NYC

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...