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Welcome to my channel! This is the successor to my old channel, Baron's Epic Elevator Adventures. My channel mainly consists of verbal commentary free elevator and escalator videos (mostly in the Washington Metropolitan Area (DMV, what my channel is named after)) and some other stuff too, but mostly elevators. I like to showcase any elevator, whether it's ancient or brand new, passenger or freight, sluggish or fast, etc. Having no verbal commentary in my vids lets everyone enjoy the rides.
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Otherwise, sit back and enjoy my content!
Please note there can be PG13 material in some of my videos. Comments that are disrespectful or libelous towards me or anyone or contains self promotions are forbidden. Please email me if you have any questions or if you'd like to meet up.
You're welcome to use my videos or just the sounds of them provided that you MUST credit me (other than videos with copyright claims not having YT audio library on them or ones that I explicitly forbid reuse).
Otherwise, sit back and enjoy my content!
N. VA Elevator Company modded hydraulic elevators at 150 S. Washington St in Falls Church VA
(📹 12/19/2023) These are some Westinghouse elevators modded by the Northern Virginia Elevator Company at 150 S. Washington St in Falls Church VA. These had Type A fixtures originally, then they got modernized with GAL fixtures. I'm gonna guess that these were modded sometime in the late 1990's. They are quite fast too and go about 200 fpm. I was originally guessing that these were going to be traction, but I was quite wrong. I think Northern VA might be a very rare brand and this is the only install/modernization I can recall of theirs. Please let me know if there's anymore of their installs anyone can think of.
Filming equipment:
- Camera: Google Pixel 5a
- Resolution of original video: 1080p
- FPS: 60
Some elevator info:
Review of the elevator(s):
- Cab: Decent, but the ceiling panel could be fixed
- Fixture/button choice: Mediocre
- Chimes/voice annunciator: Decent
- Ride quality: Fine
- Condition: Fine
- Speed choice: Fine
- Motor: Decent
- Fun factor: Decent
Overall score: Decent
Other notes:
- Improvements needed: fix the ceiling panel on it
- Filming risk: low
- Additional notes: n/a
Elevator infrastructure:
- Manufactured by: Westinghouse in 1970
- Modernization by: Northern Virginia Elevator Company in the late 1990's
- Elevator model: unknown
- Propulsion: Inground hydraulic
- Power unit: Submersible
- Capacity: 2000 lbs (910 kgs)
- Speed: 200 fpm (1 m/s)
- Floors traveled: 5
- Opening count: 5
- Floors served: All 5
- Quantity of elevators: 2
- Elevator control type: PLC
- Elevator control brand: Virginia Controls
- Cars per controller group: 2
Elevator Fixtures (current):
- Buttons (hall): GAL RWB
- Buttons (car): GAL RWB
- Braille type/style: Square
- Fire key: Chicago
- Emergency phone: Built in
- Phone ADA compliant: Yes
- Position Indicators: CE Electronics 16 segment
Elevator Fixtures (former):
- Buttons (hall): Westinghouse Type A
- Buttons (car): Westinghouse Type A
- Braille type/style: none
- Fire key: none
- Emergency phone: n/a
- Phone ADA compliant: n/a
- Position Indicators: Westinghouse Type A multi-light
Elevator Doors:
- Door configuration: Center opening
- Door operator: GAL MOVFR harmonic
- Door sensors: Multi beam
- Door closer type: Single arm?
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Filming equipment:
- Camera: Google Pixel 5a
- Resolution of original video: 1080p
- FPS: 60
Some elevator info:
Review of the elevator(s):
- Cab: Decent, but the ceiling panel could be fixed
- Fixture/button choice: Mediocre
- Chimes/voice annunciator: Decent
- Ride quality: Fine
- Condition: Fine
- Speed choice: Fine
- Motor: Decent
- Fun factor: Decent
Overall score: Decent
Other notes:
- Improvements needed: fix the ceiling panel on it
- Filming risk: low
- Additional notes: n/a
Elevator infrastructure:
- Manufactured by: Westinghouse in 1970
- Modernization by: Northern Virginia Elevator Company in the late 1990's
- Elevator model: unknown
- Propulsion: Inground hydraulic
- Power unit: Submersible
- Capacity: 2000 lbs (910 kgs)
- Speed: 200 fpm (1 m/s)
- Floors traveled: 5
- Opening count: 5
- Floors served: All 5
- Quantity of elevators: 2
- Elevator control type: PLC
- Elevator control brand: Virginia Controls
- Cars per controller group: 2
Elevator Fixtures (current):
- Buttons (hall): GAL RWB
- Buttons (car): GAL RWB
- Braille type/style: Square
- Fire key: Chicago
- Emergency phone: Built in
- Phone ADA compliant: Yes
- Position Indicators: CE Electronics 16 segment
Elevator Fixtures (former):
- Buttons (hall): Westinghouse Type A
- Buttons (car): Westinghouse Type A
- Braille type/style: none
- Fire key: none
- Emergency phone: n/a
- Phone ADA compliant: n/a
- Position Indicators: Westinghouse Type A multi-light
Elevator Doors:
- Door configuration: Center opening
- Door operator: GAL MOVFR harmonic
- Door sensors: Multi beam
- Door closer type: Single arm?
