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. Many buildings in new york city will go the way of calling it 12b or 14a the atlantic explained. Most skip the floor altogether some rename them to 12a or. In 2015 the nyc housing data and listings firm cityrealty released a study with data on 629 buildings that have 13 or more floors. Owners are simply afraid people won t rent.

That s only possible at wayside school where there is no 19th story yet there are still those 574 condos in manhattan that avoid. Out of all of those only 55 premises had their 13th floors labeled as such. 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. 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.

Pulling a number out of the floor plan serves to make a building seem taller. What has happened in history to create such a stigma about a 13th floor. Prices for 13th floor apartments the handful of them that exist don t sell at a discount according to jonathan. Why are skeptics so easily convinced that the majority would just rather avoid the 13th floor.

A survey by cityreality found that out of 629 condo buildings listed with 13 or more floors. For those astute observers out there you may have noticed that many hotels and office buildings don t have a 13 th floor. Surely there are way more buildings with 13th floors than without. Otis elevators the world s largest manufacturer of elevators said that 85 of buildings with otis elevators do not have a 13th floor.

Floors on buildings don t just disappear. 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.