Yes, the Rike's Garage was a novelty at the time it was built, at least here in Dayton it was. I had a childhood friend that remembers the whole family loading into the Ford station wagon one Sunday and going to the new garage, not to park, but just to drive to the top and then come down the fancy circular exit ramp!
My grandfather built that garage - he was one of the founders of Shool Construction. The project drove him nuts with the "peculiar" design and lack of "flexibility" by the workers.
BTW my grandmother attended Steele HS. She and her "sewing bee" group were responsible for the Leo the Lion being moved to DAI.