My hand dryer channel:
www.youtube.com/@dmvhanddryers
Check out my freely licensed images at:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Baron_Maddock
Elevators and escalators I've filmed:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1HUtLiCuaZXbgY6jUdMs7jiYCrg40gMU&usp=sharing
#Elevator #Lift #Escalator #elevaTOURS #office #officebuilding #fallschurch #virginia
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RARE VOICES! KONE EcoSpace parking elevators at 25 York St in Toronto ON
Переглядів 14210 годин тому
(📹 7/3/2024) These are the parking elevators at 25 York St in Toronto ON. They are EcoSpaces with MAD fixtures and have some really rare voices. These have some voice I've never heard on any other KONE or even on UA-cam. The main elevators have the current generation American voice. These are surprisingly larger for some parking elevators and have a similar design to the main elevator cabs. I o...
2 TKE Oildraulic elevators at The Jefferson Office Condominiums in Ashburn VA
Переглядів 10112 годин тому
(📹 7/30/2024) These are some Thyssenkrupp elevators at The Jefferson Office Condominiums (simply The Jefferson), a very hard to miss building off of VA route 7 in Ashburn VA. These have been childhood elevators of mine for a very long time since I used to do some speech therapies in here all the time and I felt like paying a visit since it has been almost 10 years since I've been on these. Spec...
Horrible TKE Oildraulic elevators at the Wyndham Garden in Erie PA
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(📹 8/30/2024) Here are some crappy Thyssenkrupp elevators at the Wyndham Garden (formerly the Holiday Inn Express) in Erie PA. Specifically the car I rode, it has received lots of abuse and neglect. The doors are loaded with scratches and damage, the directional arrows have been punched out, and the door operator obnoxiously screeches. The wallpaper choice slapped on the brass COP on these look...
Slapped on Montgomery/MK hydraulic elevator at Alexandria Commons in Alexandria VA
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(📹 4/27/2024) Here is a Montgomery/Montgomery KONE elevator that has received a slap on with PTL fixtures at Alexandria Commons in Alexandria VA. I'm not sure what fixtures this used to have, probably Conventional or Vector. I find it interesting that they went with a multi-light indicator instead of a 16 segment one, but I could understand that it previously had multi-light indicators also. It...
KONE EcoSpace elevator outside the former Sears store at Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda MD
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(📹 5/21/2022) Here is a KONE EcoSpace elevator outside of the former Sears at Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda MD. It has KSS 500 fixtures like the rest of the mall owned KONEs here. It has some decent brake sounds too, but definitely not as epic as the food court elevators here. Filming equipment: - Camera: Google Pixel 5a - Resolution of original video: 1080p - FPS: 60 Some elevator info: Rev...
3 Pointless non-OEM KONE hydraulic elevators at the B-Gates Aerotrain Station - Dulles Int'l Airport
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(📹 8/2/2024) I've noticed these three pointless elevators here at the B-Gates Aerotrain Station at Dulles International Airport for quite a while now. I have no clue if I'm the first to tape these three elevators here. They literally just go up two floors from the platform to the mezzanine which is just more elevators and where the escalator transfers to the platform and concourse levels happen...
CURSED Pickerings hydraulic lift at H&M Home - Regent Street in London ENG
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(📹 8/4/2024) Here is a rather generic Pickerings lift/elevator at H&M Home on Regent Street in London ENG. At first, this looks like some rather boring generic hydraulic elevator, but when you hear the voice on this, it's a big friggin W T F ? !. Did someone seriously put a North American Schindler voice module on some Pickerings Lift?! I instantly knew that was a Schindler voice annunciator wh...
Schindler 330a hydraulic elevator at REI in Tysons VA
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(📹 1/16/2023) This is a Schindler 330a elevator at the REI store in Tysons VA. It's your typical 330a mediocracy. It also comes with HT fixtures that have a hard time engaging their microswitches. It also has the early 2010's sub-swing COP design. Filming equipment: - Camera: Google Pixel 5a - Resolution of original video: 1080p - FPS: 60 Some elevator info: Review of the elevator(s): - Cab: De...
