Demolition of Tayside House and Other Changes
June 13 2013
View from Shore Terrace looking west - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
View from Tay Road Bridge approaches - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Giraffe (left);  thistles (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Giraffe idle during lunch break - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The mound of rubble allowing the Giraffe to reach the top of the building - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
View from the Leisure Centre old walkway - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
View from the Waterfront and Tay Road Bridge walkway - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Giraffe at work viewed from Exchange Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
View from Shore Terrace - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Jaws nibbling into concrete as the Giraffe pulls the structure apart - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Water spray used to minimize dust - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Photographs taken ten days apart - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The demolition of Tayside House has necessitated minor diversions of buses transiting Whitehall Street.  A recently introduced  (2013) National Express hybrid double deck bus passes one of the Company's conventional single-deckers  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Shore terrace and new slip roads to and from the Tay Road Bridge under construction while demolition of Tayside House continues apace - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Old and new in Shore Terrace - the former Winter's Stationery establishment and the newly constructed Holiday Inn Express at the foot of Commercial Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Scottish royal coat of arms above the old Harbour Trust Building which is apparently to become an hotel - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Another tower block soon to be removed from the city skyline (left);  new development in the harbour area (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The now toll-free Tay Road Bridge and Dundee's own submarine with Broughty Castle in the background - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Former and comparatively new Hilton Hotel which with the Olympia Centre is due to go the same way as Tayside House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Site of HMS CAMPERDOWN - former Royal Naval Reserve shore headquarters - on Marine Parade viewed from the Road Bridge walkway - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Another view of the former RNR shore headquarters site now given over to office accommodation - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
National Express has designated some of its city routes after comic strip characters created in Dundee as seen on this bus in the Seagate operating route 28 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Dundee's new swimming complex  (left) at the East Port which will replace the Olympia;  unchanged Seagate (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Blackscroft - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The eight pointed star logo of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has yet to be applied to this former Tayside fire engine (left); unchanged Victoria Road at Panmure Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Commercial Street (above) is unchanged, but this bus will not be able to stop in Shore Terrace (right) due to demolition operations  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The colourful gardens around the now revamped McManus Galleries - former Albert Institute - have been replaced with trees, bushes and tubs of plants  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Buses still stop at Littlewoods which has long since become Primark (left);  Saturday street market stalls in the High Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
No change in Crighton Street dominated by the mass of rear the City Chambers (left) and the side of the Caird Hall (right) - although the remains of Tayside House will soon disappear completely - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The front of the City Chambers (left) which, like the Caird Hall (right) overlooks a desolate City Square under redevelopment - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Dundee's two tallest multis - Bucklemaker Court and Butterburn Court in the Hilltown await demolition - June 2013 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Bucklemaker Court and Butterburn Court viewed from Byron Street (left) and West Street (right)  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
One week later - images taken on phone just after the roads were being re-opened - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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