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Enjoy Vertiginous Photos Of An Escalator Being Hoisted To Top Of 1 WTC
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John Del Signore
Published Dec 18, 2012
Modified Dec 18, 2012
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Published Dec 18, 2012
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If you've ever wondered how "they" get escalators up to the tops of skyscrapers, well, you've got a very wide-ranging curiosity. That's not a backhanded compliment, it's just that we always figured that when you need a skyscraper near the top of a tall building, you just build it up there. But when it comes to the still-under-construction 1 World Trade Center tower, they get their pre-fab escalators delivered by crane.
This photo, first posted on Reddit, appears to have been taken from 1 WTC. A source with connections to the WTC site tells us that an escalator was recently delivered. The Port Authority, which oversees the property, has not yet responded to questions about the escalator installation, but we'll update as soon as we hear back. For now we only assume somebody had the foresight to make sure they could actually fit that sucker through the doors.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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