extra preparation time.
It is the second time in a matter of weeks that the demolition has been delayed, as a proposal to blow up the block in December was scrapped as housing chiefs didn't want to disrupt neighbouring tenants in the build-up to Christmas.
The flats were splattered with 70,000 litres of paint in July for Sony’s latest TV and cinema commercial.
Award-winning director Jonathan Glazer shot the advert in the summer. It involved blowing up a huge number of pots of coloured paint 100ft. into the sky as hundreds of intrigued members of the public gathered to watch the amazing display.
The flats, which date from just 1968 and were owned by the Glasgow Housing Association, had been empty since May last year.
Margaret Brittain, community housing manager of Orchard Grove Housing Association, said: "The plans for the demolition of the tower block and the regeneration of the area are coming along well.
“The new year will bring us a new beginning for the area."
It is believed that workmen have already partly-weakened the 22-storey block and the building will be razed in a controlled explosion.
gap74 wrote:My local rag, the erstwhile Rutherglen Reformer, reports that this has been postponed, with no rescheduled date given.
Clicky hereTelly ad flats won’t bite the dust just yet
Jan 11 2007
A BLOCK of Toryglen flats which featured in a spectacular UK-wide Sony TV advert has had its demolition delayed... for a second time.
Contractors had planned to blow up the disused high-rise building in Queen’s Court later this month.
But the plans have been put on a back burner to allow extra preparation time.
It is the second time in a matter of weeks that the demolition has been delayed, as a proposal to blow up the block in December was scrapped as housing chiefs didn't want to disrupt neighbouring tenants in the build-up to Christmas.
The flats were splattered with 70,000 litres of paint in July for Sony’s latest TV and cinema commercial.
Award-winning director Jonathan Glazer shot the advert in the summer. It involved blowing up a huge number of pots of coloured paint 100ft. into the sky as hundreds of intrigued members of the public gathered to watch the amazing display.
The flats, which date from just 1968 and were owned by the Glasgow Housing Association, had been empty since May last year.
Margaret Brittain, community housing manager of Orchard Grove Housing Association, said: "The plans for the demolition of the tower block and the regeneration of the area are coming along well.
“The new year will bring us a new beginning for the area."
It is believed that workmen have already partly-weakened the 22-storey block and the building will be razed in a controlled explosion.
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