Schlomo Tells The Story of Escalario, The Inventor of The Escalator

by Scott Beale on March 31, 2009 · 1 comment

While riding the “wicked awesome” escalators at Moscone West on our way out of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2009 my old friend Schlomo Rabinowitz tells us his Hodgman-esque story of Jorge Escalario, the inventor of the escalator.

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1 adam jackson April 1, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I freaking love Schlomo. CLASSIC!

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