Editor’s Overview

It’s All About the People

Things are stirring out there in the VT-verse. Fresh off the virus lockdowns, a new world awaits. It is a long, slow opening, like a flower bud, but no one...

Getting Back to Business

Just prior to writing this, I sat in on a meeting of U.S and Canada industry leaders. Organized by Elevator U and led by Eddie Morris (University of Virginia), the...

Let’s Talk About the Future

I’ve read several editorials recently that predict the U.S. economy is heading toward a boom later in 2021 due to fast rollout of vaccines and infusions of cash from the...

Starting Anew

We begin 2021 with the hope that we will soon be able to regain a sense of normalcy in our lives. As more and more COVID-19 vaccines get distributed around...

Wrapping Up and Looking Forward

In this, our last issue of 2020, an unforgettable year for obvious reasons, we are happy to highlight something positive: the pervasive beauty and creativity at work in this industry....

Chicagoland Moves On

As I write this column in early February, Chicago and most of the Midwest is buried in snow as the first of three massive storms rolls across the plains and...

The Human Touch

  A baby who is not picked up and held will fail to thrive. Humans need the touch of other humans to succeed as happy, rational people. Never has that...

2021, Finally!

The year 2020 was one we will never forget — wildfires, hurricanes, politics and a plague. Here on the cusp of 2021 (at the time of this writing), we are...

Editor’s Overview Türkiye January – February 2021 Issue

Dear Elevator World Turkey readers, Everyone agrees on how tough the year 2020 was, which we have left behind. As a country, we had to deal with the exchange rate...

Beauty and the Beast

This month's issue is a study in contrasts. The "beast" is the coronavirus that comes to us from nature and refuses to go away. The "beauty" is our annual photo...

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan