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Clairmont Announces Litchfield as AEG CIO

Bryan Clairmont, president of NYC-based American Elevator Group (AEG), announced Matt Litchfield as chief information officer (CIO) on July 12. Litchfield will be responsible for managing the organization's deployment of...

The Picture Behind the Picture

ELEVATOR WORLD is probably not alone in having the “Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper” photograph, taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during construction of Rockefeller Center in NYC, displayed prominently...

Excavation Underway for 51-Story Residential Tower in Brooklyn

Excavation is underway at 589 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, NYC, to make way for The Brook, a 51-story, 600-ft-tall mostly residential tower designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed...

American Elevator Group Introduces Customized “My AEG”

American Elevator Group (AEG), a fast-growing NYC-based company, has announced “My AEG,” a service provided in the U.S., the company reported on June 27. My AEG is a website that instantly...

TEI Awarded 25-Elevator Modernization Contract in NYC

TEI Group recently told ELEVATOR WORLD it has been awarded a contract to modernize 22 passenger and three freight elevators at 1411 Broadway, also known as the World Apparel Center,...

Rose Takes Role at NYC-Based TEI Group

John Rose has taken the position of vice president (VP) of modernization and construction at NYC-based TEI Group, filling a role previously held by Kevin Lynch, who is retiring. Rose...

MTA Commits to Make 95% of Subway Stations Accessible Over 40 Years

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials announced on June 23 a decades-long commitment to make 95% of NYC’s subway system accessible to users with disabilities, according to a report from Daily...

Transformational Skyscraper for Downtown Durham to Break Ground

General contractor SAMET Corp. is set to break ground later this summer on the 27-story The Novus, designed by LS3P and developed by Austin Lawrence Partners on the former site...

“The Coordination of Elevator Requirements” Webinar

On Friday, June 24, from noon to 1:30, the New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) will present a professional-development session for elevator contractors and building managers/owners. There is no...

Two ADA-Compliant Elevators Welcomed at NYC Station

NYC subway riders welcomed two new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA)  Livonia Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, earlier this month, WWLP is among...