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Going Up: How a Queens Co-op Finally Got Rid of Its 'Scary' Old Elevators
Written by Tom Soter on September 12, 2012
Laura Corwin knew the time had come to put an end to it when she got another $16,000 bill at the end of the year. “There’s a time when you say enough is enough.” The board of directors at her Forest Hills, Queens, co-op agreed. No one knew how old this particular pair was, but it was time for the two elevators to go. “The elevators were getting a little scary,” Corwin says.
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