Aug 30, 2018
βThe paternoster elevator at Prague City Hall. These door-less, continuously moving lifts are the 1860s invention of Peter Ellis, an architect from Liverpool, and were once popular all over Eastern Europe and Germany before production ended in the 1970s over safety concerns. β Video courtesy Jada Yuan
you ever just instantly develop an irrational fear
my toddler brain immediately thoughtΒ βin what brutal manner will you be crushed if you donβt get out at the last floorβ but it turns out thats not one of the ways they will kill you
OMG I saw one of these in the restored Metropolis and couldnβt figure out how it managed those turns thank you. Plus I had no idea this was a real thing in the real world.
