Trinity Square (Gateshead)
Trinity Square was a shopping centre and multi-storey car park situated in Gateshead, North East England, demolished in 2010. It was particularly noted for the Brutalist design of its car park which was designed by Rodney Gordon when he worked for the Owen Luder Partnership. The concrete structure, which dominated the skyline of the town, was opened in 1967. The car park had a prominent role in the 1971 film Get Carter, so is commonly referred to informally as the Get Carter Car Park. The car park and the rest of the Trinity Square complex has now been demolished, to make way for the redevelopment of the site by Spenhill Developments, a division of Tesco PLC. Demolition of the car park structure itself started on 26 July 2010 and was complete by early October.
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