Alexander Street Multis
The Alexander Street multi-storey housing tower blocks were scheduled for demolition on the 31st of July 2011 (today). The four large blocks were built in the 1960s and housed upwards of 400 families at their peak.
Around 600 homes and 50+ businesses in the local area were evacuated before the Maxwelltown, Carnegie, Jamaica and Wellington flats on Alexander Street were brought down by controlled explosions.
The demolitions were part of Dundee’s current regeneration which includes the total redevelopment of the city’s expansive waterfront and the new V&A museum due to open on the Quayside in the coming years.