Henry Grabar

I think people rarely think about it and sometimes say to me, well, that sounds like sort of a boring thing to write a book about. But then once you get them on the subject and they start talking about parking, you realize that everybody is full of opinions about parking and actually everybody spends a lot of time thinking about it, the realization that I had.

I think people rarely think about it and sometimes say to me, well, that sounds like sort of a boring thing to write a book about. But then once you get them on the subject and they start talking about parking, you realize that everybody is full of opinions about parking and actually everybody spends a lot of time thinking about it, the realization that I had.

was that I realized I was surrounded by parking. I mean, once you start to see it as the number one land use in many American cities, you can't stop seeing it. And it pops out everywhere. And once you begin to understand its cost and its effect on landscape and the architecture and our travel patterns and our housing costs, you never look at it the same way again.

was that I realized I was surrounded by parking. I mean, once you start to see it as the number one land use in many American cities, you can't stop seeing it. And it pops out everywhere. And once you begin to understand its cost and its effect on landscape and the architecture and our travel patterns and our housing costs, you never look at it the same way again.

was that I realized I was surrounded by parking. I mean, once you start to see it as the number one land use in many American cities, you can't stop seeing it. And it pops out everywhere. And once you begin to understand its cost and its effect on landscape and the architecture and our travel patterns and our housing costs, you never look at it the same way again.

So when you say that parking is the number one land use in many cities, explain what you mean, because that's, that's hard to imagine.

So when you say that parking is the number one land use in many cities, explain what you mean, because that's, that's hard to imagine.

So when you say that parking is the number one land use in many cities, explain what you mean, because that's, that's hard to imagine.

There is more space for parking each car in this country than there is for housing each person. I think you can, you can sometimes see this when you, if you look at a satellite image of downtown Kansas city or Columbus, Ohio, or little rock, um, The parking lots really stand out. It is the dominant feature of the landscape.

There is more space for parking each car in this country than there is for housing each person. I think you can, you can sometimes see this when you, if you look at a satellite image of downtown Kansas city or Columbus, Ohio, or little rock, um, The parking lots really stand out. It is the dominant feature of the landscape.

There is more space for parking each car in this country than there is for housing each person. I think you can, you can sometimes see this when you, if you look at a satellite image of downtown Kansas city or Columbus, Ohio, or little rock, um, The parking lots really stand out. It is the dominant feature of the landscape.

And in fact, we actually require this by law that many buildings consist more than half of the property. has to be devoted to parking, which is to say, for your square footage, let's say you run a restaurant, for every 100 square feet of restaurant, you have to provide one parking space. Well, a parking space is bigger than 100 square feet.

And in fact, we actually require this by law that many buildings consist more than half of the property. has to be devoted to parking, which is to say, for your square footage, let's say you run a restaurant, for every 100 square feet of restaurant, you have to provide one parking space. Well, a parking space is bigger than 100 square feet.

And in fact, we actually require this by law that many buildings consist more than half of the property. has to be devoted to parking, which is to say, for your square footage, let's say you run a restaurant, for every 100 square feet of restaurant, you have to provide one parking space. Well, a parking space is bigger than 100 square feet.

So you're essentially legislating that every restaurant have more space for parking than space for restaurant.

So you're essentially legislating that every restaurant have more space for parking than space for restaurant.

So you're essentially legislating that every restaurant have more space for parking than space for restaurant.

And those kind of rules apply where? Because obviously you couldn't make that the rule in New York or Chicago because there's no room. You couldn't open a restaurant because there's no room for those parking spots.

And those kind of rules apply where? Because obviously you couldn't make that the rule in New York or Chicago because there's no room. You couldn't open a restaurant because there's no room for those parking spots.

And those kind of rules apply where? Because obviously you couldn't make that the rule in New York or Chicago because there's no room. You couldn't open a restaurant because there's no room for those parking spots.