The Corporation of Glasgow Housing department - plan of the Penilee Estate, c1945
One of Glasgow's many and vast peripheral housing estates, developed from the 1920s up into the 1960s, inlcuded Penilee - this plan shows the intention for development on what had been a green field site.
Glasgow's housing schemes sadly became a by-word for poverty and deprivation - isolated on the fringes of the city, often with no communal or social infrastructure, they have largely now been demolished or redeveloped (along with Glasgow's equally vast inner-city redevelopments) - but it is easy to forget the sheer scale and volume of housing that was provided by the City Council - and how swiftly it was delivered - it was also the case that people rehoused in suburbs such as Penilee often lived in some of Europe's worst slums and perhaps we shouldn't wholly overlook the social intentions of those who strove to re-house Glaswegians.
The Corporation of Glasgow Housing department - plan of the Penilee Estate, c1945
One of Glasgow's many and vast peripheral housing estates, developed from the 1920s up into the 1960s, inlcuded Penilee - this plan shows the intention for development on what had been a green field site.
Glasgow's housing schemes sadly became a by-word for poverty and deprivation - isolated on the fringes of the city, often with no communal or social infrastructure, they have largely now been demolished or redeveloped (along with Glasgow's equally vast inner-city redevelopments) - but it is easy to forget the sheer scale and volume of housing that was provided by the City Council - and how swiftly it was delivered - it was also the case that people rehoused in suburbs such as Penilee often lived in some of Europe's worst slums and perhaps we shouldn't wholly overlook the social intentions of those who strove to re-house Glaswegians.