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The Unexpected Guest
“BREAKING NEWS: An elevator ‘free falls’ in the up direction, crashing into the floor above.” Truth be told, it was a public-realm commission for the Liverpool Biennial 2012 in the...
Uniting the Elevator World
As usual, this year’s Interlift was a great coming together of the elevator world, and it was the prime opportunity to capture a photo of Elevator World, Inc. staff from...
Old Saint Nicks
Every year, a job fair at a university in Munich, Germany, hosts a training session for Santa Claus to brush up on his holiday skills. Reuters’ Michael Dalder spied these...
Historic, Artful and Utilitarian
The Santa Justa Lift, also known as the “Carmo Lift,” is an elevator in the historical Santa Justa area of Lisbon, Portugal. It connects Carmo Square with the streets below...
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...
