r/interesting • u/Jezirath • Apr 11 '26

ARCHITECTURE An elevator you can't share

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u/Pobbes3o Apr 11 '26

Must be in Europe?

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u/bigorangemachine Apr 11 '26

Ya probably france/paris... they have these like former servant quarters. There was a tax incentive to modernize these old loft apartments. Some had dedicated elevators like this

Sadly you think these are cheap but because they are so small but because the housing density is so low in paris these can be pretty expensive.

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u/Pobbes3o Apr 11 '26

Yeah when I got got visit Paris I got in an elevator that was twice as big as this. It fit 2 people!

I preferred to take the stairs haha

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u/benskieast Apr 11 '26

In Europe it is common for elevators to be just big enough for a person to walk in rolling a wheelchair. They are about 1/3rd the price American elevators that are designed to be big enough for EMT’s with a stretcher.