“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
H.P. Lovecraft
Architects and real estate developers are beginning to understand that automated and mechanical parking systems are not a new concept (as in unproven or risky). They understand this is a century old technology, highly developed and widely used all over the globe. While beginning to bud in the U.S. and other parts of the world, in Asia, Europe and the Middle East automated parking has been used for decades and has become the norm rather than the exception.
(Garage Rue de Ponthieu – Paris 1905)
(Paternoster – Chicago 1923)
The first mechanical parking garage was built in Paris in 1905
The first mechanical parking garage was built in Paris in 1905
“All safe, gentlemen, all safe…”
Elisha Grave Otis
“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Four myths about automated parking and why they are not true.