[citation needed] However, many of these "schemes", as they are known, were poorly planned, or badly designed and cheaply constructed, which led to many of the blocks becoming insanitary magnets for crime and deprivation.

Both towers combined contained 348 flats, and at their time of opening in 1968, were considered a "modern development among other projects done to purge the blight of the city's slum tenement communities".

[4] In November 2011, it was announced by Glasgow Housing Association of the intention to demolish the development,[6] citing the unpopularity of the estate among residents and high maintenance and running costs.

Demolition of the towers was originally scheduled to take place prior to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but the complexity of the task pushed the date back to early 2015.

Owing to the buildings' design, and their close proximity to the busy North Clyde Line railway which runs immediately next to the site, a conventional "blowdown" with explosives was deemed impractical.