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Millennium Tower, Boston
Bostonians are welcoming continued revitalization of the downtown area with the construction of the Millennium Tower on the site where Filene’s flagship department store used to stand. At 685 ft.,...
Suited for the Job
These photos, submitted for the ELEVATOR WORLD Photo Contest 2015 by Norman Huggett of New Zealand Engineering Services Ltd., show the entry hub for Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga, New...
The Wide & Narrow Alleys
The Wide & Narrow Alleys in Chengdu is one of the most famous tourism attractions in Sichuan Province of western China. Most of the buildings on the streets used for...
Old Elevator in the Pearl of the Mediterranean
On a recent trip to Alexandria, Egypt, the family of ELEVATOR WORLD staff member Hanno van der Bijl took these photos of an old elevator. The building is owned by...
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Whether they follow their families into the business or strike out on their own, children of elevator-industry people often have bright and exciting lives. Juan Martín Maldecena, son of longtime...
The World’s Oldest Escalators
Russian news website pravda.ru reported in April that the oldest escalators in the world had recently been removed from the Moscow Metro’s Baumanskaya Station for repairs. The site’s article “World’s...
Unique Lifts on Display in London
This lift was one of several installed in the Selfridges department store (considered the most glamorous department store in London by the 1920s) in 1928. Owner Gordon Selfridge had the...
A Short Ride
According to Liftinstituut, the More’s department store in Yokohama, Japan, is home to the shortest escalator in the world. Its miniscule rise of 83 cm enables passengers to more easily...
Stylish Elevators Attract Stylish Crowd
On December 3, 2014, Simple Steps’ interior-design showroom in Miami during the international art fair Art Basel was the backdrop for Milan’s IGV Group’s debut of its DomusLift® home elevators...
Views of the Macquarie Bank Headquarters
These photos should help flesh out a view of what Schindler Australia Pty. Ltd. Customer & Brand RelationshipManager Nima Bahadori called “an extravagant Neoclassical style” in the feature on this...
