Residents at luxury high rise Astoria Tower in the South Loop are fed up, saying elevators are broken for months at a time, trash has been piling up and maintenance requests go unanswered.

Larry Brooks is a senior citizen who needs a wheelchair to get around, and who goes to dialysis multiple times a week. But the only elevator in Brooks' condo in the southwest Chicago suburb of Oak ...

An elevator at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood malfunctioned, trapping three people inside. Rescue workers were able to quickly free two people, but had trouble getting to an ...

A disabled suburban woman said she feels trapped in her own home after the elevator in her apartment building went down three months ago. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints appoints 14 men to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue is a living museum where art is displayed and made behind every door on every floor. It’s home to the Studebaker Theater, which began as ...

BAY RIDGE — After a lengthy construction, the MTA opened its newest elevators at the Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station during a conference on July 8. The conference was attended by MTA and elected ...

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 08/30/25: Access Elevator’s VP of Sales Frank Wasilewski joins the show to talk about their new fall prevention program. To learn more about what ...

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport tops the list with 182 elevator rescues since 2022. Half the list consists of West ...

The four levels of living space in this six-bedroom home in the Lakeview neighborhood are all accessible by an elevator. The living room flows into the dining room, and the kitchen has an island with ...

Chicago Firefighter/Paramedic Daniel Capuano fell into an open elevator shaft at a warehouse fire 10 years ago.