Elevator sales rise as Canadians ditch the stairs at home
 Once an outlandish frill for the ultra Rich, home elevators are being remade and rebranded for the well off, and are inching toward the ranks of once-rare residential features - such as swimming pools or granite counter tops - that have become more commonplace. Click here to read the full article.
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One of the World's Most Unusual Elevators - Skyview (Sweden)
 Skyview is a gondola lift built on the south side of the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The 100-Meter lift consists of two spherical cabins, which gives the visitors an entertaining ride up to the top of the Globe, about 130 meters above sea level. The project began in 2004 and opened in February 2010. 160,000 people rode during the first year of operation. Click here to watch the video.
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Trivia
No one can prove that the paucity of high buildings before the modern era was due solely to the lack of a means to reach the upper floors. It could more easily be argued that the demands for utilizing urban space were never so great as to make the high-rise a necessity and that once the demand was there, human ingenuity rose to the job of inventing an efficient elevator. But one thing is certain: the idea of vertical transportation, if not the means, has been with us for well over 2,000 years.
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