There No 13th Floor Buildings

In fact if you haven t noticed by now it s generally not even possible to visit the 13th floor.

There no 13th floor buildings.

Even then the first skyscraper the home insurance building was. Why a man go to 7th floor in elevator and take stair to reach 10th floor. The rule of 13. Some buildings do have 13th floors but many go from 12 to 14 or have a 12a instead.

Whether you re a lifelong new yorker or a tourist stopping by you ve probably noticed that not many buildings in nyc have a 13th floor. The habit of leaving out the 13th floor in tall hotels is a relatively new one. Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms. How can you place a magic cube on the floor so that no one can jump over it.

Is it possible that there is no friday on 13th. Skyscrapers did not come about until 1885. Indeed if you re staying in a hotel there s a good chance your elevator will magically lift you from the 12th floor to the 14th. How could this legend about the unluckiness of the number 13 pervade even the hospitality industry.

I suspect that it s apartment buildings more than any other kind that avoid having a 13th floor since people who are willing to work or spend the night on a 13th floor might still be reluctant to live on one. The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky. I have lakes with no water mountains with no stones and cities with no buildings. Why isn t there a 13th floor.

Most buildings just go straight from 12 to 14. But this fascination is summed up in no better way than our collective refusal to set foot on the 13th floor of any tall building. For those astute observers out there you may have noticed that many hotels and office buildings don t have a 13 th floor. The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.