Last Glance
Even More to See at the Empire State Building
Otis earned the modernization contract for the Empire State Building’s elevators in 2011 and installed a Gen2 unit with glass at the topmost travel (between the 86th and 102nd floors)...
Final Resting Place
A true elevator man sees the symbolism and poetry in what he does. One such man is Michael Frangias, director of Operations for the New York/New Jersey division of Boston-based...
Vertical Transportation in Verse
ELEVATOR WORLD Correspondent Peng Jie took this photo at World Elevator & Escalator Expo 2019 in Shanghai. It made him consider that we have little poetry in elevator-related publications: “Indeed,...
“Oyez! Oyez!”
In a long-ago era, ages before social media, the internet, television or radio, town criers served as the primary news source for many. Even though the printed word was available,...
Budding Engineer
When Ian Strong, a second-grader at Glenwood Landing Elementary School in Glen Head, New York, learned his school was organizing a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics fair, he knew...
A Roaring Good Time
If you’re fascinated by dinosaurs and are ever in Changzhou, China, you’ll likely find your way to China Dinosaurs Park, an amusement park built around a museum housing dinosaur skeletons,...
Complicated Roping
ELEVATOR WORLD China Correspondent Peng Jie took these pictures on a rainy day near the riverside of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in Suzhou, China. The door measures roughly 5 m wide...
Take a Step Beyond Retail on Saks Fifth Avenue’s Escalator
Saks Fifth Avenue redesigned the main floor of its flagship store in Midtown Manhattan, one of many upgrades that seek to “step beyond mere retail transactions and involve the visitor...
Isle of Signs
ELEVATOR WORLD Technical Advisory Group member and contributor John Antona spied a well-signed escalator while traveling through the Grenada airport. He explained: “One photo clearly states that the escalator is...
Shooting Ranges and Elevator Rides
In 2015, The Memphis Pyramid, a local landmark that was once a popular sports and entertainment arena, became a Bass Pro Shops megastore. The store contains everything from a shooting...
