On Camera

EESFC Toronto Harbour Cruise

submitted by EESFC photos by Gerry Adams More than 100 supporters of the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation of Canada (EESFC) enjoyed a relaxing evening aboard the Showboat on August 11...

The Space Surrounding the Elevator

Functionality embraces art in NYC’s Judd Foundation. In 1968, Donald Judd purchased 101 Spring Street, an old textile factory, in SoHo, New York City (NYC). He and his wife, choreographer...

3 World Trade Center

Despite obstacles, completion is in sight. Located on the old site of the 242-ft.-tall Marriott World Trade Center hotel at 175 Greenwich Street, 3 World Trade Center (WTC) is scheduled...

Spotlight on London

The LIFTEX 2016 host city has a lot going on beyond the boundaries of the exhibition. LIFTEX 2016, organized by the U.K.’s Lift and Escalator Industry Association and planned for...

Around the World

Showcasing the beauty of the global elevator industry This year’s annual ELEVATOR WORLD Photo Contest, featured in the August edition of the magazine, received many beautiful submissions. Not all of...

America the Beautiful

Industry photos from around the U.S. 360° view from inside a pneumatic vacuum elevator (submitted by Dawn O’Connor, Daytona Elevator)C.J. Anderson & Co. custom call station at the elevaTOURS Elevator...

The Story behind Wittur’s Winning Photo

One of the most exotic shots EW Photo Contest 2014 received is explained. Photos are, indeed, impressive objects, and sometimes real attention grabbers. Although they intend to capture the world...

Escalators/Moving Walks Pictorial

ELEVATOR WORLD was happy to receive such a positive response to its inaugural photo contest this year. While the winners were featured in our August issue in five categories, we...

Elevators at Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona

In 2012, my wife, Dottie, and I visited the Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona. Built more than 100 years ago, this historic building has several historical aspects worth sharing, including...

712 Main Street, Houston, Texas

One of the city’s historic buildings undergoes an elevator modernization. In 2012, Grapevine, Texas-based Eklund’s Inc. and Schindler cooperated in an elevator-modernization project for CB Richard Ellis at Houston’s historic...

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