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Additionally, unlike other buildings in NYC with similar floor space, 111 8th Ave is not a skyscraper, which makes it more practical and useful, and much cheape
by xyzzyz 9y ago
Additionally, unlike other buildings in NYC with similar floor space, 111 8th Ave is not a skyscraper, which makes it more practical and useful, and much cheaper in maintenance.
- CydeWeys 9y agoPlus you can get around all day just taking the stairs, which frequently saves time.
- notyourday 9y agoThere are not enough elevators in that building, especially on the 9th avenue side.
- dx034 9y agoMaybe better for employee's health. >95% of people shouldn't require an elevator working in that building. Being forced to walk 5 floors instead of taking the elevator can have positive effects
- notyourday 9y agoThe number of people in that building is too high for the stairs.
- CydeWeys 9y agoNot true at all, especially not after the construction of Stairwell J. You almost never see any sort of crowding on the stairs. You see crowding at the elevators frequently.
- CydeWeys 9y agoFour more are in the works, just being held up by the city's permitting process. The building was originally not built as an office space, which is painfully obvious when you consider that it had more freight and truck elevators than people elevators.