See picture -- is there a better term than glass elevator?
asked Feb 21, 2011 at 8:38
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I've often thought that it was interesting that we call them elevators at all, given that they spend 50% of their time going down, not up... ;-)– user597Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 15:08
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@mickeyf - it may not be that it 'elevates' you, but that it changes your 'elevation'.– Tester101Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 17:24
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1I call them awesome. I don't know about you.– AdamCommented Feb 21, 2011 at 21:30
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[I used to work in an elevator company]
We usually referred to these as "panoramic elevators". (Google returns a few hundred thousand hits on this).
answered Feb 21, 2011 at 14:09
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1panoramic elevator (with quotes): 571 thousand, pictures– user3812Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 15:56
Observation elevator or sightseeing elevator.
I think observation elevator is more commonly used, as Google returns pictures and more results (76 thousand vs. 44 thousand, with quotes).
It depends on whether you are referring to the glass-ness of them, or the 'inside-out-ness', in which case you could say 'external elevator', though I've no idea if that's the 'official' term.
Yes, in some parts of the anglosphere, "glass lift" (or indeed panoramic lift) is a better term :-)