Otis (mw. Otis HydroAccel) hydraulic elevator at the Marcel Lauzon Building in Ottawa ON
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(📹 7/3/2023) I'm back (for at least a little bit) from my ins and outs of posting due to my new college life. Here is an Otis modded by Otis elevator at the Marcel Lauzon Building (Edifice Marcel Lauzon in French) in Ottawa ON. This originally had Lexan fixtures, then they modernized this within the last ten years with Series M2 fixtures. It still has the original cab and ceiling panels. The mo...
BIZZARE & TINY IMEM/General/Target MRL traction lift in London ENG
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(📹 8/3/2024) I was originally expecting something vintage or a lame retrofit lift in here at the airbnb I stayed at (here) while I was in London, but this ended up being an epic consolation prize. This thing holds my current record of the tiniest elevator/lift I've ever seen. This thing barely even fits three people, heck even the four people capacity rating. It completely stuffed up this when ...
Crappy Schindler 330a hydraulic elevators at Frances Warde Hall - Mercyhurst University in Erie PA
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(📹 7/12/2024) I'm back to posting! Here are the elevators at Frances Warde Hall at Mercyhurst University in Erie PA. These are quite janky. The cabs are smudged and scratched up. The ceilings look absolutely hideous on these and are missing some panels. According to a friend of mine who also goes to school here like me, she and her friends had an incident in the elevator a little while back whe...
LOW ON OIL! GARBAGE Schindler MPH-II hydraulic elevator at Hermann Student Union - Mercyhurst U
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LOW ON OIL! GARBAGE Schindler MPH-II hydraulic elevator at Hermann Student Union - Mercyhurst U
EPIC FAIL! DIRT CHEAP fixtures on a Pickerings MRL traction lift at H&M - Oxford St in London ENG
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EPIC FAIL! DIRT CHEAP fixtures on a Pickerings MRL traction lift at H&M - Oxford St in London ENG
Overkill Schindler 330a hydraulic elevators at the Gaylord National garage in National Harbor MD
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Overkill Schindler 330a hydraulic elevators at the Gaylord National garage in National Harbor MD
Disappointing TK Northern high speed traction elevators at TNTO ABNB1 in Toronto ON
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Disappointing TK Northern high speed traction elevators at TNTO ABNB1 in Toronto ON
SINGING TKE traction scenic lift at the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre in London ENG
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SINGING TKE traction scenic lift at the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre in London ENG
Interesting modded US hydraulic elevator at the Federal Triangle Metro Station in Washington DC
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Interesting modded US hydraulic elevator at the Federal Triangle Metro Station in Washington DC
Intelligent Leveling! New ??? traction elevators at the Monument Dr Commuter Garage in Fairfax VA
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Intelligent Leveling! New ??? traction elevators at the Monument Dr Commuter Garage in Fairfax VA
Epic, vintage, & gated Seelar hydraulic elevator at Baldwin Hall - Mercyhurst University in Erie PA
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Epic, vintage, & gated Seelar hydraulic elevator at Baldwin Hall - Mercyhurst University in Erie PA
Epic Motor! CIRCULAR & Scenic Westinghouse hydraulic elevator at Caesars in Atlantic City NJ
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Epic Motor! CIRCULAR & Scenic Westinghouse hydraulic elevator at Caesars in Atlantic City NJ
Schindler 330a hydraulic elevator at The Sea Ranch Resort in Kill Devil Hills NC
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Schindler 330a hydraulic elevator at The Sea Ranch Resort in Kill Devil Hills NC
EPIC MOTOR & STARTUP! Northern hydraulic elevator at the Spadina subway station in Toronto ON
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EPIC MOTOR & STARTUP! Northern hydraulic elevator at the Spadina subway station in Toronto ON
Vintage non-OEM Otis hydraulic elevator at Calder Square I in State College PA
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Vintage non-OEM Otis hydraulic elevator at Calder Square I in State College PA
Nice Motor! TKE Endura hydraulic elevator at Wegmans in Reston VA
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Nice Motor! TKE Endura hydraulic elevator at Wegmans in Reston VA
KONE MonoSpace 500 elevators at the main terminal of Nashville Int'l Airport in Nashville TN
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KONE MonoSpace 500 elevators at the main terminal of Nashville Int'l Airport in Nashville TN
Otis Gen2 MRL traction Oliver's elevator at the Hampton Inn Bayfront in Erie PA
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Otis Gen2 MRL traction Oliver's elevator at the Hampton Inn Bayfront in Erie PA
1000 SUBS! YT FIRST?! I got to operate a pit lift! Gala Spiralift at the Warner Theatre in Erie PA
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1000 SUBS! YT FIRST?! I got to operate a pit lift! Gala Spiralift at the Warner Theatre in Erie PA
Contemporary Schindler modded traction high rise elevators at 8000 Towers Crescent in Tysons VA
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Contemporary Schindler modded traction high rise elevators at 8000 Towers Crescent in Tysons VA
Westinghouse traction elevators at the Temple Garage at Caesars in Atlantic City NJ
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Westinghouse traction elevators at the Temple Garage at Caesars in Atlantic City NJ
I don’t think they’re supposed to be this loud. Something’s broken
I heard the InstaDrys have a negative reputation for their cheaply made parts. Apparently, the decibel rating according to the Amazon listing for this product is 85, which is very loud.
