New York City

Historic Tower’s Elevators Prompt Arguments in NYC

A more-than-80-year-old, 59-story office building in NYC is experiencing repeated problems, numerous sources, including Goad News, reported in late March. The City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building towers in the Financial...

Architect Proposes Hoboken Waterfront Redevelopment

A waterfront redevelopment in Hoboken, New Jersey, may soon mean new housing, offices, retail and public space for an area surrounding the city's major interstate transit hub, the Council on...

NYC Cancer Center Planned by Memorial Sloan Kettering

A planned medical tower on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC, will bring a 31-story pavilion known as Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, the organization group, Patch reports. The...

NYCHA Tenant Seeks Better Communication About Elevators

Ramona Minor, a great-grandmother who lives in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) De Hostos houses on NYC’s Upper West Side, wants better communication from the authority about maintenance...

Two-Tower Residential Project With Otis VT Rising In Brooklyn

Façade installation is continuing at 77-87 Commercial Street, which consists of 40- and 30-story towers containing 222 mostly affordable residential units along Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC, New York YIMBY reported...

Project Releases Design Updates For Penn 15

Fresh renderings by DBOX have shed new light on PENN 15, a 56-story, 1,200-foot-tall commercial skyscraper at 15 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. The project, Designed by...

Lerch Bates Names Zoelle NYC Area General Manager

Marc Zoelle has joined Lerch Bates as area general manager of the global consulting firm’s NYC office, Lerch Bates announced in February. Zoelle brings 21 years of elevator industry experience...

Showcasing A Midtown Manhattan Elevator Project

Daniel Karran, president and CEO of Nexise Manufacturing Co., recently posted a picture on LinkedIn showing a luxurious bronze and porcelain elevator cab. Karran described it as "by far, one...

New Rendering Released For Brooklyn, New York, Tower

Designers for 589 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York, have released a rendering of a newly designed, 52-story, mixed-use skyscraper, New York YIMBY reports. The 575-ft-tall tower proposal is calling for...

GENCO Maintenance Operations Merged Into Champion

Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced in February it is merging the maintenance operations of Queens, NYC-based GENCO Elevator Inc....

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus