I wondered how long it would take a person in NYC to ride those big buildings elevators down.From top to bottom.I bet it would take a long time to get to work there.Positive input only...Thanks.
2007-12-26 09:03:56 · 11 answers · asked by Maw-Maw 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I live in a smallish town in S.W. Missouri USA - our tallest building is 21 stories. From the lst floor to the top takes less than 90 seconds. Slower of course if there are stops on the way up! We also have an older hi-rise with 10 floors. These elevators (lifts) are much older - it takes about 2 minutes to get to my dentists office on the 10th floor. Longer if there are stops on the way up! CJ
2007-12-26 19:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by CJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The taller buildings have "banks" so you don't go from floor to floor one at a time. If you worked in the World Trade Center on the 95th floor, you'd ride the express to the 56th floor, get off and take another express to the 76th floor, get off and take another to the 95th floor, then take the local to your floor of choice. And they went faaaassstttt, but waiting for them was slloooooowwwwwww. I learned not to stand in the middle of the car.
I worked there from 1975 to 1981. We were on the 13th floor. Floors 1-6 were Port Authority offices - they had their own elevators. So our bank went from 7 to . . . I can't remember, but it wasn't that far. (The company I worked for at that time moved out long before 9/11.)
Most older buildings in NYC did not have 13th floors because it was considered unlucky. Their elevator buttons went 11, 12, 14, etc. The WTC was supposed to be the first buldings of the 21st century, because they had a 13th floor . . .
2007-12-26 12:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The IDS building in the twin cities is not that fast but it scares the crap out of me just the same. There were so many people getting off and on it is impossible to say how fast it would be with out any stops.
2007-12-26 11:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how tall the building is. But on a really tall building I'm guessing people would wanna get on the elevator on your way down so ... it would probably take a long time.
2007-12-26 09:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
D.C. and its surrounding environs have a restriction on how high buildings can be erected due to them wanting an obstructed view of the Capitol building.
So we don't have real skyscrapers. What we DO have subways that boast the deepest underground trip in the free world.
That trip takes about 3 minutes.
2007-12-26 10:17:35 · answer #5 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 09:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by kovie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those suckers move out -- can't give a stop watch time, but gaurantee you'd be doing steps long after the elevator gets where it's going.
2007-12-26 12:05:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
5 minutes in the big building.
2007-12-26 09:10:54 · answer #8 · answered by TM 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
UHHHH, the same as it does in a small town...depends on how many floors are in the building.
2007-12-26 09:07:07 · answer #9 · answered by Wiz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i live in chicago and work downtown. it takes me less then one minute to get up to the 96th floor in the hancock building. it goes so fast, your ears pop. pretty cool if you ask me.
2007-12-26 09:06:47 · answer #10 · answered by GinaD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