there is a european wheelchair lift in the complexe desjardins
this actuallly ran pretty nice for a wheelchair lfift
Can you find an elevator in Starbucks? Just asking because what if you imagine finding an elevator inside a Starbucks. It’s very rare to find an elevator inside a coffee shop.
There might be one somewhere out there, but I have no clue. There was some coffee shop in London I saw that had a Schindler Eurolift, but I didn't go in and film it because it was kinda risky.
The office tower elevators are destination dispatch KONE Polaris. I filmed these two years ago back in 2022.
Yep, filmed those too. Only the low rise bank since I found it silly just for only the lowest floor to be unlocked in the high rise bank.
Did it get modded yet like the 3 elevators just making sure bc I’m planning on going there today to film the elevators
I'm unsure because I haven't been on these for a while
Oh
Just went there it’s still original although the freight is getting modded but the the showroom one is now TKE an the food court and this on are probably next
@RobloxElevatorsAndMoreYT so the MEI that has the center opening doors here got modded or is it the hospital sized one next to the rare Thyssen escalator?
The on next to the Thyssen escalator got a mod by Thyssenkrupp an the escalator got also modded by TKE an now there starting that freight elevator an I’m guessing the food court one an this one are next
I’ve been too one of these garages and the elevators we’re also kinda low on oil like the ones at the airport bc they were hydro
0:17 I wonder what that was on the floor?
A thing of booze and a black plastic bag
Hm
I’ve been there before and at the bottom of those stairs it kind smelled like 1# when I was there but other then that they had really nice motors
Typical public parking garage scents :(
I’ve been there before and I remember one of the elevators were low on oil!
Dang. Not surprised because they really don't take that great care of their elevators here. I remember when the main aerotrain station elevator was low on oil. Nothing beats how awful of a job Schindler did modding the west side baggage claim elevators.
Yeah it really dose suck
So where in ikea Ottawa
at the entrance
Not bad.... Looks kind of big
I always thought they were simply 2500 lb capacity, but I guess not. 3500 lbs looks much larger though
@@dmvelevatorsandmore I wouldn't know
This is what happens when you cheap out on parts
Yep unfortunately...
They should have put a bilingual voice that announces the floors in French before English in this elevator due to the fact the province of Ontario is very close.
True, but I think most of the tenants here are French speaking. Just seems to be a Quebec custom to prioritize French since that's the province's native language
Hold on now, the door close button actually works on this thing?
Yup, the second Schindler 330a I've discovered with a working door close button
1:36 Get Smart TV Show Intro Moment
0:37 That moment when you shut the door on somebody and all of a sudden the door slams
It actually makes sense they go slower than normal sized escalators and the landings are longer because they give you time to step on
I assume those elevators exist for redundancy, but they're not well thought out.
I could definitely see the redundancy part of it, but they could've been made to go all floors
If you have a full video of this I would love to watch it this thing seems pretty interesting to me😊
The video of both elevators at this place will be coming out at some point soon
@@dmvelevatorsandmore niceee
First-gen 3300 COPs are complete garbage. I'm surprised the door controls worked on this one.
They're quite cheap. This one was quite the all time low
@@dmvelevatorsandmore Agreed. I'm sure you already saw my reply to you on DieselDucy's channel, but I did fireman service on a first-gen 3300 last month. Door close and door open buttons were broken, but the door controls in the fire panel thankfully worked.
I think this elevator is a monospace
probably is
These elevators are General. The car you rode on with the cart has a nice motor. It could be oildraulic
That's what I was thinking. Oildraulic is Dover's model, Oiltronic is General's
That’s really cool. Talk about vintage. And I love the “No Riders” sign. Oops!
