How many skyscrapers have a Floor 13

[roadman65]

I was noticing once a building in Downtown Orlando had offices suites on the 13th Floor.  Usually that number gets skipped for 14 as age old religious and superstition made that a bad choice to use being 13 is attributed to being unlucky or evil.  Yet this building has that number in use.


Is the old superstitious number being considered not so superstitious?

[Big John]

A previous employer HQ was on the 13th floor, along with the top regional office. on the 13th floor.

[CtrlAltDel]

I was surprised to see that the Luxor casino in Las Vegas has a 13th floor.



I was staying on the 14th floor, and had a little chuckle at really being on the 13th, but it turns out I wasn't.

[ET21]

My jobs new office building has a 13th floor, actually has a tenant on it. But I usually never see it, our elevators are keycard to where you only have access to certain floors after scanning in.

[1995hoo]

The funny thing for me is that it wasn't until I was in my late 20s that I learned that many buildings skip floor 13, this because I grew up in the DC area and very few buildings in the city had even 12 floors.

In a similar vein, Concorde didn't have a row 13.

[NWI_Irish96]

Stayed in Room 1313 at a hotel in Grand Rapids once.

[jeffandnicole]

The office building I work in has a 13th floor.

[Rothman]

Been in lots of skyscrapers without a 13th floor.  Surprised when there is one.

[MATraveler128]

I think the Empire State Building has a 13th floor if I remember correctly.

[texaskdog]

It's stupid, though I once was shown an apartment and I didn't take it because it was 911 (this was back in 2006)

[Road Hog]

The old Stouffer's Hotel in St. Louis had a 13th floor. We stayed on it and ate at the top-floor restaurant that had a rotating floor that gave you a view of the city once an hour.

[kphoger]

I was surprised to see that the Luxor casino in Las Vegas has a 13th floor.



I was staying on the 14th floor, and had a little chuckle at really being on the 13th, but it turns out I wasn't.

While this is not true of the Luxor (which indeed has a 13th floor), is it possible that a hotel would skip the 13th floor but nonetheless have elevators with a '13' button?

[jmacswimmer]

Not a skyscraper, but at Chicago Midway gates A13 & B13 are skipped in concourses A & B (concourse C only goes up to 3) - can't think of any other airport that skips 13 in gate numbering.

[abefroman329]

I was surprised to see that the Luxor casino in Las Vegas has a 13th floor.



I was staying on the 14th floor, and had a little chuckle at really being on the 13th, but it turns out I wasn't.

While this is not true of the Luxor (which indeed has a 13th floor), is it possible that a hotel would skip the 13th floor but nonetheless have elevators with a '13' button?

Possible, sure - I'm almost positive I've been in at least one elevator that had buttons for floors where it didn't stop.

[kurumi]

I was surprised to see that the Luxor casino in Las Vegas has a 13th floor.



I was staying on the 14th floor, and had a little chuckle at really being on the 13th, but it turns out I wasn't.

It would be clever (but inconvenient) for Vegas elevators if you could use the 7th floor once, but not afterward. And 6, 8, 10 would be labeled "the hard way". 12 could be "box cars". 22 would be "bust".

[formulanone]

Not a skyscraper, but at Chicago Midway gates A13 & B13 are skipped in concourses A & B (concourse C only goes up to 3) - can't think of any other airport that skips 13 in gate numbering.

Detroit skips 13 as a gate number in all of its terminals. Denver does, too.

I want to say Atlanta skips it in some terminals (A, E, F) but not the others. Chicago also has it in some of its terminals.

Many different aircraft have a row 13.

[Scott5114]

I want to say the Rio in Las Vegas has a 13th floor too–I didn't notice it missing, so I think it was there.

[abefroman329]

Legit disappointed in kphoger - he hasn't pointed out that all skyscrapers with 13 floors or more have a 13th floor.

[kphoger]

Legit disappointed in kphoger - he hasn't pointed out that all skyscrapers with 13 floors or more have a 13th floor.

Hmmm.....  That would mean they have a "Floor 13", though.

[webny99]

Legit disappointed in kphoger - he hasn't pointed out that all skyscrapers with 13 floors or more have a 13th floor.

Hmmm.....  That would mean they have a "Floor 13", though.

I think what he's saying is, the "sarcasm & snark" answer would be that ALL skyscrapers with >13 floors have a floor 13 (or 13th floor, or whatever you want to call it) regardless of how they're numbered.

[webny99]

Now I'm doing that thing with the word "floor" where you've looked at it too many times in a short period and it suddenly looks really bizarre and hilarious. Floor? 

[abefroman329]

Legit disappointed in kphoger - he hasn't pointed out that all skyscrapers with 13 floors or more have a 13th floor.

Hmmm.....  That would mean they have a "Floor 13", though.

I think what he's saying is, the "sarcasm & snark" answer would be that ALL skyscrapers with >13 floors have a floor 13 (or 13th floor, or whatever you want to call it) regardless of how they're numbered.

Yep.

[NWI_Irish96]

Legit disappointed in kphoger - he hasn't pointed out that all skyscrapers with 13 floors or more have a 13th floor.

Hmmm.....  That would mean they have a "Floor 13", though.

I think what he's saying is, the "sarcasm & snark" answer would be that ALL skyscrapers with >13 floors have a floor 13 (or 13th floor, or whatever you want to call it) regardless of how they're numbered.

To me, there's a semantic difference. The "13th floor" is the 12th level above ground level, regardless of what it's called. "Floor 13" is the name of a particular level, which may or may not exist regardless of how tall the building is.

[kphoger]

To me, there's a semantic difference. The "13th floor" is the 12th level above ground level, regardless of what it's called. "Floor 13" is the name of a particular level, which may or may not exist regardless of how tall the building is.

That's what I was getting at.  If a 20-story building named its floors as letters instead of numbers, then there wouldn't even be a "Floor 3".  It would be "Floor C" instead.

[webny99]

If a 20-story building named its floors as letters instead of numbers, then there wouldn't even be a "Floor 3".  It would be "Floor C" instead.

OK, but that doesn't fit with your earlier comment.

1st comment: 13 story building ➜ has a Floor 13
2nd comment: 20 story building ➜ does NOT have a Floor 3