Pass the Olives

A Jumble of Opinions on Living, Thinking, Reading, and Making Things

Tag: The Sky’s the Limit

The Sky’s the Limit by Steven Gaines

If  you are writing about cities, and New York in particular, you will find The Sky’s the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan a useful inspiration of the “truth is stranger than fiction variety.” Gems like the following one on the elevator wars have been buried in history too long. Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator in 1852, a feat that enabled buildings in Manhattan to rise beyond climbing distance. […]

Continue Reading →