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Tom Ledden, President of Gotham Elevator and World Traveler, Discusses How to Maintain a Successful Business amidst Code Changes
[…] said. Raised in New York, Ledden also recognizes the unique and interesting places his home state has to offer. With his business, Ledden experiences various types of projects ranging from steel high rises to rusty-brick, turn-of-the-century warehouses in the NYC skyline. “This is what fascinates me about my industry. It never gets boring, and […]
Elevators For Algiers Mosque
[…] May. The minaret will include 25 levels and eight elevators to transport visitors to and from a high view of the bay of Algiers. The EUR1-billion (US$1.26-billion) project is being built by China State Construction Engineering Corp. and is expected to create 17,000 jobs. It is to include a prayer room for 120,000, a […]
One Urban World: Ups and Downs and All Arounds
[…] continue to move to large cities and towns, especially coastal regions and megacities. Today, our global population is 60% urban. With the exception of a few landfill projects, the amount of land on Earth is fixed. As cities become larger, they become denser. Urban growth has led to a major innovation – building and […]
National Lift Tower Transformed for Olympics
[…] the FLOW team, an outdoor visual-arts program. On May 4-5, the National Lift Tower transformed into its local namesake, the Northampton Lighthouse, when two 20-W laser beams projected simultaneously for 15-30 s. on a North/South axis, then switched to an East/West axis. In addition, high-powered LED lighting with changing colors was projected up the […]
Elevators at the Institute for Advanced Study
[…] the Institute pursue knowledge regardless of its potential utility in making things. Their purpose in life is to understand nature and how it works. They have freedom to research on scholarly projects free from financial worries. Special thanks: Christine Ferrara: IAS Senior Public Affairs Officer Michelino Antenucci — Maintenance Supervisor and Mike Pascarella, Maintenance Mechanic.
Visiting Atlantic City During United 2012
[…] began to decline, and to bring back visitors, gambling was legalized in 1972. By the 1980s, dozens of casinos were opened, bringing with them many other development projects in the city. After another long lull, the Borgata opened in 2003, the first new casino to be built in Atlantic City since 1990. Several other […]
Dream Forest
Inclined Elevators Location: Seoul Date of Completion: October 2009 Submitted by: Achim Hütter Project Description The City of Seoul planned to convert an old theme park, Dream Land, into an easily accessible park for locals. Called Dream Forest, it took two years to build. An outdoor inclined elevator takes visitors a distance of 67 […]
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy
Escalators, Modernization Location: Chicago Submitted by: Chris Pecak Project Description The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the state’s oldest universities, having been founded in 1859. Its College of Pharmacy is one of the largest research labs in the state and provides up-to-date pharmaceutical research. It was deemed necessary to provide better […]
Crescent Tower
Elevators, Modernization Location: U.A.E. Date of Completion: April 2010 Submitted by: Begoña Flores Project Description Located on the corniche of Sharjah, U.A.E., the Crescent Tower was built in 1996 as an office building. Today, the 22-story building houses major oil and gas company offices. Before modernization of the building’s previous elevators, tenants were experiencing […]
Hotel Intercontinental
Accessibility Systems Location: New York City Submitted by: Douglas W. Boydston Project Description The developer of this property was required to provide accessibility upgrades to the existing 44th and 8th streets subway entrance, which was partially underneath the corner of the tower it was going to construct for Hotel Intercontinental. The accessibility challenge could […]
