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The classic brick and limestone building pictured above is a beautiful feature of Michigan State University’s campus. But would you believe that this gem is actually a 730 car parking facility? Rana Florida of the Creative Class Group catalogues some architectural beauties that serve the humble function of parking. (Huffington Post)
Image from Huffington Post
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Not sure if I would consider this truly remarkable, but the building on the left in this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zvileve/6941211078) is a parking garage. That is in Lahore Pakistan!
How could Chicago’s Marina City (the corncobb towers) not be in there?!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zvileve/299152890/
Oops – forget the better link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City