Innovative Parking Garages Enlightenment About Parking Where’s the parking? Parking that’s part of something much, much bigger (Q&A with architect Darius Sollohub) A Gallery of Garages In Miami Beach, parking structures fuse flamboyance and function Willoughby Square Recreation and greenery above—invisible, automated parking below Better Parking Garages Parking garages that inspire love, not loathing—plus a parking lot that generates renewable energy That's a Garage? Artists and sculptors turn parking garages into works of art Green-walled Garages Green walls bring parking structures to life Exploring Parking's Potential When parking is more than parked cars Parking as Sculpture Miami’s latest addition to parking evokes sculptural forms Automated Parking's Potential Automated parking used to be more prevalent in the US and is slowly making a comeback Car in 2035 Driverless cars and the future of driving in the ‘burbs; an interview with Kati Rubinyi Zipcar Dispenser A giant PEZ dispenser that doles out cars instead of candy Downtown Parking Management Backing Into Parking Changes A parking arrangement that grows the parking supply, reduces crash rates, increases cycling, and is safer for children EcoParq Ends Parking Chaos How Mexico City’s residents became enthusiastic about parking meters –yes, parking meters Flexible Downtown Curb Space On-street parking one moment, sidewalk cafe tables the next Land for Living not Parking Options to share parking spaces and create more living spaces Parking Reform in Salem New downtown parking system is a win-win for residents, visitors, commuters, and businesses Pricing What Was "Free" Why changing from free to paid parking is good for local businesses and residents Stroll Through Santa Barbara Visitors and locals leave cars behind in downtown Santa Barbara Green Surface Parking Denmark: Green Cities & Parking Danish students park in the green Dia:Beacon Parking At Dia:Beacon Museum, the parking lot is the lobby Bluewater Park Parking Orchard Boating lake, chalk cliffs, and parking lot orchards make this shopping mall anything but ordinary Columbus Carscape Competition Parking lot as civic square: a parking lot during the week, but a marketplace on weekends Rio de Los Angeles Parking A parking lot that works for the environment Wild Center Parking Bringing nature to the parking lot ReThinking a Lot Can parking lots be beautiful and sustainable? Transforming America’s 800 million parking spaces New Uses for Surface Parking Belmar in Lakewood This used to be a shopping mall? Better Blocks in the ’Burbs Building sand castles on Main Street—and better blocks, too Columbia Pike On main street in the D.C. suburbs, dilapidated grocery store and parking lot are reinvented as mixed-use building Parking Lots as Markets A parking garage where designers shop Strip Mall Save Suburbia? Strip mall architecture re-imagined as a mixed-use building type that can be built on parking lots in commercial areas Living Market Retrofitting Long Island downtowns to support social diversity: working and living in the downtown marketplace Parking Space or Park? On PARK(ing) Day, parks and people come first South Miami Hometown South Miami residents get their Main Street back Take Two for Big Boxes Vacant big box stores get a new lease on life: from abandoned Wal-Mart to library, empty mall to school Sundquist Pavilion and Riley Park In a suburb where cars rule, town green and farmers market replace strip mall parking lot Asphalt, Be Gone! Replacing parking lots with parks—and building community Developments with Parking Structures Texas Donut—Stale No More Walkable apartments with a neighborhood vibe: meet the fresh new flavor of the “Texas Donut” Benedict Commons Affordable in-town housing for local workers in Colorado’s Hamptons Crossings at Gresham Station Amsterdam—or the Portland suburbs? Apartments by light rail have long waiting list Del Mar Station Old train depot restored; new houses and shops built around trolley station Fair Oaks Court Affordable housing wins accolades, weaves neighborhood back together Granada Court Reminiscent of Mediterranean village, new housing enhances downtown theater district Mission Meridian Village South Pasadena development capitalizes on new transit access Princeton Public Library In the Jersey suburbs, a library located in the heart of downtown is one of the State’s busiest Sierra Bonita Housing Green and gorgeous in West Hollywood Silver Gardens Apartments New apartments achieve goal of Albuquerque’s business community—and give a home to low-income residents The Willits Empty nesters, retirees, and young entrepreneurs buy downtown condos; one resident traded in his ranch house Trolley Square Affordable housing right outside Boston – just a bike ride away Vista del Arroyo Bungalows Piece of history, once neglected, is now revived and transformed Station Center Family Housing Good for the environment, good for the community, and gorgeous too
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