Gave myself permission to circumvent that sign. This was located in an interesting room here
I can think of so many places that don't follow that sign - including their staff.
Where is this building
Spark by Hilton in Erie PA
This one is traction!
yep it is
Epic motor!!
It's decent, but definitely better sounding
I'm confused how does this elevator have a long startup
It takes a while for the hydraulic oil to reach the pistons on this car for some reason
@@dmvelevatorsandmoreSomeone would need to get that checked out. Maybe whenever they do maintenance
Northern I am pretty sure or premiere
not sure what it is
Love this elevator. It's cute.
It was epic and I was so glad I got to ride it
Well at least she was nice about it and understood your situation.
definitely, compared to the guard who busted me at some building in London
Do you know what date was this install
Around 2012/13
Give me the date
I don't have a specific date. It was built around 2012 or 2013, but there's no way I'm supposed to know the precise date. Fairfax County records do not list a detailed date, so please avoid asking for a specific month/day
Give me the month or day what this is installed
CAN YOU PLEASE STOP ASKING ME FOR THE PRECISE DATE? I'VE HEARD ENOUGH AND STOP ASKING THAT QUESTION.
Oh yeah this thing is janky & often broken. And the original Dover/Seelar 1 sadly has been broken since early-2021.
Typical Erie parking authority condition [rolls eyes]. The doors seriously need to be fixed, especially the cable gearing for the interior doors. This thing was definitely creepy. I also did a retake of the infamous Oildraulic at the 3rd & French garage today and it's still crappy, but definitely in a somewhat better condition.
The doors misalign so much it's not even funny. The down button on the 1st floor doesn't work either (& it was like that in 2021 too).
These have been shot back when showboat was a casino. Need a mod baaad
The casino here now became that Lucky Snake arcade like a couple years back
It's barely low on oil, but you should check up on it every so often and see how long it takes for them to fix it.
It was a lot worse just a few months ago. Apparently they fixed it but then it became low on oil again, meaning it'll most likely be no time before it gets worse again.
It was worse when I went later that day and I'm sure it's probably going to be worse today
@dmvelevatorsandmore Ooh I would love to see that. Definitely a leak.
@@QEElevators I witnessed (kind of) someone from TKE filling up the tank yesterday, & it's no longer low on oil. Doesn't mean it won't get low again in the near future though. Not on video but a few times we witnessed it cavitating for 10 seconds!
@@EWPA14 Dang!
Those indicators are too speedy.
Northerns tend to have pretty accelerated indicators
London is wild
It's quite an awesome city with some cool material. This elevator though not so much.
Nice Dewhurst US100 buttons. This elevator always looks fairly new. I think these are a newer TKE Northern. I think these are still installed until up to this day (now I know the older version of this elevator is now in obsolescence phase) they had to pull their TIME MRL off the market. Somebody has gotten stuck in these elevators before. And they accused the emergency phone operator of not getting an elevator technician to come out and open the elevator doors because obviously the elevator would not go anywhere, it shut down.
They definitely look like they were installed within the last five years. Sucks someone got trapped on these
Wow! I wasn’t aware that the LJFiFi (Filechia) elevator company installed internationally! This might be a new low, even for them.
lol so true
Great motor. I feel like this elevator levels quickly like a traction elevator.
There used to be a section of stuff on the first floor by this elevator. Too bad they got rid of it making way for an elevator hallway
Floor 33 will always get me.
Same here. It used to have a scrolling arrow
I finally rode this elevator up once cuz usually I ride this elevator and the escalator down.
This elevator was fast at leveling when i rode it. Can't believe this elevator turned 24 this month since it was installed in 1999
My dad reacted to the indicator saying 33 like this "33? WE CAME IN ON 33 AND WENT DOWN TO 1?" And i replied "yep"
lol so true
I believe they're building another brand new Home2Suites next to University Commerce Center not far from here. My office literally faces the construction site, so I'll absolutely keep an eye on it and record whatever's in there once it's done
I'll bet there will be more MonoSpace DXs in that one too
the apartments here also have 330As with VR
nice
the upper floors of the garage are resident parking, connected to the complex directly so no separate elevators. they're all 5500s for the apartments
Do the 5500s have FI GS or the VR stuff?
@@dmvelevatorsandmore standard FI GS, hall call between the elevators. out of all apartments I toured so far, they have the most unique cabs. they are almost overwhelmingly bright with pure white modern walls and unique lights. doors are powdercoated white too. i kinda wish i took a picture. the front door was actually not locked when I went in to tour for some reason. i believe the second car in the bank we used was not working lol