The El Cortez is a well-known hotel in San Diego, California. The charm of it is comparable to the more famous hotels around the world. There is an intriguing story connected with it.

"Years ago, the elevator in the hotel couldn't handle the expanding traffic of people. It was just not adequate for all of the people who were going and coming, and who needed to get up to or down from their rooms. And so the management called in some experts to solve the problem. They assembled together a high-powered team of architects and structural engineers, and told them to find a way to construct a new elevator. And after much deliberation, the architects and the engineers concluded that they could indeed cut a hole in each of the floors and install the motor for the elevator down in the basement. But…