{"id":43135,"date":"2019-01-24T09:51:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=43135"},"modified":"2019-01-24T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:51:40","slug":"elevator-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/elevator-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevator Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Town Hall\u2019s historic renovation is in its homestretch. We\u2019ll reopen in the coming months but there\u2019s still work to do! \u00a0Help us raise $200,000 in new gifts by the end of February and an anonymous donor will match your gifts, dollar-for-dollar.<\/strong> Learn more\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>here<\/a>.<\/strong>
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\n<\/span>While we\u2019re eager to open our doors again, we\u2019re starting a new series entitled \u201cIf These Halls Could Talk<\/strong>,\u201d highlighting specific upgrades and enhancements to our building. One renovation we\u2019re particularly happy with is our elevator. We\u2019ve installed a gleaming, bright, state-of-the-art thyssenkrupp elevator. It recently had a talk with our old elevator, Otis.<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp: <\/b>Otis, you did good work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> Thanks! I was moving people up and down at Town Hall for years!<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> You\u2019ve got quite a storied history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> Do I ever! Otis is the world\u2019s largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems! Otis invented the \u201csafety elevator\u201d in 1852. Sweet Elisha Otis was our founder. After he demonstrated his newfangled elevator at the 1854 World\u2019s Fair in New York City, the elevator industry established credibility! His 1857 steam plow invention didn\u2019t gain steam though. Ha! <\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> You\u2019re telling me that without Otis, I wouldn\u2019t be here!<\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> You\u2019re too kind! But, yes. Not to brag, but our elevators have been in some of the world\u2019s most famous structures.<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp: <\/b>Do tell! <\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> The Eiffel Tower. Have you heard of it?! Oh, I have stories. The Empire State Building. That\u2019s pretty famous. The original World Trade Center. CN Tower. Oh. And yes, of course, Town Hall Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> I\u2019m honored to follow in your illustrious footsteps and add something new. <\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> How so?<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> Modernization. Innovation. Efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Otis:<\/b> Indeed. Your engineering prowess is first rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> In 40 short years we\u2019ve become one of the world\u2019s leading elevator companies with unique engineering capabilities. Saving energy and time is what I\u2019m known for. When done well, urban mobility drives down congestion, pollution, stress, and energy consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> Archimedes, what would he think of you now?!<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp:<\/b> Good ol\u2019 Archimedes! He reportedly built the world\u2019s first elevator, probably in 236 BC. <\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> And here you are, carrying on his legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp: <\/b>I plan to! I\u2019m an endura 35 II A with a 3,500 pound capacity. A smooth, quiet, and efficient workhorse, I am quite suited for Town Hall\u2019s demands. I\u2019m a part of thyssenkrupp AG that has over 155,000 employees in nearly 80 countries! One of the world\u2019s largest steel producers, our products range from frigates to submarines, trains to a Town Hall elevator. <\/span><\/p>\n

Otis:<\/b> I\u2019m floored. <\/span><\/p>\n

thyssenkrupp: <\/b>Ha! Don\u2019t forget that you can help raise me, and Town Hall, up with a financial contribution. <\/span>Do it today<\/a>! \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019re eager to open our doors again, we\u2019re starting a new series entitled \u201cIf These Halls Could Talk,\u201d highlighting specific upgrades and enhancements to our building. One renovation we\u2019re particularly happy with is our elevator. We\u2019ve installed a gleaming, bright, state-of-the-art thyssenkrupp elevator. It recently had a talk with our old elevator, Otis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,26,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-if-these-halls-could-talk","category-town-crier"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}