Gothamist: Elevators Get the Sprawling New Yorker Treatment

yarrow

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:17:06 -0500

Hey, thanks, John!

Kojak

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:16:57 -0500

"Why shouldn't they work?" In my building they used to work until workers complained that people in the lobby kept pressing the close buttons too fast so no one else could get on, causing backups in the lobby area. Theres always some people who spoil it for the rest of us.

gibson3

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:25:02 -0500

What is it with those "close door" buttons, anyway? Why shouldn't they work?

John Del Signore

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:09:03 -0500

All right, I took it out.

yarrow

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:00:37 -0500

I can't believe I'm pissed you spoiled the ending of this nerdy NYer article about elevators. But I am.

bklynd

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:45:27 -0500

Two thoughts - read "The Intuitionist," a fantasy noir about elevator inspectors, epistemology, and race, by Colson Whitehead. A little dry but very clever. AND, what was that trick some people found a few years ago that can fool elevators into skipping stops? Some combination of buttons. I believe it was in the Times.