Why do buildings skip the thirteenth floor?

Why do buildings skip the thirteenth floor?

Superstition, tradition or a money-making sleight of hand? Either way, New York City apartment blocks tend to avoid having a thirteenth floor. Madison Hardesty and Jonathan Auerbach find out how much New Yorkers are prepared to pay not to live on the “unlucky” floor

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Veröffentlicht in:Significance (Oxford, England) England), 2024-05, Vol.21 (2), p.16-19
Hauptverfasser: Hardesty, Madison, Auerbach, Jonathan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Superstition, tradition or a money-making sleight of hand? Either way, New York City apartment blocks tend to avoid having a thirteenth floor. Madison Hardesty and Jonathan Auerbach find out how much New Yorkers are prepared to pay not to live on the “unlucky” floor
ISSN:1740-9705
1740-9713
DOI:10.1093/jrssig/qmae031