Kathleen Farrell
Associate Editor
“An Invisible Door”
“This glass elevator takes passengers from an underground parking garage, through a hill, to the castle-like buildings of Washington University,” described Corinne Char, who submitted a pair of photos from...
Long Escalator Links to Long Island Rail Road
This photo, submitted by Kimberly Thomas to the ELEVATOR WORLD 2024 Photo Contest, shows the nerve-racking view passengers have as they ascend from Grand Central Madison to the historic Grand...
Making a Brake
Chicago-based Hydrasafe Brake offers new safety device solution. photos by T.Bruce MacKinnon In 2012, elevator industry veteran Tim Toan founded HydraSafe Brake, the company he runs with former elevator consultant...
Historic Lift at Hotel Boulderado
Opened on New Year’s Day 1909, Hotel Boulderado is considered Boulder, Colorado’s first luxury hotel. The elevator shaft was the first thing to be built during the historic hotel’s construction...
Photo Contest 2024
Twelfth annual photography competition showcases the art of VT. Once again, ELEVATOR WORLD’s annual photo contest received an impressive number of submissions, which garnered thousands of votes on the EW...
Kona Graduates
In 2021, SCS Elevator Products partnered with Guide Dogs of America-Tender Loving Canines (GDA-TLC) to sponsor a service dog in training named Kona. Regional Sales Manager Brian Hilfrank suggested the...
NAEC 2024 NexGen Retreat
The next generation of elevator industry leaders gathers to learn and network. photos by NAEC The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) 2024 NexGen Retreat took place on April 18-19...
India’s TJEI Wins Prestigious 60-Elevator Contract for Gurugram Development
Toshiba Johnson Elevators (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TJEI) on June 12 announced it won a prestigious contract to supply 60 high-speed ELCOSMO-IIIL elevators to Tulip Infratech's Platinum Collection Tulip MONSELLA in...
Space Elevator Conversations Continue
The concept of a space elevator was first published in 1895 by Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, he imagined a similar structure...
Elevator Industry Inspection Handbook
Eighth edition contains crucial updates for accuracy and ease of use. John W. Koshak acknowledged that taking up the task of editing the latest edition of the elevator industry Inspection...
