Behold the Lacerda elevator in Salvador, Brazil. This elevator was originally constructed in 1873 to connect the high and low cities of Salvador. While the initial elevator was hydraulic (and man and rope and pulley) operated, today´s electric elevator transports about 50,000 passengers the 207 feet in around 30 seconds.
There are many a spot in San Francisco that could use such technological brilliance... I for one nominate the hill I used to live on (the Cumberland hill AKA Dolores Park parking lot), California between Montgomery and Powell and I´m sure a few others. I hope some politician is taking note.
7 comments:
You forgot the stairs at 708 Oak. That shit could most definitely used an elevator.
OMG, how quickly one forgets. Those stairs needed an elevator and a respirator.
This is a fantastic idea. How is it our city is so far behind?!
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you'd think with all this hiking you've been doing that you'd be all about coming home to hit up some hills...
you don't need an elevator... you need a good bicycle. That way, you get to go down the other side :)
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