An unusual inclinator -- a combination elevator and escalator -- ran afoul of state regulators who insisted on applying standard rules to its unconventional design. Otis Elevators, Farmington, Conn., ...

Are you involved with elevator or escalator design? If so, a new ISO standard aims to help improve passenger experience when using lifts, escalators, or the moving walkways commonly found in airports.

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 ...

Homeowners at the 95-year-old Commodore Condominiums voted Wednesday to replace the 11-story building’s vintage manual passenger elevator – thought to be the only one of its kind left in Kentucky − ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Two old-fashioned, manual elevators may get replaced in a Sioux City building. Rising costs and a change in ownership may require the switch to modern elevators. The elevators at ...

One of Chicago's last manual elevator operators understands the novelty of his 'office' in the famous Fine Arts Building. "It has its ups and downs," Brian joked about the job. He said he wound up ...