With reference to the report Mum, toddler stuck in lift for an hour (March 30, BM) we need to clarify that: 1. The elevator stopped because there was a power cut and even before the generator backup ...

Somewhere, on some floor of the 10-story Fine Arts Building, a brassy bell rings. Someone wants to ride the elevator. Waclaw Kalata yanks the handcrank and cruises up and down the elevator shaft, ...

Through the doors of the Fine Arts Building and into the hallway, a bank of elevators sits on the left. Their dark gold doors are embossed with raised carvings of wreaths and frame dark windows that ...

Clarity of Raytheon Beech 1900D maintenance manuals' instructions for rigging elevators could emerge as a prominent element of the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigation into last ...

Riding in an elevator used to be dangerous business — until Elisha Otis, of Otis Elevator Company fame, invented a device that could prevent a passenger elevator from falling if its rope broke. It ...

It’s rare that defense attorneys, their clients, police and prosecutors are in lockstep agreement. But about 8:30 a.m. on many weekdays, they all join together in grumbling about how hard it is to ...

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Nearly every New Yorker has to push a button and often wait some time for their automated elevator to arrive. Tony Sciallia, meanwhile, spends his days in a crisp gray uniform, pulling shut an ...