Elevator Planning Guidelines in the Early 1890s

Sep 1, 2022|History|Dr. Lee Gray

Dr. Lee Gray
Sep 1, 2022

Elevator Planning Guidelines in the Early 1890s

Figure 6. New York Life Insurance Building: plan as built (left) and proposed plan (right)

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Dr. Lee Gray

Dr. Lee Gray, professor of Architectural History and senior associate dean of the College of Arts + Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has written more than 200 monthly articles on the history of vertical transportation (VT) for ELEVATOR WORLD since 2003. He is also the author of From Ascending Rooms to Express Elevators: A History of the Passenger Elevator in the 19th Century. He also serves as curator of theelevatormuseum.org, created by Elevator World, Inc.