TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernard, Andreas 
TI  - Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator
SN  - 9780814787168
U1  - ARCH 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press 
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Cultural history
KW  - Elevator
KW  - Elevators history
KW  - History
N1  - In this elegant and fascinating book, Andreas Bernard explores how the appearance of this new element changed notions of verticality and urban space. Transforming such landmarks as the Waldorf-Astoria and Ritz Tower in New York, he traces how the elevator quickly took hold in large American cities while gaining much slower acceptance in European cities like Paris and Berlin. Combining technological and architectural history with the literary and cinematic, Bernard opens up new ways of looking at the elevator--as a secular confessional when stalled between floors or as a recurring space in which couples fall in love. Rising upwards through modernity, Lifted takes the reader on a compelling ride through the history of the elevator
ER  -