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Old October 7th 08, 02:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Peter Campbell Smith[_2_] Peter Campbell Smith[_2_] is offline
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Default Revolving doors

"John Rowland" wrote in
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door
" In left hand drive countries, revolving doors should revolve
clockwise but not always"

I don't think I've ever used a revolving door which went clockwise, in
any country...


I came across one last year and realised that I'd probably never seen one
before. It is the external entrance to a restaurant called 'The Tavern' in
Phipps Plaza shopping mall in Atlanta, Georgia. There is a large sign
indicating that the door revolves the 'wrong' way, but about 50% of
customers push it in the conventional direction -- which it does allow, but
the brass bars for you to push clearly show that it is meant to go
clockwise.

There is also a sign saying that it was originally located elsewhere -- New
York City, I think.

I couldn't find a picture, but there is a reference to it on this page:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/75d9a/baf6f/2/.

Peter

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