Get Carpark!

News comes of the imminent destruction of the multi-story parking garage (and Get Carter film location) at the Trinity Gateshead Centre.

The car park was designed in 1962, when Brutalism was regarded as the cutting edge of architecture, but by the time that it opened in 1969, interest in the movement had begun to decline. The building's raw concrete weathered poorly, and by the time Get Carter was filmed the following year, the car park had already become an emblem for decline.

Here is a page dedicated to documenting the process.

Finally, I decided to see if I could find the thing on Flashearth, but got a bit muddled. From all the different things I could find, I've managed to narrow the garage down to two places, shown here:



If I am understanding what I have found correctly, the site indicated by the lower circle is the garage. The upper circle indicates the structure that looks right to me.