What has happened in history to create such a stigma about a 13th floor.
Do elevators have a 13th floor.
Today 85 percent of elevator panels don t have the number 13.
According to otis elevators up to.
Why are skeptics so easily convinced that the majority would just rather avoid the 13th floor.
You won t find it on the panels and you won t find it in the stairwells.
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.
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.
It depends on the elevator building.
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.
I ve found that in general the older buildings typically omit the 13th floor while more modern ones do not.
While the 14 th floor is actually the 13 th floor for obvious structural reasons guests seem to take comfort in the fact that the number 13 is not mentioned at all.
Hotels are simply labeling the floor differently in the few places where these businesses label the levels.
Is it just superstition.