Editing Triskaidekaphobia (section)

===Origin===
The origin of skipping the thirteenth floor when installing elevators is not known. However, during the advent of early skyscrapers, New York architectural critics warned developers not to exceed the height of the 13th floor.<ref name= "Glaeser">{{cite news |url=http://criticalenvironmentalism.org/2011/05/24/triumph-of-the-city/ |title=Triumph of the City |last=Glaeser |first=Edward |publisher=Critical Environmentalism |access-date=2011-06-02 |date=2011-05-24}}</ref> These critics insisted that buildings rising above the 13th floor ({{convert|130|ft|m|disp=or}}) would lead to increased street congestion, ominous shadows and lower property values. Nevertheless, in a work published in 1939, sociologist [[Otto Neurath]] compared the use of [[money]] in an economy, which he saw as unnecessary, to the superstition of not installing the thirteenth floor: merely a [[social convention]].