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The invention and rapid adoption of the automobile at the turn of the 20th century presented an immediate problem: where to park so many vehicles, especially in dense urban areas.

Above-ground and subterranean parking garages allowed multiple levels of vehicle parking, but resulted in footprints with much empty space.

The first foray into space-saving automatic parking systems was the Garage Rue de Ponthieu in Paris, which in 1905 unveiled an internal elevator which could lift cars to different levels to be parked by attendants.

1920An elevator parking lot in New York.

1930Citroen cars in Le Marbeuf garage in Paris, designed by architects Albert Laprade and L. E. Bazin.

1930Le Marbeuf garage in Paris.

1930Le Marbeuf garage in Paris.

1933The Nash Motors automobile elevator display at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago.

1941A vertical parking lot structure in Chicago..

1950The Autorimessa Piazzale Roma, a garage in Piazzale Roma, Venice, Italy.

1950The Autorimessa Piazzale Roma, a garage in Piazzale Roma, Venice, Italy.

1955A man parks a car with the help of a forklift.

1955An "autosilo" garage in Karlsruhe, Germany.

1963 - The central well of an automatic car park in England.

Oct. 3, 1970A car teeters at the top of a paternoster parking elevator as a result of a broken bolt in Denver, Colorado.

1976A poor parking job leaves its mark on a garage in Tokyo.