Editing Sky lobby

{{Short description|Intermediate interchange floor in a skyscraper}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2008}}
[[File:Sky City Church Lounge.jpg|thumb|The sky lobby in [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza, Hong Kong]]]]

A '''sky lobby''' is an intermediate interchange floor in a [[skyscraper]] where people can change from an express [[elevator]] that stops only at the sky lobby to a local elevator that stops at a subset of higher floors. 

Early uses of the sky lobby include the original Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[875 North Michigan Avenue]] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.otis.com/otis150/section/1,2344,ARC3066_CLI1_RES1_SEC5,00.html
|publisher=[[Otis Elevator Company]]
|title= Otis History: The World Trade Center
|access-date=2006-12-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061115072321/http://www.otis.com/otis150/section/1,2344,ARC3066_CLI1_RES1_SEC5,00.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-11-15}}</ref>

Nearly 200 people were estimated to have been in the 78th floor sky lobby of the [[List of tenants in 2 World Trade Center|South Tower]] of the original World Trade Center when it was hit directly by [[United Airlines Flight 175]], leaving only around a dozen who survived the impact and escaped the tower before it collapsed.<ref name="Neal 2002">{{cite web | last=Neal | first=Rome | title=A Sept. 11 Survivor's Tale | website=CBS News | date=2002-09-10 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-sept-11-survivors-tale/ | access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref><ref name="Corbett 2018">{{cite web | last=Corbett | first=Glenn | title=How the Design of the World Trade Center Claimed Lives on 9/11 | website=HISTORY | date=2018-09-05 | url=https://www.history.com/news/world-trade-center-stairwell-design-9-11 | access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref>

== One World Trade Center (Manhattan) ==
[[One World Trade Center]] is the tallest skyscraper in [[New York City]]. Like the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|original World Trade Center]] buildings it replaced, the new building has a sky lobby to reduce the amount of space devoted to elevators. The sky lobby is on the 64th floor; Each set of five to six stories is served by a separate bank of elevators. The elevators to the sky lobby, along with the ones used for the nonstop service to the 100th-floor [[One World Observatory]], are the fastest in the Western Hemisphere. The observatory elevator transports passengers 100 floors in under one minute.<ref>{{cite web | title=Fastest Elevators in the West Climb Tallest Skyscraper in the West | website=Scientific American | date=May 21, 2015 | url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fastest-elevators-in-the-west-climb-tallest-skyscraper-in-the-west/ | access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>

== 875 North Michigan Avenue (Chicago) ==
The [[John Hancock Center]]'s sky lobby on the 44th floor serves only the residential portion of the building that occupies 48 floors (floors 45–92). Three express elevators run from the residential lobby on the ground floor to the 44th floor, with all three of the elevators stopping at one of the parking garage levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a-EDk8WEBA|title=Residential Sky Lobby elevators|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=March 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> At floor 44, residents transfer to two banks of three elevators. One bank serves 21 floors (floors 45–65) and the other serves 28 floors (floors 65–92). Although all six elevators stop at floor 65, this floor is roughly the same layout as the residential floors immediately above and below it. It is not a sky lobby because residents can also board elevators to higher floors at floor 44.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xiNmake2GU|title=Residential Elevators at 875 N Michigan Ave|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=March 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

The tower's 44th floor sky lobby includes a pool, gym, dry cleaner, convenience store, about 700 mailboxes, two "party" rooms, a sitting area overlooking Lake Michigan, a small library, a refuse room (with trash chutes emptying here), offices for the managers of the residential [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.johnhancockresidences.com/
|publisher= Earl Reid
|title= The John Hancock Center
|access-date=2008-01-07}}</ref> and a polling station for residents during elections.

Floors above 92 are serviced by direct passenger elevators from the ground floor, and by two freight elevators that serve 55 floors (floors 44 to 98).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknZrJTPuT8|title=Residential Service elevators|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=March 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

== Buildings with sky lobbies ==
[[File:World Trade Center Building Design with Floor and Elevator Arrangement m.svg|thumb|The former [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], designed by [[Minoru Yamasaki]], used sky lobbies, located on the 44th and 78th floors of each tower.]]
[[File:Sky Lobby in JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, Texas (15654308084).jpg|thumb|View from the sky lobby in the [[JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)|JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston]] (the roof of [[TC Energy Center]] building is visible through the window)]]
[[File:Nina Tower Sky Lobby.jpg|thumb|The [[Nina Tower]] sky lobby]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Building Name !! Year !! Location !! Floors of sky lobby(s)
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| [[875 North Michigan Avenue]] || 1969 || [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], Illinois, United States || 44
|-
| [[30 Hudson Yards]] || 2019 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 35
|-
| [[List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)|1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)]] || 1972 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 44, 78
|-
| [[List of tenants in 2 World Trade Center|2 World Trade Center (1971–2001)]] || 1973 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 44, 78
|-
| [[Willis Tower]] || 1973 || [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], Illinois, United States || 33/34, 66/67
|-
| [[Tower 42|NatWest Tower]] || 1980 || [[London]], United Kingdom || 23/24
|-
| [[JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)]] || 1982 || [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, United States || 60
|-
| [[Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston)]] || 1983 || [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, United States || 34/35, 58/59
|-
| [[Williams Tower]] || 1983 || [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, United States || 51
|-
| [[Columbia Center]] || 1985 || [[Seattle]], Washington, United States || 40
|-
| [[Miami Tower]] || 1987 || [[Miami]], Florida, United States || 11
|-
| [[Seattle Municipal Tower]] || 1990 || [[Seattle]], Washington, United States || 40
|-
| [[Petronas Twin Towers]] || 1999 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia || 41/42
|-
| [[Izumi Garden Tower]] || 2002 || [[Tokyo]], Japan || –
|-
| [[First World Hotel]] || 2008 || [[Genting Highlands]], Pahang, Malaysia || 3, 8
|-
| [[Taipei 101]] || 2004 || [[Taipei]], Taiwan || 35/36, 59/60
|-
| [[Shin Kong Life Tower]] || 1993 || [[Taipei]], Taiwan || 16
|-
| [[Revenue Tower]] || 1990 || [[Wan Chai |Wan Chai North]], Hong Kong || 38
|-
| [[Immigration Tower]] || 1990 || [[Wan Chai |Wan Chai North]], Hong Kong || 38
|-
| [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza]] || 1992 || [[Wan Chai |Wan Chai North]], Hong Kong || 46
|-
| [[The Center]] || 1998 || Central, Hong Kong || 42
|-
| [[Two International Finance Centre]] || 2003 || Central, Hong Kong || 33, 35, 55, 56
|-
| [[Bloomberg Tower]] || 2004 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 6, 20
|-
| [[Nina Tower]] || 2006 || Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong || 41
|-
| [[One Island East]] || 2005 || Quarry Bay, Hong Kong || 36, 37
|-
| [[The Bow (skyscraper)|The Bow]] || 2007 || [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada|| 18, 36, 58
|-
| [[Shanghai World Financial Center]] || 2008 || [[Shanghai]], China || 28/29, 52/53
|-
| [[Burj Khalifa]] || 2010 || [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates || 43, 76, 123
|-
| [[200 West Street]] || 2009 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 11
|-
| [[International Commerce Centre]] || 2010 || West Kowloon, Hong Kong || 48/49, 88, 98/99
|-
| [[Jeddah Tower]] || 2020 || [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia || 42/43, 75/76, 125/126<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80,32&pid=VlC48yYaG9ap2oa_hzO6lhAHJaha_Z8w|title=Adrian Smith interview|publisher=[[WTTW]]|date=August 4, 2011|access-date=2011-08-07}}</ref>
|-
| [[One World Trade Center]] (2014-) || 2014 || [[New York City]], New York, United States || 64
|-
| [[Central Place|Rosslyn Central Place Office Tower]]|| 2016 || [[Arlington, Virginia]], United States || 6
|-
| [[Lakhta Center]] || 2018 || [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia || 29/30, 53/54
|-
| [[Australia 108]] || 2019 || [[Melbourne]], Australia || 83, 84<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia108.com.au/six-star-hotel/|title=Six Star Hotel – Australia 108|access-date=2013-03-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426151243/http://www.australia108.com.au/six-star-hotel/|archive-date=2013-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15357863/rising-high-108-storey-super-tower-planned-for-melbourne/|title=Rising high: 108-storey super tower planned for Melbourne|work=[[The West Australian]]|date=2012-11-12|access-date=2013-03-19}}</ref>
|-
| [[Wilshire Grand Tower]] || 2017 || [[Los Angeles]], California, United States || 70
|-
| [[Shanghai Tower]] || 2015 || [[Shanghai]], China || 22/23, 37/38, 52/53, 68/69, 101
|-
| [[Wuhan Greenland Center]] || 2018 || [[Wuhan]], China || 25/26, 49/50, 70, 116/117
|-
| [[Tokyo Sky Tree]] || 2012 || [[Sumida, Tokyo]], Japan || 4F, 350m
|-
| [[Abeno Harukas]] || 2014 || [[Osaka]], Japan || 17/18, 19/20
|-
| [[Wisma 46]] || 1996 || [[Jakarta]], Indonesia || 46
|-
| [[Merdeka 118]] || 2021 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia || 40/41, 75/76
|-
| [[UOB Plaza]] Tower One || 1995 || [[Singapore]], Singapore || 37–38
|-
| [[Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya|S2 Building EEPIS]] || 2015 || [[Surabaya]], Indonesia || 1<ref>This is not a ground floor, and in other building on EEPIS complex, this floor is known as 2nd floor.</ref>
|-
| [[Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower]] || 2012 || [[Makkah]], Saudi Arabia || M2,<ref>Used as the hotel lobby</ref> M4<ref>Used as the serviced apartments lobby</ref>
|-
| [[Plaza Tunjungan|Plaza Tunjungan 5]] || 2015 || Surabaya, Indonesia || 20
|-
| [[311 South Wacker Drive]] || 1990 || [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States || 46
|-
| [[Lurie Children's Hospital]] || 2012 || [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States || 11
|-
|[[Djamaa el Djazaïr]]
|2019
|[[Algiers]], Algeria
|4
|}

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