Editor’s Overview
Piercing the Clouds
Our cover photo this month seems to say it all without a word. Since the first high-rise (over 100-m-tall) building, developers have sought to climb ever higher. Kingdom Tower in...
Ideas Go Face to Face
Recently, I read an article in Newsweek that I thought gave an unexpected boost to the elevator industry. The article refers to Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat, which...
A Tool of the Trade
I’m writing this only a few days after returning from a weeklong trip to Istanbul, where we are in the process of launching ELEVATOR WORLD Turkey. It was a privilege...
EW Goes in Depth
Our cover this month allows us to revisit the beautiful Berlin TV Tower in Going to the Next Level at “Alex.” It started operation in 1969, 20 years before the...
Coming of Age in New York
This month, our focus is on modernization with a special emphasis and section on the New York City (NYC) area. My family has a long history with NYC. I first...
Back to the Future
Twenty-six years ago, Marty McFly went to 2015 – the future – on a “hoverboard” in the movie Back to the Future II.[1] There, he stirred up a great deal...
Taking Charge of Destiny
January was named for the Roman god Janus. He was the god of beginnings and transitions and is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future...
Standing Tall Again
It is entirely appropriate that ELEVATOR WORLD Editor Emeritus Robert S. Caporale wrote the article on the completed elevator systems in 1WTC: There and Back Again, the end of a...
Getting Your Teeth into Safety
Our cover this month depicts the transparent elevators at the core of a historic complex in the U.K. All of the elevators in the Manchester Central Library and Town Hall...
A Third Wave of Modular Construction?
Elevator guides and guide rails are the Focus Topic for this month’s issue. I’ve always considered guide rails the Interstate Highway System of our industry. In an elevator hoistway, they...
