There Is No 13th Floor

Indeed if you re staying in a hotel there s a good chance your elevator will magically lift you from the 12th floor to the 14th.

There is no 13th floor.

Skipping floor 13 in hotels saves patrons who may suffer from this disorder the discomfort of being in elevators with a 13th floor or from having a room on such a floor. People don t really notice it. Whether you re a lifelong new yorker or a tourist stopping by you ve probably noticed that not many buildings in nyc have a 13th floor. The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.

In fact if you haven t noticed by now it s generally not even possible to visit the 13th floor. I think it s standard practice inchicago. The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky. There is no 13th floor here it goes from 12 to 14 said a front desk employee.

Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms. But this fascination is summed up in no better way than our collective refusal to set foot on the 13th floor of any tall building. Most buildings just go straight from 12 to 14. Honestly i don t think i ve seen a 13th floor in the city.

It seems that it has become largely accepted to just leave this mystery alone brush it under the rug and don t talk about it. The other harkens back to ancient norse times when the mischievous god loki arrived at a party in valhalla as the 13th guest. Many projects in connaught place and gurgaon do not have number 13. In the u s most hotels may have beautiful mezzanine floor systems but they don t have a 13th floor well that s because they re being sensitive to a particular set of people.

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. First judas the one who betrayed jesus was the 13th guest to arrive at the last supper.