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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
