New York
High-profile contracts let and projects announced, plus a new initiative for safety in New York City (NYC).
Schindler VT System to Serve One Vanderbilt One Vanderbilt, a skyline-defining building ELEVATOR WORLD has been watching closely (EW, December 2014; March, July and December 2015; and September 2016), now...
Tall-building plans and completions join other industry news from the busy Big Apple.
Chase’s New Headquarters to Rise in Midtown East JPMorgan Chase plans to replace its 52-story world headquarters with a new, 70-story building on the same site between 47th and 48th...
New York YIMBY reports on various tall buildings, and TEI announces work in Midtown, LIC.
Striking BIG-Designed Towers Taking Shape in Chelsea The Eleventh, a pair of striking, twisting towers designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2016), is making its presence known...
Twin Towers Legacy in Louisville
Family values, the Golden Rule and an NYC connection Just prior to starting a family with his wife, Judy, a passionate young elevator mechanic named Ron Madden had the pleasure...
Residential/hotel space on the way; terrorism concerns leveled at elevators.
Financing Secured for 45-Story Chelsea Hotel New York YIMBY reports progress in financing toward a high-rise hotel in the New York City (NYC) Chelsea neighborhood. Developer Eastern Consolidated has secured...
Multipurpose Elevator Contractor Management Solution
Rimrock’s new offering includes violation tracking for NYC vertical-transportation companies. Rimrock Corp. has unveiled FIELDBOSS Lift 2.5, a major update for its award-winning elevator contractor management solution built for the...
JM Associates/Burnham + Co.
We at JM Associates/Burnham + Co., a Division of HUB International Northeast, have been creating comprehensive insurance and risk management products for the elevator industry for more than 40 years....
The Gift
Chance meeting between two elevator men brings back the horrors and heroism of WWII. On June 23, 2017, I celebrated 50 years in the elevator industry and am still going...
“New York, New York, a Eleva’ Town”
Looking at NYC’s vertical-transportation heritage through the unique Park Row Building The 1944 Broadway musical On the Town featured the song “New York, New York” (music by Leonard Bernstein with...
Connected, Controlled
IDS/Lift-Net offers VT management systems that provide custom data in real time throughout NYC and beyond. In modern building management, maintaining real-time connection to passenger conveyance systems is essential for...
