New York City
TEI Provides Five-Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower
TEI Group tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing a five-elevator system for 250 East 83rd Street, a 31-story residential building rising in the Yorkville section of Manhattan's Upper East Side....
“Failure to Follow Basic (Elevator) Safety Procedures” Results in Homicide Charge in NYC
A 67-year-old elevator mechanic was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the February 2021 death of a 25-year-old apprentice mechanic at a Bronx building where they were performing an elevator...
Event: A Look Back at Building the Empire State Book
On May 1 from 6-7 p.m. EST, NYC’s The Skyscraper Museum will host an online event featuring the authors of the historical essays that provided the framework for Building the...
Elevator Shaft Collapse Leads to Parking Garage Collapse in NYC
At least one person has been killed and five others injured after a parking garage collapsed in Manhattan, NY, leaving cars piled up in crumbled concrete, the Daily Mail reports....
Champion Elevator Expands NYC Footprint With Acquisition
Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced the acquisition of Brooklyn, NYC-based PRO Elevator Services Inc. on April 16. Champion observed...
CloudMonitoring Taps Business Development Manager
CloudMonitoring, owned and operated by Rems Plus, recently announced that Dominic Beni has joined the company as business development manager. Prior to joining CloudMonitoring, Beni worked for Integrated Display Systems,...
Escalators Reopen at One of Manhattan’s Deepest Subway Stations
On April 6, subway riders applauded the reopening of escalators serving one of NYC’s deepest subway stations: the 181st Street A train station in Upper Manhattan, PIX 11 is among...
International Research Seed Funding & Student Research Competition Winners Announced
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced winners of the 2022 international research seed funding grant and student research competition. Dr. Rahman Azari, associate professor at Pennsylvania State...
Winning Flatiron Bidder Fails to Make Initial Payment
Only days after “industry outsider” Jason Garlick ostensibly bought the historic Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue in NYC for US$190 million in an auction on March 22, he failed...
Son of Once-Prominent NYC Restaurateur Dies in Escalator Fall
The 61-year-old son of a once-prominent NYC restaurateur died on March 18 as a result of falling two to three floors from an escalator, the New York Post was among...
