Last Glance
Calgary Tower Celebrates 50 Years
When it opened to the public on June 30, 1968, what was then known as the Husky Tower was a sight to behold in downtown Calgary, Canada, twice as high...
Integrated Interior
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded the Sound Transit University of Washington Station one of its five 2018 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture. LMN Architects collaborated with artist...
Putting the Garage in the Sky
ELEVATOR WORLD first reported on the Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, in our September 2015 issue. The first-of-their-kind car lifts were installed under the ASME A17.7 performance-based...
Industry Members Serving Our Country
Members of the elevator industry are no strangers to serving their country as part of the U.S. military, and companies such as Delaware Elevator are very proud of them. Delaware...
Steel Symmetry
This photo by Mikko Luntiala of the escalators at the Sörnäinen metro station in Helsinki shows the aesthetics of the everyday. The station serves the central Helsinki districts of Sörnäinen...
“You Can’t Make This Up.”
Gerry Matawa, a KONE escalator installation expert whose specialty is the vast, complex and deep escalator system for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) subway network in New York City (NYC),...
Short but Quick
Catania, Italy, is home to what thyssenkrupp says are probably “the world’s shortest moving walks that give customers an unprecedented shopping experience.” The company installed the shortest iWalks it’s created...
Third-Generation Elevator Man Retires After 53 Years
Don Ruempler, Pittsburgh district manager for Eastern Elevator Sales and Service Co. (EESSC) in Windber, Pennsylvania, has retired after 53 years in the industry. Ruempler’s career began in 1964 with...
Hard Selling
Part of the approximately US$25,000 the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation raised at the 68th Annual Convention & 2017 Exposition of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (p. 54) came from...
That’s My Poppy!
Many in the elevator industry are passionate about what they do and continue doing it long past typical retirement age. A perfect example is Larry L. “Poppy” Pummell. His son,...
