elevator
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“There’s a lot more that’s going to come,” says Neil Green, chief digital officer of Otis Worldwide, the Connecticut-based company founded by Elisha Otis and now one of the largest elevator manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Steel cables limit how far one elevator can safely travel, forcing riders to transfer between elevator banks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Among other things, elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will ride elevators and navigate buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The elevator, one of the most defining technologies of the modern city, started with a stunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Brooklyn couldn’t ride an elevator to the fifth floor.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
