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The Last Human-Operated Elevators in Chicago

By Sophie Goodwin | May 2, 2025

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Elevators

A Long Time Ago in an Elevator Far, Far Away …

By Kathleen Farrell | May 26, 2023
Escalators

Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution

By Kathleen Farrell | May 19, 2023
Elevators

Every Second Counts!

By Kathleen Farrell | May 11, 2023
Accessibility

One of the First of Its Kind

By Kathleen Farrell | May 5, 2023
Sustainability

Going Green With “Treescrapers”

By Kathleen Farrell | April 28, 2023
Sustainability

Volunteers Team Up with Students to Take on Climate Change

By Kathleen Farrell | April 21, 2023
Elevators

Everything Old Is New Again

By Kathleen Farrell | April 14, 2023
Elevators

An Elevated, Springtime View of London

By Kathleen Farrell | April 7, 2023
Elevators

High-Rise Innovation Deep Underground

By Kathleen Farrell | March 31, 2023
On Camera

A Look at Population Density Patterns

By Kathleen Farrell | March 22, 2023
Elevators

Hospital Elevator Mural To Be “Discharged” After 30 Years

By Kathleen Farrell | March 17, 2023
Escalators

Escalator to Nowhere

By Kathleen Farrell | March 10, 2023
Elevators

A Wedding-Day Story To Last a Lifetime

By Kathleen Farrell | March 2, 2023
Escalators

An Interactive Escalator Experience in London’s H&M Flagship Store

By Kathleen Farrell | February 23, 2023
Elevators

Safer Than Stairs

By Kathleen Farrell | February 14, 2023
Elevators

A Historic Fall in Erie

By Ch'Kalaa Montgomery | November 7, 2022
COVID-19

Who Said Superheroes Wear Capes?

By Ch'Kalaa Montgomery | October 26, 2022
Elevators / Special Application Lifts

A Boat On An Elevator?

By Ch'Kalaa Montgomery | October 17, 2022
Elevators

The โ€œOddityโ€ in Erie

By Ch'Kalaa Montgomery | October 5, 2022
Companies

KIOXIA Uses World’s Tallest Building for Stunning Display

By Ch'Kalaa Montgomery | September 7, 2022
Engineering

Getting Home in Style

By Kaija Wilkinson | August 29, 2022
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May 2025 Issue

DAILY NEWS

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

May 8, 2025
Unsworth

Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

May 8, 2025
This July will mark 40 years since the beginning of Wurtec; image courtesy of Wurtec

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

May 8, 2025
HydraSafe surveyed 17 elevators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with partner Claddagh, which will be providing a control system for single-plunger code compliance; photo by Hugo Schneider for Wikipedia.

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

May 8, 2025
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Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions

May 7, 2025

EW FEATURES

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Project Spotlight

The Heaven and Hell Sinkholes

By Ali Toprak | November 1, 2020
U.S. Bank Tower
Project Spotlight

U.S. Bank Tower

By Nicholas J. Montesano | May 1, 2025
Belt-Driven Home Lifts
Accessibility

Belt-Driven Home Lifts

By Elevator World | April 5, 2025
Trendset Jayabheri Connect, Kondapur Main Road, Hyderabad, TS, 500081
Company Spotlight

Time Has Never Stood Still

By Krishna Kumar Ravi | March 3, 2021
Takimotokan Hot Spring Resort
Project Spotlight

Takimotokan Hot Spring Resort

By Patrick R. Bothwell on behalf of Suzhou Hanson Elevator Co. Ltd. | April 1, 2025
A Usual Certainty
Company Spotlight

A Usual Certainty

By Codebรฒ S.p.A. | October 5, 2023
International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators Debuts
Events

International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators Debuts

By Vijay Pandya | January 13, 2023
The corner of the building with many windows in trendy classic blue color.
Market Trends

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2023

By CTBUH | April 1, 2024