One Way To Find Parking

It can be difficult for even the wealthiest New Yorkers to find a place to park their cars. That's why architect Annabelle Selldorf is working on a car elevator alongside a 19-story apartment building in Chelsea. It would let residents keep their vehicles in a garage right next to their unit.

The website Hossli.com features an interview with Selldorf in which she says, “It’s a paradox... More and more people who can afford a car are moving to New York, but there are fewer and fewer parking spots... But whoever can afford an expensive apartment usually has at least one car, if only to drive to their country house on Saturdays."

According to Hossli:

Although the building is still in structural work, 12 of the 16 apartments are already sold, despite steep prices between 6.25 and 17.5 million dollars for a penthouse with roof garden. Each buyer gets a spacious two-story residence – between 870 and 1375 square feet – and a parking spot at 108 square feet. The roof heights are immense, at between 13 and 26 feet.

Technical issues regarding groundwater reportedly kept Selldorf from creating an underground parking garage for the building, which is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

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(Photo by Caroline Härdter)