15 years after it was taken down, we’ve had a look back through the archives and found these stunning pictures of the Tricorn as a shopping centre, its car park and then its eventual destruction.
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The old derelict flats above the Tricorn in January 1995 | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
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Tricorn Centre, Charlotte Street, soon after it opened in 1966 | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
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Queues outside the Mr Clive shop in the Tricorn, 1983 | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
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The helter skelter-style ramps leading up to the 400-space car park on top of the Tricorn. | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
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Aerial photo of Portsmouth showing the Tricorn in 1969 | JPIMedia Photo: JPiMedia
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The Tricorn, looking east from the exit ramps at Charlotte Street (seen at right). Picture taken in September 2003. | JPIMedia Photo: Michael Scaddan
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A bicycle lies broken and discarded underneath the Tricorn in Portsmouth. | JPIMedia Photo: Ian Hargreaves
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The old derelict flats above the Tricorn in January 1995 | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
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Tricorn Centre, Charlotte Street, soon after it opened in 1966 | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia