> Just one of many such monstrosities which blot what remains of our
> landscape.
>
> "A concrete brute of a car park opens for a farewell series of guided
> tours this weekend ahead of its dismantling. Famous as the setting for
> a key scene of Michael Caine's cult gangster movie Get Carter, the 12-
> storey monster in the heart of Gateshead is dying with a grace denied
> it during its short and controversial life.
>
> Temporary floodlighting will turn the raw, stained concrete into
> something ethereal after dark, while students record every crumbling
> pillar and the rust on steel rods which have started to protrude from
> the flat decks. The top five floors, long closed on safety grounds,
> will also be open, allowing close-up views of the stairwell parapet
> where Caine hurled Coronation Street's Bryan Mosley, playing a corrupt
> property developer, to his death..."
>
> More with pic:
>
> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2276421,00.html
>
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