elevators

Presents an introduction to a city environment, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on buildings, machines, ramps, elevators, and pulleys.

Examines the building of structures, how to protect those structures, and the equipment that is used in construction of buildings and bridges.

When the elevator in a building in the 1950s is modernized, a young resident misses the operator.

The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. He leaves with his loot but returns a while later with a plump prostitute and three teenage hoodlums, who proceed to terrorize Mrs. Hilyard as they wreck her home.

On the last day of second grade, Song Lee's party at the local amusement park forces Harry to face his fear of elevators when he is expected to ride the Drop of Doom.

Christopher's closet becomes an elevator which takes him to the clouds where he meets the giants responsible for our rain and thunder.

Discusses the basic principles of the elevator, the relationship between the skyscraper and the elevator, how heavy weights were lifted in ancient times, and the computerized elevators with "brains".

The four members of the Wilson family decide to spend their holiday in one of the elevators at the San Francisco Hotel.

As the elevator moves up from the first floor to the twelfth, various people dressed in different colors get on, all bound for a birthday surprise.