Paternoster

Why didn't you go on it?

Eigentlich sollte das neue Hauptgebäude auch einen Paternoster bekommen. Ich vermisse ihn sehr.

Kinda dangerous I would think? Has anyone ever been hurt or killed on one of these things?

I'd be SHOCKED if nobody ever was.

It's basically a wooden guillotine.

I love it and I use one every day at my workplace in Berlin.

Heard about these, but this is the first ever time i've seen one!

The first time that I faced one of these was in the I. G. Farben Building in Frankfurt in the early 1960s and I decided to opt for the stairs. I was mentally prepared on the next visit and found it not nearly as terrifying as anticipated - in fact, quiet neat.

amazing!

it moves quite fast. what happens behind those flaps of the boxes that move around?

Void and the cars are not even directly
attached to each other as the flaps seem to imply (they could not move around the top and bottom shaft arches if this were the case). The cars are on a chain and guided by a track inside the shaft likely in center of back wall. The cars themselves are probably attached to the track at the top of the car back/center. While in the main part of the shaft, I imagine they can't sway much, but when going through the top and bottom arches they probably do.