Flat pack
Some facts about Glasgow’s Red Road Flats, built in 1968, which are to be demolished as part of the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games.
— The original plans were for four-storey maisonettes rather than tower blocks.
— At 31 storeys and 292 feet, the first blocks were the highest residential buildings in Europe when opened.
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