Until the summer of 1997, the two-story attached parking garage of Park Place Tower, a residential high-rise in Chicago, contained only 600 parking stalls for the residents of the tower's 900 deluxe apartments.
Poor construction or design increases the vulnerability of a plaza to temperature changes and precipitation. As a result, many plazas require significant repairs or replacement in 10 to 20 years, much sooner than many other components of a facility.
During an inspection of the elevated deck for a 16-year-old parking garage, extensive cracking was found above all 14 interior columns.
