Work has begun to demolish some of the high rise flats that have dominated Newcastle’s skyline since the 1960s. The tower blocks in Cruddas Park went up as part of T Dan Smith’s vision for a “city in the sky”.
Work to dismantle five of the housing blocks should take around nine months.
The Beeches, The Poplars, The Willows, King’s Meadows, and Haughton Court will come down as efforts to regenerate the area, now known as Riverside Dene, continue.
26th March 2012
The Poplars.
Looking over the Tyne from Dunston.
5th April 2012
13th April 2012
23rd April 2012
29th April 2012
10th May 2012
15th May 2012
11th June 2012
22nd June 2012
22nd August 2012
Kings Meadows.
28th June 2012
12th July 2012
20th July 2012
10th August 2012
The Beeches.
24th August 2012
Kings Meadows.
The Beeches.
5th September 2012
The Willows.
Kings Meadows.
10th September 2012
Kings Meadows.
18th September 2012
The Beeches.
Kings Meadows.
26th September 2012
Kings Meadows.
See my other photos around Elswick:
- Elswick
- Elswick - Associated Lead - Abandoned
- Elswick - Cruddas Park Flats
- Elswick - Elswick Park
- Elswick - Newcastle Eagles Community Area
- Elswick - St. John's Cemetery
- Benwell - Hodgkin Park
- Benwell - St James Church
- Benwell Nature Park
- Benwell Towers (The Mitre)
- Benwell, Old
- Fenham
- Fenham - Nunsmoor Park
- Fenham - St Nicholas' Cemetery
- Newcastle General Hospital
