OK how does this work?

just looking at it Fannie, I would say the car "racks" go into the ground maybe so you drop it to ground level and drive your car off it...? My guess this is some long term parking-space saving thing.

 

They were elevator parking lots.
You drove onto the elevator platform and the car was lifted to the proper level.

Apparently, there were lots of problems:
http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/pigeon-hole-parking-1955/


Here's a YouTube video of a modern version in Budapest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NZ6J8Fg6c
Much more complicated today, but I've seen them work; pretty slick!

 

Fannie----and that's the rest of the story.

 

WOW! futuristic parking for sure.


Thanks for the info on the pigeon hole parking. We thought it might be something like that...interesting concept.

 

I've seen dealers in PA double stack inventory that was different

 

Can that underground parking lot in Budapest be any more complicated? I think not.

 

I was thinking the same thing Marshall, but I found the whole process really interesting. Some of that machinery looked a little break-downable.