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One of Britain’s earliest multi-storey car parks is undergoing a radical transformation

Mark Moran
01 November 2012
Artist impression of the new look Talbot Road
Artist impression of the new look Talbot Road
The car park before refurbishment
The car park before refurbishment

 

One of Britain’s earliest multi-storey car parks is undergoing a dramatic transformation designed by architects Potter & Holmes. The Talbot Road car park in Blackpool is now 73-years-old.

Built at time of relatively low car ownership and when most parking was either at the kerbside or in surface lots, this was a pioneering building. The car park’s original designer, GW Stead, was an employee of the Blackpool Corporation. During construction, borough surveyor James Drake had to...

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