Nearly every New Yorker has to push a button and often wait some time for their automated elevator to arrive. Tony Sciallia, meanwhile, spends his days in a crisp gray uniform, pulling shut an ...

In an era of dishy, tell-all books about the habits and sanctuaries of New York society – think “The Nanny Diaries” and “The Devil Wears Prada” – a memoir or thinly veiled novel has yet to emerge from ...

Walking into the Commodore condominiums is like taking a step back in time. The furniture in the dark Spanish-style lobby is the same furniture that was there the day it opened in 1929. While some of ...

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 − ...

Smith Tower, Seattle's oldest skyscraper, is getting some renovations this spring. The tower’s old-fashioned manual elevators will be upgraded, and that means elevator operators will no longer take ...

Being a bus driver can be challenging at times, but there's another transit job in Sacramento that really has its ups and downs. Earleen Pringle is a SacRT elevator attendant. She operates the ...