Search results
Easterhouse is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, 6 miles (10 km) east of the city centre on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of an expansion of Glasgow before the Second World War. The area is on high ground north of the River Clyde and south of the River Kelvin and Campsie Fells.
Nov 14, 2016 · Easterhouse came to national prominence as the site of Ian Duncan Smith’s cringingly dubbed “poverty epiphany” in 2002, after a visit to the estate during his time as Conservative leader.
Dec 13, 2004 · easterhouse, glasgow Such has been the extent of the social and economic ills facing the Easterhouse estate in the past few decades, that the solution has been to raze parts of it to the ground.
Jun 8, 2003 · Urban renaissance on the Clyde provided a blueprint that Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool would all attempt to ape.
Oct 4, 2017 · By the mid-1960s, it was the community of Easterhouse – formally opened by Clement Attlee in 1956 and located on the eastern periphery of the city – that was viewed as the worst area for gang violence in Glasgow, quickly becoming the focus of a ‘moral panic’ about youth, offensive weapons and gang violence.
- Angela Bartie, Alistair Fraser
- 2017
Jun 9, 2021 · When it was unveiled in Easterhouse in June 1984, it was the biggest hand-built mural in Britain and regarded as one of the best examples of community art in existence. Now its amazing story is being revisited as part of Glasgow International, a visual arts festival which runs from June 11 to 27.
People also ask
Where is Easterhouse in Scotland?
Is Easterhouse a real estate?
What was Greater Easterhouse?
What was Easterhouse known for?
Is Easterhouse a poor place?
Where was Easterhouse built?
At its height, Easterhouse was Western Europe's largest social housing project, and like many a "best laid scheme", which seemed a good idea at the time, it alas, was to "gang agley". After World War Two there was a demand for social justice, and housing figured prominently in this demand.
