When planning a trip to Paris, topping your list of must-see sights may include a visit to the Eiffel Tower, saying hello to the Mona Lisa at The Louvre, and window-shopping along the Champs-Elysées. Not on the list? The garage where you’ll park your car.
While a parking structure as tourist destination may seem unlikely, this may be changing. Cities all over the world are adorning simple parking garages with colorful LED lighting displays, adding interest and glamour to a once-dull structure. Parking garages, built to alleviate the burden of parking in bustling cities, can still provide a functional solution while also being a work of art and helping to beautify an area that may have once distracted from other dazzling monuments in the city. Transforming a garage into an art piece not only helps it fit in with the vibrant city around it, but can elevate it to an attraction of its own.
To meet this requirement, a dynamic lighting display illuminates the garage and a neighboring urban playground. The Channel Center Garage now serves a dual purpose to this contemporary area of Boston.
LED lights have provided a medium for artists and city officials to come together to beautify their hometowns like never before. Once purely functional (and frankly, often ugly), parking garages are rising in the ranks of go-to destinations. Soon you may find that your list of must-see sights during your next vacation includes a garage, and not just to park your car.
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