WATCH: The Rossville flats - a notable landmark in Derry (1967)
The Rossville flats were one of Derry’s most notable landmarks from the sixties through to the eighties.
This news report looks at the flats when it had just opened. Built in the early 1960's as a possible solution to the lack of housing in the Derry area, the flats opened in 1966 and originally housed 178 families.
The Housing Executive made the decision to demolish the flats in 1985 with the final blocks being demolished in 1989.