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If the trivia stars align and you find yourself trying to unseat the defending champion on Jeopardy! with a final category of “Elevators”, you’ll want to know some compelling facts and figures from the world of vertical transportation. To help with this nearly certain scenario, or to simply educate anyone curious about data of the…
In the closing minutes of The Blues Brothers, after what is arguably the single most gratuitous (and comically destructive) car chase scene in cinematic history (see reference below), Jake and Elwood Blues are in the final throes of their mission to cover an overdue tax bill for their former home, the St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage. The brothers remain undaunted in their quest, even as they’re pursued by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of military and…
It might be heresy to some, but Orville and Wilbur Wright did not invent flying in 1903. For centuries others had dabbled with lighter-than-air balloons, and later airplane prototypes were built and tested by an intrepid lot (there’s also the matter of those things called birds). Rather, what the bicycle-maker brothers from Dayton, Ohio invented was a way to control powered flight allowing their planes—and virtually all that followed in the remarkable aviation industry they launched—to take off, change direction, altitude, and then land safely again. Their breakthrough invention in three-axis control not…
The tallest office building in Winnipeg, Manitoba is currently receiving historic elevator upgrades. In fact, the 33-story building is undergoing the largest elevator modernization project in the city’s history. The project, spearheaded by TK Elevator Canada, is quite remarkable – considering the building is Winnipeg’s tallest office building and happens to be located at what…
Check out New York YIMBY article for incredible photos of Skyline Tower – the tallest skyscraper in Long Island City and all of Queens. In the elevator trade, it’s clear that the sky is truly the limit! Skyline Tower: Photo by Michael Young