THE leading author and artist Alasdair Gray has launched a caustic attack on civic planners, comparing a major regeneration project with the discredited post-war clearances of traditional neighbourhoods.
THE leading author and artist Alasdair Gray has launched a caustic attack on civic planners, comparing a major regeneration project with the discredited post-war clearances of traditional neighbourhoods.
TARGETED: Alasdair Gray has compared Glasgow City Council's plans for George Square, above, and the Sighthill Stone Circle to the discredited post-war clearances of traditional neighbourhoods.
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GERRY BRAIDEN
The acclaimed Glaswegian polymath said Scotland's largest local authority was working to the idea that "to renovate they must first devastate", accusing it of flying in the face of the approach of "Scotland's greatest town planner" and criticising the planned removal of statues from the city's George Square.
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