Tayside House

Tayside house was built in 1972, and was opened for 1975 and was the headquarters for Dundee City council for just shy of 40 years.

It was also the tallest building in the city centre, at 15 floors.

As you'll see in my previous blog, there was a tunnel which ran from Tayside house to the Olympia swimming centre, so this area was pretty busy in the 90's and 2000's.

In addition to this, there was also a small police station (if memory serves me well) just below the entrance to Tayside House.

The demolition for Tayside house began in 2011, and was completed in July 2013. 

The office block had to be taken down piece by piece because of the busy main road next to it and because of the train tracks which run underneath it.

Dundee City Council is now based in North Lindsay street in a newer, more modern building.

Olympia & Tayside House Tunnel

As a child, I used to love the two tunnels which ran above the busy South Marketgait dual carriageway.

The red tunnel took you from the train station to Union street. I remember you could get into the Nethergate Centre through the same tunnel; although the place was pretty much a white elephant and most people used it as a shortcut to get out onto the Nethergate.

The blue tunnel took you from Tayside house through to the Olympia. I remember in the 90s both these tunnels would be very busy, and was always a great busking spot.

The red tunnel was first to go, about 07/08, and the blue tunnel has just recently alongside Tayside house been demolished.