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New Elevators: One Board Learns Why They're Not Just for Old Buildings
Written by Tom Soter on March 27, 2013
When breakdowns are a regular event and patchwork is no longer cost-efficient, it may be time to upgrade your elevators.
That was the thinking by the board of managers running the three high-rises that comprise Towers on the Park condominium association at 301 Cathedral Parkway in South Harlem and 300 Cathedral Parkway and 220 Manhattan Avenue in Manhattan Valley. “It was 25 years, and the elevators’ long work life had come to an end,” says Jane Reynolds, one of the nine residents who sit on the board.
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