Makes sense. I haven’t seen an apartment with an elevator in quite a while, so perhaps the distinction just doesn’t matter here. Most apartment complexes here are 3 floors or less, and I think there’s a cap at 5 floors or something for regular construction because the only ones bigger than that are the massive towers downtown.
There are older buildings in NYC that have a lot of floors that don’t have elevators. One I looked at was 7 floors, it was called a 7 floor walk up. New buildings in NYC that are 5 floors or more higher need an elevator.
In my walkup? Wtf is a walkup?
An apartment complex with stairs and without an elevator.
Is it more common in some areas vs others? I’ve never heard the term used in real life, but I understood it from context.
I don’t know but I am from NYC. I only heard the term used there.
Makes sense. I haven’t seen an apartment with an elevator in quite a while, so perhaps the distinction just doesn’t matter here. Most apartment complexes here are 3 floors or less, and I think there’s a cap at 5 floors or something for regular construction because the only ones bigger than that are the massive towers downtown.
There are older buildings in NYC that have a lot of floors that don’t have elevators. One I looked at was 7 floors, it was called a 7 floor walk up. New buildings in NYC that are 5 floors or more higher need an elevator.
Ah, thank you
So the entire complex is named that or just the stairwell?
The building. A fifth floor walk up is very different than a fifth floor apartment with an elevator.
Stairs are just stairs.