Before the invention of the lift, the top floor wasn’t glamorous – far from it. “Before the elevator, the rooms directly under the roof are always poor and anxious and illegitimate spaces,” says ...
The tallest building today has 163 floors. You’d have to climb over 3,000 steps to reach the top, while an elevator would take you there in around a minute. The humble passenger lift had a huge impact ...
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