81 Taylor Street is one of four 24 storey tower blocks in the Townhead area of Glasgow. It was built in 1967-1969 as part of Townhead's Area B redevelopment that saw the once thriving tenement community of Townhead flattened to make way for the high rises and low rise corporation flats. Townhead is a fairly popular area as the flats offer cheap housing 5 minutes away from Glasgow city centre. The low rises have been refurbished in recent years and the tower blocks are also about to receive funding that will see them remain as part of Glasgow's skyline for the foreseeable future.