The coolest elevator I’ve seen

Elevator in Mumbai office building
This was amazing! I loved that the elevator proudly displayed both a “0 floor” for the ground AND a “-1 floor” for the subterranean parking garage.
This kind of logic is not widespread in buildings. A few strange examples are explained in Wikipedia’s entry for building story’s. The gist is that most floor numbering systems seem to suffer from superstition (no 13th floor), innumeracy (mezzanine level), or inconsistency (a building on a hill may have two “ground” floors).
I applaud these architects and hope this is a genuine sign that math literacy is improving.
Have you seen other interesting floor numbering systems? Write your story in the comments or send a pic to me and I’ll be happy to post it.
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