Ever since I was a kid I have loved elevators. I actually run a small elevator museum and run a fairly large channel about elevators. Most elevator enthusiasts like myself have autism. I have harnessed my autism and turned it into something productive. I have actually been on some of the elevators in this video and filmed them as well 😊
I'm 67 my first job was an elevator operator! It was a lot of fun seeing how fast I could make it go and not miss the mark. One day the bumpers on the bottom had to stop me and I got a few days off. I was all smiles---to be that young again ; )
In 1965 I was a HS Sophmore. My uncle got me a part time weekend job as an elevator operator at the Hyde Park Bank Building in Chicago. The hardest part was lining up the vator to the floor. A lot of laughs. Thanks for reminding me 😄
Lee Gray was one of my favorite professors in college, always a resourceful and helpful person with real expertise on how people move throughout buildings.
Having been born in 1950, I still remember when all the downtown Baltimore department stores had manually operated elevators with attendants, and an elevator captain who coordinated the movement of the cars by viewing an annunciator board showing the floor location of each car. One store kept their elevators manual until closing in 1983. I used to love to shop there just to enjoy a fun elevator ride on a gated elevator.
1950s Hornes dept store in Pittsburgh - a young girl in a uniform opened & shut the gate infront of the door. You‘d tell here where You wanted to go and she told you which floor. Loved it!
The most beautiful elevator I've ever seen is in the Bradley Building in downtown LA. Its featured in the movie Blade Runner and the Jack Nicholson movie Wolf.
@@chrisfinch8637 The structure was known as the Sears Tower from its construction until the naming rights were included in a 2009 lease with the Willis Group.
On my first visit to NYC, I went to the top of the Empire State Building and was amazed at how fast the elevator went from the lobby to the 80th floor! In about a minute?!! I remember watching the numbers... 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70... and then 80! WOW! 😳 Of course, another elevator was needed to the 85th floor observatory, and to experience being on "Top of the World"! 🤣 On the trip down to the lobby, I could actually FEEL the descent! I don't think I could relax going to the top of Central Park Tower, and climbing that glass staircase in those floor to ceiling windows like Jane Pauley did... unless I was wearing 2 parachutes... one as a backup! 🤣 🪂🪂
T.j. the elevator guy at Hampton Inn would definitely enjoy this video thanks for bringing attention to Asheville North Carolina the Biltmore Estate Western North Carolina is so awesome in my community
Yep, sort of. There is an entire Wikipedia page that discusses past and future World's Fairs or Expos. Upcoming ones include Osaka, Japan hosting one in 2025.
FRIEND OF MINE WENT ON THE CN TOWER GLASS FLOOR ELEVATOR AS YOU GO UP OR DOWN- 1/4 MILE UP- YOU CAN STAND ON THE SEE THRU GLASS ON THE TOP FLOOR SCARY BUT IT WAS FUN
The San Francisco Hyatt has a beautiful glass one in the lobby to peruse when you're dodging crackheads (The one in the St. Louis arch is functional for many things :)
Ever since I was a kid I have loved elevators. I actually run a small elevator museum and run a fairly large channel about elevators. Most elevator enthusiasts like myself have autism. I have harnessed my autism and turned it into something productive. I have actually been on some of the elevators in this video and filmed them as well 😊
Very cool - subscribed!
@@SJSU_Spartan Thanks :)
That was an uplifting experience
I'm 67 my first job was an elevator operator! It was a lot of fun seeing how fast I could make it go and not miss the mark. One day the bumpers on the bottom had to stop me and I got a few days off. I was all smiles---to be that young again ; )
In 1965 I was a HS Sophmore. My uncle got me a part time weekend job as an elevator operator at the Hyde Park Bank Building in Chicago. The hardest part was lining up the vator to the floor. A lot of laughs. Thanks for reminding me 😄
Lee Gray was one of my favorite professors in college, always a resourceful and helpful person with real expertise on how people move throughout buildings.
