How will the Sinderins Beacon be judged 40 years from now? Builder reflects on 80s transformation

How will the Sinderins Beacon be judged 40 years from now? Builder reflects on 80s transformation
Updated: May 20, 2021, 10:25 am
© Gareth Jennings/DCT Media
The Sinderins Beacon.
Today’s Dundee West End is a bustling place, with busy shops, bars and restaurants – when the city is not in lockdown.
But in the early 80s the area around the Sinderins on Perth Road was a different place, with derelict buildings and dilapidated shops.
How the area looked in the early 80s.
In need of some TLC, a major renovation project got under way, with the local authority looking to create a feature – dubbed the “West End Gateway” – to mark the entrance to the shopping district.

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