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Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 05:21:27 2019 Here's some elevator action at 72 St on 2 Ave.I really like the open shaft way where you can see the movements of the other elevators. Reminds me of the old cage elevators in old buildings, where everything was exposed. It used to scare me. Does anyone remember office buildings with human elevator operators that had a giant display board in the lobby showing the location of all elevators and the floors that had calls for the elevator to stop? And there was an elevator starter who would signal the operators when to go. |
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Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 06:00:16 2019, in response to Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 05:21:27 2019. I remember the old cage elevators in Manhattan department stores - Gertz or Macy's maybe?Also, remember the wooden esclators, with their chug-a-lug, clunk-ty-clunk-ty-clunk-ty sounds. |
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Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Pragmatist on Thu Aug 22 06:41:54 2019, in response to Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 06:00:16 2019. The wooden tread escalators were preserved at Macy's Herald Square. |
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Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019, in response to Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 06:00:16 2019. After adding your post about my favorite escalators, I went over to Macy's and did some handrailfanningMacy's Wooden escalators I also found this photo of a bank of elevators in a department store. Cage elevators |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Aug 22 20:18:21 2019, in response to Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019. There was a full bank of manually operated cage elevators in the oldest A&S store. They were really antique and rather gothic. |
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Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 22 21:29:34 2019, in response to Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 05:21:27 2019. the City Point complex on Fulton street. The elevator doors as glass, you can see into the shaft |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 21:32:42 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by SLRT on Thu Aug 22 20:18:21 2019. By the oldest A&S store, you're eluding to the downtown Brooklyn store, write? I remember the operators were mostly African American men, but I don't recall the cars being open bird cage elevators that you could see the other cars in their shaft ways. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Aug 22 21:46:24 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 21:32:42 2019. Yes, downtown Brooklyn. But like other older department stores (like S. Klein on the Square, and even Macy's, A&S was cobbled together from a number of buildings. The oldest unit was east of the newer main store, which had the big banks of modern (for then) elevators.The smaller "original" store was the one with the cage elevators. |
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Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:08:24 2019, in response to Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Pragmatist on Thu Aug 22 06:41:54 2019. Wow! It's good to know that. I'll check them out next time I'm around that area. One of the unique things left that still makes New York New York.... a city so nice they had to name it twice! |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:10:55 2019, in response to Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019. Nice! Thanks for the links! |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:16:36 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by SLRT on Thu Aug 22 21:46:24 2019. I didn't know that. I found a webpage with info on the store and a picture of the 5 story rotunda. A&S You remember that?The article is an excerpt from Michael Lisicky's book Abraham and Strauss. I hope to stop by the main library and pick up a copy. I also didn't know that Abraham Abraham helped design the Hoyt street subway station. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:19:03 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:10:55 2019. You're welcome. Always glad to appease. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:20:45 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:16:36 2019. The Brownstoner - that's a good website. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:21:24 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:19:03 2019. appease?you related to Neville? |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:45:04 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Express Rider on Thu Aug 22 22:21:24 2019. Aaron Neville? No. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Express Rider on Fri Aug 23 00:27:22 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:45:04 2019. h-m-m-m-m I didn't think so. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Aug 23 11:05:23 2019, in response to Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019. LION remembers wooden eskalators at Smith 9th StreetROAR |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Mr RT on Fri Aug 23 11:10:39 2019, in response to Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019. Thanks for the reminder of those escalators at Macys 34th Street ! |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by heypaul on Fri Aug 23 12:41:19 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by Mr RT on Fri Aug 23 11:10:39 2019. You're welcome. I enjoy riding them. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Fri Aug 23 13:25:16 2019, in response to Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 19:38:54 2019. I can't believe those wooden escalators are still there. I rode them as a kid almost 50 years ago. |
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Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave |
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Posted by SLRT on Fri Aug 23 18:41:21 2019, in response to Re: Macy's Wooden Escalators & Cage Elevators....Re: Video of Elevator Bank at 72 St & 2 Ave, posted by heypaul on Thu Aug 22 22:16:36 2019. I don't specifically remember the rotunda st all.In that graphic, assuming it is looking at the Fulton Street side, the 1898 building a the eastern end, contained the marvelous cage elevators. Old department stores often contained marvels, sometimes down a corridor or behind false work. |
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