Having been born in 1950, I still remember when all the downtown Baltimore department stores had manually operated elevators with attendants, and an elevator captain who coordinated the movement of the cars by viewing an annunciator board showing the floor location of each car. One store kept their elevators manual until closing in 1983. I used to love to shop there just to enjoy a fun elevator ride on a gated elevator.
1950s Hornes dept store in Pittsburgh - a young girl in a uniform opened & shut the gate infront of the door. You‘d tell here where
You wanted to go and she told you which floor. Loved it!
Taking the stairs is good exercise
SURE IS I WALKED DOWN 10 FIGHTS ONE TIME IN A HOSPITAL HERE IN CT
IT WAS FUN
If you're able otherwise, thanks Otis.
Yes it is :)
The most beautiful elevator I've ever seen is in the Bradley Building in downtown LA. Its featured in the movie Blade Runner and the Jack Nicholson movie Wolf.
*Bradbury Building, but yes, that building is beautiful. Love Blade Runner too!
I've been in the elevators in the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, a few times.
I love love elevators even when I watch dieselducys videos that’s when I became obsessed with elevators
Fun, fun report. But, let's not forget the role the telephone played in buildings--especially office buildings, getting taller.
Elevators or Lifts, are some of the best additions to tall buildings. Most of the time, I usually just took the stairs.
Try walking up 100 floors in the Willis Tower in Chicago
@@gregory46236 I don’t know what that tower is, but I’ll definetly try walking up the “Sears” Tower, as well as the Empire Stare Building.
@@chrisfinch8637 The structure was known as the Sears Tower from its construction until the naming rights were included in a 2009 lease with the Willis Group.
@@RaymondHng Oh, yes, of course. I’m just aware of the “Sears” Tower. That other one- it’s probably a name I just remember from “Diff’rent Strokes”.
On my first visit to NYC, I went to the top of the Empire State Building and was amazed at how fast the elevator went from the lobby to the 80th floor! In about a minute?!! I remember watching the numbers... 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70... and then 80! WOW! 😳
Of course, another elevator was needed to the 85th floor observatory, and to experience being on "Top of the World"! 🤣
On the trip down to the lobby, I could actually FEEL the descent!
I don't think I could relax going to the top of Central Park Tower, and climbing that glass staircase in those floor to ceiling windows like Jane Pauley did... unless I was wearing 2 parachutes... one as a backup! 🤣 🪂🪂
Is there a Sunday Morning - Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me pipeline of talent? Faith. Mo. Luke.
Elegant design
Anyone know what that song is at the end of the segment? Sounded kinda hot.
I gotta know.. I Googled and Shazamed, got nothing.
@@davissteffens "Elevator...Administrator" yielded nothing.
How is this even a thing? There is no way CBS just made that up for Sunday Morning.. hahaha.. it's dope though. I'll keep looking
True
What is that SONG at the end of the segment?? "I gotta big crib, I need a elevator"
When I was a kid I liked elevators, but escalators were more fun. 🤪
Here in Cleveland we had a Dept Store called May Co. I remember riding the wooden escalator down to the bargain basement it was scary to me as a kid.
T.j. the elevator guy at Hampton Inn would definitely enjoy this video thanks for bringing attention to Asheville North Carolina the Biltmore Estate Western North Carolina is so awesome in my community
Until you get stuck in one…. 🙄🤚
Is there even a
Worlds Fare anymore?
Yep, sort of. There is an entire Wikipedia page that discusses past and future World's Fairs or Expos. Upcoming ones include Osaka, Japan hosting one in 2025.
Elevators that work are nice, but when they break, the building loses a lot functionality.
FRIEND OF MINE WENT ON THE CN TOWER GLASS FLOOR ELEVATOR AS YOU GO UP OR DOWN-
1/4 MILE UP-
YOU CAN STAND ON THE SEE THRU GLASS ON THE TOP FLOOR
SCARY BUT IT WAS FUN
The San Francisco Hyatt has a beautiful glass one in the lobby to peruse when you're dodging crackheads (The one in the St. Louis arch is functional for many things :)
It's the San Francisco Hyatt Regncy. There are four glass elevators.
i dont like elevators