Publication Account

Date 2013

Event ID 967208

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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COURIER BUILDING

D C Thomson’s publishing HQ is in true American style, built 1904-6 by Niven and Wigglesworth. The first Scottish use of Hennebique reinforced concrete was here in 1902, to pile the soft Meadows. A tube allowed messages to be sent by compressed air to and from Bank Street. A 9-storey tower by T Lindsay Gray in 1960 continues the American proto-skyscraper theme. The adjacent General Post office (Ward Road/Euclid Street, NO 40082 30410, NO43SW 281) has closed but is proposed

to be adapted by Dundee High School (Euclid Crescent), whose playground gave inspiration for the Bash Street Kids in The Beano.

M Watson, 2013