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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by 35bge57dtjku on Saturday August 05, 2017 @11:20PM (#14939490)
Why not invent and install spiral escalators? That would give you the high throughput of the paternoster more safely. You could still have a few elevators for travel between the higher up 'elevator lobbies' people mentioned.
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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by kurthr on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:40AM (#14940080)
Wow, cool... they have! http://gizmodo.com/feast-your-eyes-on-the-worlds-largest-spi...

There must be more spiral escalators now. I know there's one in Nordstrom's too.

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Re:ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [vi... by 35bge57dtjku on Sunday August 06, 2017 @04:55AM (#14940498)
Nice. I was picturing one more like a spiral staircase though, where the inner edge of each step touches an inner pole.
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