ABSTRACT
The main thrust of urban growth was westwards but some development was being undertaken south of the river, most notable being the Lauries’ unsuccessful attempt to establish an “alternative west end” around the elegant Carlton Place. Earlier grid developments on either side of Laurieston, in Tradeston and Hutchesontown, never attained the social standing of Laurieston. The absence of service lanes on the plans of both suggests theintended population was of shopkeepers, clerks and independent craftsmen who did not require the mews arrangements to accommodate domestic servants or a horse and trap. Commercial encroachment was only one cause of the migration and segregation of the affluent classes. A further push factor was the deteriorating physical and social fabric of the old city. The dangers from crime and vice prevalent in the Vennel and Havannah slums were compounded by the threat of cholera which, though originating in the slums, was no respecter of social class.
