Test Tower

The Thyssen Krupp test tower is just amazing.

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The importance of elevators takes on a whole new meaning when you read the blurb from Thyssen Krupp’s website,

Over 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. . . . A report from the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that cities will need to construct floor space equivalent to 85 percent of all of today’s residential and commercial building stock by 2025, making this one of the greatest challenges of our time.