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Rogozhin
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: New Urbanism. |
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This is nearly unbelievable;
| Quote: | | In downtown Charlotte, a luxury condominium is scheduled for construction this year that will allow residents to drive their cars into a garage elevator, ride up to the floor they live on, and park right next to their front door |
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dinopello
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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Robotic car storage...
It's amazing the lengths we go to park the cars.
It's the confluence of the rise in value of the city downtowns and the clinging to the automobile. They are built to deal with the biggest SUV's. Soon to be a lot of wasted space.
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Rogozhin
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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| dinopello wrote: | Robotic car storage...
It's amazing the lengths we go to park the cars.
It's the confluence of the rise in value of the city downtowns and the clinging to the automobile. They are built to deal with the biggest SUV's. |
That's incredible!
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Don35
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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It looks like Japan. Is it?
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dinopello
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:51 am Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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| Don35 wrote: | | It looks like Japan. Is it? |
I believe that storage system is in Wolfsburg, Germany. It's particularly dramatic, but they have become more common. With high land values, it becomes cheaper to build them than excavate a hole big enough to fit all the cars. They are space efficient relative to structured drive in parking with all the ramps and drive aisles needed. |
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GASMON
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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THIS would bugger it up !!!!!!
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Kingcoal
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: Re: New Urbanism. |
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Citadel of the automobile.
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