Are there 13th floors

Ever wonder why that is? So a lot of hotels just started skipping that number, and their floors went straight from 12 to Marriott Jr. It all depends on where you are, how much faith society has put into the superstitions above, and how much they cater to people who buy into the superstitions above ;-. There are also some regional variances. For example, in China, some buildings avoid floors that end in the number 4 i. Want to comment on this post?

Throughout history, the number 13 is associated with bad luck and a sense of impending doom. Coincidentally, there is a connection between insurance and the 13th floor, but not in terms of risk. The first skyscraper — the Home Insurance Building, constructed in Chicago in — was built as the regional headquarters for an insurance company and did not have a 13th floor.

Lest you think the superstition has died down since then, consider this. Across the street from the WSRB office, a story hotel and condominium building recently opened, and, like the Chicago Home Insurance Building, this new tower also lacks a 13th floor. Many skyscrapers are built without a 13th floor, primarily due to superstition. The lack of a 13th floor is especially common in residential buildings. Perhaps people don't mind spending 40 hours a week working on the 13th floor, but they consider sleeping, eating and playing there too much.

Taking the elevator to the 13th floor makes some people feel worried, so builders come up with alternatives like floor 12A. On the flip side, the iconic Empire State Building does have a 13th floor. Triskaidekaphobic tenants aside, for 40 years it stood as the tallest building in the world — And it held the record longer than any of the other eight buildings that held it during the last century. Where did a fear of the number 13 begin? At the Last Supper, Judas was the 13th guest.

In Norse mythology, Loki crashed a banquet of a dozen gods. As the 13th partygoer, he caused a celestial uproar when he killed one of these divine guests with a poison arrow. In many old stories, three might be a crowd, but 13 turns tragic.

Of course, we all remember Apollo "Failure is not an option" Not the most successful lunar mission. In the past, you could even turn superstition about the number 13 into an occupation. For whatever reasons there may be, there seems to be a multitude of stories about what happens on the 13th floor, some documented, some not. A good example is that some have suggested the 13th floor in government buildings is not really missing, but actually contains top-secret governmental departments, or more generally that it is proof of something sinister or clandestine going on.

It should be noted that to place a floor between those accessible from an elevator, it is necessary to either take longer to travel between the neighboring floors, or accelerate, both of which would be noticed by the riders.

It would also be noticeable from the exterior, requiring either an extra row of windows or a conspicuous gap between rows.