Due to open its elevator doors to the paying public in February, it looks set to be joined by a series of lanky friends, with towers planned for Canary Wharf, Stratford and Elephant and Castle.
Technology companies present their wares at Demo Mobile each company gets six minutes to make its elevator pitch to the audience to get exposure, attract venture funding and network with potential partners.
Mr. Hernandez and Mr. Apple said the children's deaths, as well as the frequent complaints about breakdowns, had overshadowed the progress the agency had made to keep its elevator fleet running smoothly, despite deep cuts in federal, state and city government financing.
"They don't have enough competent people with the proper training," said Michele O'Toole, the president of J. Martin Associates, which the transit agency hired in 2006 to evaluate its elevator operations.
What threw the investigation into high gear was the recent case of the undercover Authority operative who headed for a building office to check out its elevator certificates -- as per the invitation posted in every elevator cab -- and has not been seen or heard from since.
The action affects a fairly small number of workers, but coupled with an accompanying statement by the authority's acting chairman, it amounts to one of the strongest public pronouncements yet by a housing authority official of the need to shore up its elevator division in the wake of a death of a 5-year-old boy in August in an elevator accident in a Brooklyn public housing project.
PAGE A12 NEW YORK SUIT SAYS FAULTY ELEVATORS Violate Rights of Tenants The city's public housing agency is violating the rights of tenants with disabilities and other health problems by failing to properly maintain its elevators, according to a federal class-action lawsuit to be filed Tuesday.
Later, Keamy descends into the Orchid's underground level via its elevator to stalk Ben, who hides in the shadows.
Since 2010, the 18-floor High Line property in New York City has been using its elevator to screen a continuous loop of videos created by artist/director Marco Brambilla.
Now, the grandstand project stands abandoned, with only the stark concrete of its elevator towers to show for the plans.
