Somewhere, on some floor of the 10-story Fine Arts Building, a brassy bell rings. Someone wants to ride the elevator. Waclaw Kalata yanks the handcrank and cruises up and down the elevator shaft, ...

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 − ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elevator operator at the Commodore condominiums takes a resident of the 95-year-old building to her unit. Walking into the ...