Queen Elizabeth Square (or Hutchesontown C) is one of the most famous high rise experiments in the history of British housing projects. Located in Hutchesontown in Glasgow's notorious Gorbals it was meant to be the flagship for an exciting new dawn but turned out to be an icon for poverty, deprivation and the tarnishing of Basil Spence's reputation. The Cumberland Arcade shopping centre opens for business in 1969 completing the masterplan just over 12 years after conception. It contains 38 shops and 4 blocks of low rise flats designed to complement QES with an equally brutalist look.