Manhattan
MTA Supervisor Fired for Flying to Florida During Work
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) general superintendent responsible for overseeing elevator inspections and maintenance from 14th Street in Manhattan to the Bronx was fired after it was discovered that he...
NYC MTA Plans To Reassign Elevator Operators at Deep Manhattan Stations
NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plans to reassign two dozen operators of elevators at five of the subway’s deepest stations in upper Manhattan, a move met by outrage from the...
Relay Robotics Debuts Upgraded Elevator-Integrated Delivery Robot in Manhattan
During the 45th annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference in Manhattan on June 4-6, Relay Robotics, Inc. introduced its Relay2 hotel delivery robot, featuring upgraded cloud-based elevator integration, two...
TEI Provides Five-Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower
TEI Group tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing a five-elevator system for 250 East 83rd Street, a 31-story residential building rising in the Yorkville section of Manhattan's Upper East Side....
Double-Deck Deep Dive
Forty-five years after opening, an icon of the Manhattan skyline is getting a completely modernized version of an elevator system that is one of only a few of its kind...
Event: A Look Back at Building the Empire State Book
On May 1 from 6-7 p.m. EST, NYC’s The Skyscraper Museum will host an online event featuring the authors of the historical essays that provided the framework for Building the...
Elevator Shaft Collapse Leads to Parking Garage Collapse in NYC
At least one person has been killed and five others injured after a parking garage collapsed in Manhattan, NY, leaving cars piled up in crumbled concrete, the Daily Mail reports....
Champion Elevator Expands NYC Footprint With Acquisition
Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced the acquisition of Brooklyn, NYC-based PRO Elevator Services Inc. on April 16. Champion observed...
Escalators Reopen at One of Manhattan’s Deepest Subway Stations
On April 6, subway riders applauded the reopening of escalators serving one of NYC’s deepest subway stations: the 181st Street A train station in Upper Manhattan, PIX 11 is among...
International Research Seed Funding & Student Research Competition Winners Announced
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced winners of the 2022 international research seed funding grant and student research competition. Dr. Rahman Azari, associate professor at Pennsylvania State...
