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Going Up Without The Elevator Operators Was Bringing Baltimore Shoppers Down

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Gil Sandler
Published March 28, 2014 at 4:08 PM EDT
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In 1946, Hochschild Kohn's department store decided to install automated elevators - dismissing the operators, management thought, forever.  But when the automatic elevators were installed and the operators dismissed, the management was in for a very big surprise. 

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Gil Sandler
Gil Sandler was born and raised in Baltimore -- a circumstance he considers fortunate and one he does not want you to forget. He attended public school (P.S. #59, Garrison Junior High, Baltimore City College, Class of 1941) and then served in the United States Navy.
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