New York

Plans for Elevator for NYC MTA Station Taking Shape

Plans to install the long-awaited elevator at Mosholu Parkway subway station, which serves the 4 line and is located at the border of Jerome Park and Norwood in the Bronx,...

Syska Hennessy Group Head of VT Retires After 35 Years

John Moran III, senior principal and head of the vertical transportation (VT) practice at Syska Hennessy Group, is retiring from the firm after a 35-year tenure. Under his leadership, the...

Innocore Pro Elevator Installs Two Units for LIC Building

Innocore Pro Elevator Inc., headquartered in Flushing, NY, tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed two passenger elevators for Trio, a recently completed 10-story residential building at 27-19 Thomson Avenue in Long...

Art Installation Transforms Elevator Encasement in NYC

Americas Society inaugurated Elena Damiani's Zenith (2022) as a permanent art installation for the David Rockefeller Atrium of Americas Society’s NYC headquarters on Park Avenue. Zenith is an elevator encasement...

MTA Considering Scent Detectors To Improve Elevator Cleanliness

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in NYC is considering a new device that can detect urine in subway station elevators, Gothamist reports. While discussing elevator reliability and cleanliness during a...

NYARM To Host Reception on December 20

The New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) invites NYC elevator contractors, consultants and suppliers to its year-end reception of building management professionals on December 20. The event will be...

Fight in New York Target Leads to Elevator Shaft Fall

A store security guard and an alleged teenage shoplifter were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries December 8 after the pair fell down an elevator shaft of a Target in the Bronx,...

ECNY Annual Meeting and Holiday Party

Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) plans to host its Annual Meeting and Holiday Party on December 7 at Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throgs Neck Expressway, Bronx, NY. A buffet...

Developers Envision 32-Story Miami Worldcenter Condo Tower

Aria Development Group and Merrimac Ventures envision a 32-story, 600-unit condominium tower at 33-55 Northwest Sixth Street, part of the US$4-billion master planned mixed-use Miami Worldcenter community, The Real Deal...

Spinelli Succeeds Hoover as President of Eltech Elevator

Bryan Clairmont, president of Bronx, NYC-headquartered American Elevator Group (AEG), on December 1 announced several promotions, including that of Gregg Spinelli to president of Bronx-based Eltech Elevator. Spinelli transfers to...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir