Why are skeptics so easily convinced that the majority would just rather avoid the 13th floor.
Do all elevators not have a 13th floor.
Based on an internal review of records the otis elevators company estimates that 85 of the buildings with their elevators do not have a named 13th floor.
As one of the city s oldest hotels the luxurious palmer house hilton still has its 13th floor.
However during the advent of early skyscrapers new york architectural critics warned developers not to exceed the height of the 13th floor.
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In fact the otis elevators company estimates that 85 of the buildings with their elevators don t have a named 13th floor.
What has happened in history to create such a stigma about a 13th floor.
These critics insisted that buildings rising above the 13th floor 130 feet or 40 metres would lead to increased street congestion ominous shadows and lower.
Out of all of those only 55 premises had their 13th floors labeled as such.
Here s a sampling of residential buildings without a 13th floor by the wall street journal.
Or labeling it as m which is the 13th letter of the alphabet.
So you needed a key to make the elevator stop on 13.
In other words only 9 of the buildings queried have 13th floor call buttons in their elevators.
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Do not go on the haunted 13th floor challenge.
13 elevator floor history legend superstition.
Eventually this time and culture spanning superstition made its way to the architecture of america.
Starting in the 20th century when skyscrapers began cropping up in bigger cities buildings overwhelmingly forwent marking the 13th floor because of simple economics.
Of course not all hotels skip the 13th floor.
Skipping floor 13 in hotels saves patrons who may suffer from this disorder the discomfort of being in elevators with a 13th floor or from having a room on such a floor.
They didn t want to give anyone a reason not to want to rent space in their building.
For whatever reasons.
And others are sneaky and find ways to get around it like floor 12a.
The origin of skipping the thirteenth floor when installing elevators is not known.
