LCD Elevator System for Historically Significant NYC Property

Richie Clark, co-owner of Mineola, New York-based LCD Elevator Repair, Inc., tells ELEVATOR WORLD the company and its suppliers provided a five-unit elevator system for 720 West End Avenue, a 1927 Emery Roth-designed building that was originally the Hotel Marcy converted to luxury residences on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Two stories were added to the building, bringing it to 17 stories. Elevator project manager was David Regiec at LCD, and the general contractor was CMA. A grouping of three elevator cars includes two 3000-lb capacity units and one 4000-lb capacity unit traveling at 350 ft/min serving all 17 landings. Suppliers for elevators in this grouping were BTS of Linden, New Jersey (rails, brackets, slings, platforms, counterweights, Imperial 478 machines and entrances); Brooklyn-based USC Elevator Interiors (cabs), EC Controls (controllers), GAL (door equipment) and Monitor Controls (fixtures). There is one 4000-lb capacity hydraulic twin post elevator making three stops that travels at 100 ft/min. This unit has a package supplied by MEI with cabs from USC Elevator Interiors, controllers from EC Controls, GAL door equipment and monitor fixtures. The system also boasts a 10,000-lb capacity hydraulic twin post automobile lift with front and rear openings that travels at 80 ft/min and makes two stops. The MEI package for this elevator includes Monitor Controls (fixtures), The Peelle Co. (all-automatic entrances and cabs) and Smartise (controllers).