The districts are now known as the Gorbals, Laurieston, Tradeston, Kingston and Hutchesontown. The Little Govan estate, including a small village of the same name, were replaced by the eastern parts of Hutchesontown and Oatlands.

Are there still slums in Glasgow?

Overview. The city is known for its tenements. These were the most popular form of housing in 19th- and 20th-century Glasgow and remain the most common form of dwelling in Glasgow today. ... Efforts to improve this housing situation, most successfully with the City Improvement Trust, cleared the slums of the old town.

When was the Gorbals in Glasgow demolished?

But while at first families were pleased to be out of the slums and given a new place to live, it appeared that history was repeating itself in The Gorbals. Residents complained that the flats were riddled with damp and the blocks were eventually demolished in 1993.