New York City
Singapore’s “Hotel in Nature” Named CTBUH Best Tall Building
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced that Singapore's Pan Pacific Orchard "hotel in nature," served by Schindler elevators, was named the 2024 Best Tall Building Worldwide...
TKE Elevator for New Manhattan Residential Building
TK Elevator (TKE) tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an Evolution 100 elevator for 140 Hillside Avenue, a seven-story residential building heading toward completion by the end of 2024 in Fort...
Elevator Conference of New York Announces Upcoming Events
The Board of Directors of the Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) has announced upcoming events. They include, on September 18, New York State (NYS) mechanic license course and QEI...
Villa Barone Magic
ECNY Supplier Showcase 2024 offers an energized atmosphere in a familiar setting. Laughter and the buzz of hundreds of conversations filled the air at Villa Barone Manor in Bronx, NY,...
A New Start
Immigrant who arrived from Ireland in 1984 with US$200 grows Bronx-based Start Elevator into major employer. When the Bronx Chamber of Commerce honored Start Elevator founder and President Jack O’Shea...
Art Deco Elegance
A property co-op board member collaborates with elevator companies and other suppliers to realize an impressive transformation. Native New Yorker Hal Jannen has been involved in art and design ever...
Hudson Yards’ Vessel Set To Reopen
The Thomas Heatherwick-designed Vessel in Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s far West Side is set to reopen "at some point this year" after closing indefinity in 2021 in the wake of...
Let There Be Light . . . And Accessibility
VT a key part of transformed NYC station’s busiest entrance. images courtesy of Amtrak Chances are the vertical-transportation (VT) professionals involved in the recent transformation of New York Penn Station’s...
Seven-Elevator Schindler System for NYC’s Seventh Aloft Hotel
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided five S7000 passenger and two S7000 service elevators to 450 Eleventh Avenue at Hudson Yards directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...
Skanska Awarded MTA 21-Escalators Replacement Contract
Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, announced it has been awarded a contract by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to replace 21 existing escalators throughout New York, NY....
