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Commission And Contract

Date 1965

Event ID 576572

Category Building History

Type Commission And Contract

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/576572

A development of four tower blocks, built as public housing as part of the Sighthill Neighbourhood Centre. The blocks were constructed by Edinburgh Borough Council. Three of the blocks are seventeen-storeys and contain a total of 285 dwellilngs. The fourth block is an eleven-storey block with balcony access. This block contains 80 dwellings. The contractor for the development was Crudens. Construction was approved by committee in 1965.

Glendinning and Methusius 1994

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