DEX GARAGE

A very rainy morning so I waited till this afternoon to go to Newcastle.  Had a good wander around the shops and took care of some " banking business".

Happened upon the Dex Garage - or as I originally thought it was called - the DEX CAR ACE. Did some research when I got home and found out that the Dex Garage opened in 1931 in the ‘Art Deco’ style of the period. It is the oldest existing straight ramped multi-storey car park outside of London and the fourth oldest existing in England. It originally included rest and washing facilities for chauffers awaiting the conclusion of their employers’ business or entertainment in the city centre; a car lift and turntables to transport these large chauffer-driven cars to an available parking space; washing, servicing and refuelling facilities as well as a new car showroom. The 5-storey steel frame and reinforced concrete structure remains in use today as a city centre car park, with many of its original features remaining intact.   It has 360 parking places and costs £4.50 to park all day.

Steps today - 10,849