Before the invention of the lift, the top floor wasn’t glamorous – far from it. “Before the elevator, the rooms directly under the roof are always poor and anxious and illegitimate spaces ...

An curved arrow pointing right ... Whether that's true is still up for debate, but there is a way to make the elevator door close faster and it doesn't involve a button at all.

An curved arrow pointing right. It's normal to feel uneasy about riding in an elevator. But considering how prevalent elevators are, it's an inconvenient phobia to have. Thankfully, deaths due to ...