Sentence examples for house elevators from inspiring English sources

These members may be incorporated within fire-resistant enclosures that are provided to house elevators, stairs and other services.

They not only hold up the building, they house elevators, staircases and mechanical systems.

20-year-old town house; elevator, dining room, eat-in kitchen, atrium, rear garden, 20- by 100-ft.

The fire started in the house elevator shaft, leveling the building - once the tallest in the nation - in just over an hour.

condo in a prewar town house; elevator; dining area, renovated kitchen and baths; fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, 3 skylights; 955-sq.-ft.

co-op in prewar town house; elevator, eat-in kitchen, fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, 2 exposures; maintenance $810 , 50 tax-deductible; listed at $495,000, 4 weeks on market (brokers: Klara Madlin Real Estate; Douglas Elliman) Bronx RIVERDALE $422,000 2500 Johnson Avenue 4-bedroom, 4-bath, 2,400-sq.-ft.

duplex condo in a 125-year-old row house; elevator, dining area, 2 fireplaces, oversize windows, cathedral ceilings, original moldings; common charge $460; taxes $7,239; listed at $825,000 , 27weeks on market (broker: Century 21 Cityside) BOSTON $1.36 million 93 Mt. Vernon Street 2-bedroom, 3-bath, 1,724-sq.-ft.

co-op in a prewar town house; elevator, dining area, renovated kitchen and bath, fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, north exposure; maintenance $720 , 50 tax-deductible; listed at $710,000, 4 weeks on market (broker: G. Laurie Cooper) UPPER WEST SIDE $965,000 334 West 86th Street 2-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath, 1,500-sq.-ft.

Such projects follow earlier, very different tree-inspired buildings, like Toyo Ito's well-known Tod's, a retail store in Tokyo, and the Mediathèque media library, an exhibition space and cinema in Sendai, Japan, which is so well supported by irregular, hollowed-out, sinuous "trunks" (housing elevators and staircases) that it survived the enormous earthquake last March.

Though public housing elevators have long been a source of tenant complaints, their safety was called into question after a 5-year-old, Jacob Neuman, fell 10 stories to his death after trying to escape a stalled elevator at a Brooklyn complex in August.

A public housing elevator is out about once a month, according to the Housing Authority, and residents typically wait about 10 hours for repairs.