As the elevator gained popularity in the late 1800s, it had a profound effect on the way we organize our cities and ourselves. It was also blamed for a rise in crime, for causing something called brain fever, for destroying civil society, and more.
1943: Thousands Walk as Strike Ties Up All Rockefeller Center Elevators trello1943
A flash strike of 250 elevator operators and mechanics, who walked out without warning because of an internal union dispute, halted all of the 195 elevators in the twelve office buildings of Rockefeller Center at 5 P.M. yesterday, just as most of the 28,000 persons who work in the buildings and a considerable number of visitors were about to depart for their homes.
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