http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Glasgow 1980 (1971) en Sun, 17 May 2026 08:10:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10302#post-112296 Thu, 30 May 2013 09:14:33 +0000 cb 112296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't see the video here, so not sure how much overlap there is with this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/01/desire-lines-for-traffic-1965-glasgow.html">http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/01/desire-lines-for-traffic-1965-glasgow.html</a></p> <p>"<br /> Having concrete flyovers replacing the sky wasn't considered to be a problem:</p> <p>"Light penetrates through the central reservation into the open space created by linking the school playing fields on either side of the motorway."<br /> " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10302#post-112254 Wed, 29 May 2013 18:17:46 +0000 crowriver 112254@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend of mine posted this old propaganda* film on a certain social network. Gives a really good insight into the idealised view of city planning in Glasgow from the 1960s onwards. </p> <p>Most of the high rises, and their shopping precincts, are gone now. The motorways though, have only just been completed.</p> <p>Funny how the housing and shopping vision is seen to have "failed", yet the transport vision is seen as a "success". Not least by the likes of Keef Broon...</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12634222" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/12634222</a></p> <p>* - that's really the only word for it, this is a hearts and minds persuasion job, not a balanced analysis. </p>