Last Glance
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...
Creating an Updated and Improved 2015 Safety Handbook
Members of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Safety Committee met at the Elevator World, Inc. offices in Mobile, Alabama, over several days in October to begin revisions of the...
Zen and the Art of Elevator Maintenance
In the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, a discussion unfolds between motor-cycle enthusiasts regarding a set of assembly instructions that start by stating,...
