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“New York, New York, a Eleva’ Town”
Looking at NYCās vertical-transportation heritage through the unique Park Row Building The 1944 Broadway musical On the Town featured the song āNew York, New Yorkā (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...
The Year of Topping Out
In this Industry Dialogue, EW discusses NYC building trends and projections with New York YIMBYās Nikokai Fedak (NF). Young and full of energy, Nikolai Fedak is founder/editor of New York...
Broadening Horizons: Change at GAL
Recently acquired GAL Manufacturing Corp. finds a renewed entrepreneurial spirit, sense of innovation along with the change in ownership. When Bronx, New York-based GAL Manufacturing Corp. opened its doors more...
The Year in NYC Tall Buildings
Neighborhoods transform as striking new landmarks punctuate skyline. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), having recently completed its annual global audit of tall-building construction around the world,...
Hudson Yards and the High Line
One landmark leads to another in Manhattanās developing āNew West Side.ā On a recent trip to New York City, your author walked the famed and beloved High Line for the...
Zero-Clearance Entrances in NYC
The 100 elevator entrances provided by Columbia make both developers and tenants smile. Start spreadinā the news: New York City (NYC) has recently added yet another iconic structure to its...
The Elevator Learning Center
D&Dās efforts to address labor shortages are expanding beyond itself.. Itās no secret that there is an ongoing labor shortage in the U.S. for all tradesmen, regardless of their affiliation....
Mission Accomplished
EW gets an inside look at the amazing KONE escalator systems in stations along NYCās Second Avenue Subway extension and at Hudson Yards. One hundred years from now, descendants of...
Gearless Motors: A Sealed Spherical Roller Bearing With Improved Performance
This Product Spotlight describes the multiple improvements to the bearing, now designated with the -RS suffix. This paper was presented at Ā Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies,...
