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You probably don't think twice when stepping into an elevator. It's just there, ready to whisk you up to your hotel room on the 30th floor of a Vegas casino or down to the underground parking garage.

The types of elevators a community has used in its history can tell you something about its fascination with upward mobility. In the 19th century in Schuylkill County, the industrial revolution ...

We ride them every day, to traverse a sprawling airport, or change floors in an office building or a shopping mall, and most of us hardly give a second thought to these hard working people movers. But ...

Elevators play a powerful role in our lives. Actually, we could say uplifting, right? Think about it. If you have a doctor’s appointment, chances are it’s in a multistory building — and you’re ...

Five high-speed elevators show CGI timelapse of New York over the centuries, beginning in 1500, on 47-second journey to the 1,268ft summit. There are no windows in five high-speed elevators at the new ...