...Boston Common Garage opened to the public after 2 1/2 years of reconstruction.
...The garage, deemed unsafe in November 1992, has been closed since March 1993, after chunks of concrete began falling.
...All of the garage's 1,400 slots will be back in use by the end of the week
...Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which owns the garage and just spent more than $30 million renovating it.
...new floors and ceilings, lighting and ventilation systems, bright pedestrian entranceways with new elevators, and emergency call buttons on every other concrete column.
...The floor has a rubbery coating. "What killed this garage, and any other garage in the Northeast, was the salt from your car,"
...Parking in the garage will cost $18 for a 24-hour day, $6 more than when it closed in November 1992. And there was a 3 1/2-year waiting list for spaces at monthly rates. Authority controller Alan D. Reid said more of those will be available now, at $210 a month, or $75 for nights only.