http://www.getcarpark.org Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Updates courtesy of Tex, thanks! After visiting the car park, i can now bring the following updates. On the entrance ramp, there is no signs to say the car park is closed or that demolition will start soon. So i used the excuse of not being a local (so not knowing) and ... http://www.getcarpark.org/demolition-developments Like other inanimate objects which mysteriously communicate their status on Twitter, you can now follow the Car Park. http://www.getcarpark.org/car-park-on-twitter http://www.getcarpark.org/views-from-the-top According to the BBC, the car park will close on June 8th, but the date for the demolition is yet to be announced. So there's still time to get into the car park and take some pictures. I get the impression the place will still be standing for a good few ... http://www.getcarpark.org/closure-date There's a 2004 Radio 4 interview with architect Owen Luder (Realplayer) about the demolition of the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth. No doubt Radio 4 will have him on again to give the same interview about the Trinity Centre. Interestingly, Luder sounds a bit like Michael Caine. http://www.getcarpark.org/2004-interview-with-owen-luder Cameras everywhere... by Sam Judson, on Flickr The Trinity Centre was a building for a future that never happened; one which would see Gateshead as a major shopping and leisure destination, where people could spend the day at the shops, finish it off with drinks at the top level restaurant, maybe ... http://www.getcarpark.org/pave-paradise http://www.getcarpark.org/nothing-like-a-good-queue