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Chances are you’ve stepped into an elevator sometime recently. And if you were in there on your own (or even if you weren’t), the chances are also good that you used the mirrored panels inside the ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Wallace Vance is willing to wait a long time when it comes to his post-service passion of cooking. Swearing by his grandmother's recipes from her native Mississippi, Vance notes ...

Four people were rescued from an elevator shaft at a Yonkers construction site on Wednesday, July 16. The elevator at 44 Hudson St. in Yonkers, last inspected on May 30, was authorized for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jeanie Chase remembers crying a lot in December and January. It was the holiday season — a time for merriment and to see family. But Chase couldn’t see ...

Home elevators are increasingly being installed as part of new home construction, driven by aging-in-place trends. Elevators add value and are more cost-effective to install during construction than ...

Explore the mechanisms behind elevator functionality in this 3D animation by Jared Owen. Discover how elevators operate, including their design and technology. #3d #3danimation #jaredowen #elevator ...

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There are few places more ripe with the opportunity for awkwardness and even downright rude behavior than elevators. They’re small, often crowded and require you to be mere inches from complete ...

Walkup apartments are more American than they may seem. A recent report by Stephen Smith, founder of the Center for Building in North America, highlights the scarcity and high cost of elevators in the ...