elevator

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Introduced widely in the 1900s, counterweights reduced the energy needed to move an elevator—a principle that remains at the heart of most elevator systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

While much of today’s advances are less showy, focused on things like energy efficiency and reducing elevator wait-times, some of what the industry is working on may yet produce a few gasps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But, as with many constraints in the elevator business, this one is starting to give way.

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

There was an elevator, but Bat preferred to take the stairs.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold