Do All Buildings Not Have A Thirteenth Floor

Are we all that superstitious to the point of excluding a whole floor.

Do all buildings not have a thirteenth floor.

Based on an internal review of records the otis elevators company estimates that 85 of the buildings with their elevators do not have a named 13th floor. For those astute observers out there you may have noticed that many hotels and office buildings don t have a 13 th floor. Many buildings in new york city will go the way of calling it 12b or 14a the atlantic explained. Owners are simply afraid people won t rent.

Samuel lewis general manager of the lefrak management company told the new york times that the superstition has now affected the overwhelming majority of tall buildings in america. A survey by cityreality found that out of 629 condo buildings listed with 13 or more floors. Floors on buildings don t just disappear. Pulling a number out of the floor plan serves to make a building seem taller.

Out of all of those only 55 premises had their 13th floors labeled as such. What has happened in history to create such a stigma about a 13th floor. Otis elevators the world s largest manufacturer of elevators said that 85 of buildings with otis elevators do not have a 13th floor. If you took a survey of high rises i think you d find 90 percent don t have a 13th floor.

In 2015 the nyc housing data and listings firm cityrealty released a study with data on 629 buildings that have 13 or more floors. That s only possible at wayside school where there is no 19th story yet there are still those 574 condos in manhattan that avoid. Early tall building designers fearing a fire on the 13th floor or fearing tenants superstitions about the rumor decided to omit having a 13th floor listed on their elevator numbering. Surely there are way more buildings with 13th floors than without.

In 2002 based on an internal review of records dilip rangnekar of otis elevators estimated that 85 of the buildings with otis brand elevators did not have a floor named the 13th floor. Why are skeptics so easily convinced that the majority would just rather avoid the 13th floor.