Is It Time for Germany’s Doorless Elevators to Move On?

To some, it can evoke a slow-motion guillotine. Even fans concede it should not be used lightly. But in Germany, it is refusing to die. The nonstop, doorless elevator known as paternoster was popular in European office buildings early last century. Today, it is largely extinct, replaced by conventional elevators almost everywhere. Everywhere except Germany, where fans ranging from Socialist journalists to conservative politicians, civil servants and...
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