[ericr]

-I know it would be a lot of work, but a lot of you guys apparently reside with some acreage and have built large garages etc. Plus a lot of us are nostalgic, eccentric, etc.

I suspect there are modern regulations on drainage and lighting within such a cavity.

I did see one in an old parking garage years ago, before it was torn down. As I recall it had narrow, steep steps on the end for access to the pit.