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Thank you! I'm kinda shocked and glad that I'm getting a lot of comments and views on my videos. It's not everyday you get to see a gated manually controlled Otis, let alone, one with a "pull-the-rope" controller.

@@NathanDavisVideos yea that is a fantastic piece of machinery. I am making a horror game so I was doing some research on old elevators and found this. I didn’t realize how cool these older elevators could be.

Oh... Thanks for the information. I assume these might have been Otis with circle touch originally.

@@NathanDavisVideos Your knowledge of elevators is amazing!

Oh really LOL?!?! I guess I'm not the only one who did it. Just waiting for someone to do a video of an elevator while their high. Now THAT would even be MORE unhinge and hilarious!

As far as I know... I'm not sure. Probably not. I haven't really seen any news on this store being among one of the JCPenney stores that are planned to be closed. Hopefully it won't because this actually happens to be the one I used to visit when I was a kid. It also happens to be the ONLY ORIGINAL anchor tenant left in the mall that actually dates back to when the whole center first opened nearly 50 years ago.

Well better NOT BE! It's like one of the more busier stores in the area. If any Macy's would be closing, it would most likely be the one at the Mills.

Actually about the Premier Imaging store at North Hills Village, I ACTUALLY DID checked it out, and it is pretty interesting. Matter of fact; I actually did a quick video on it as well which I'm going to share the link to below: th-cam.com/video/HBUysRngbU0/w-d-xo.html

@@NathanDavisVideos Sorry, I didn't see that on your channel? I have a few questions about that video: 1. You mentioned a train at around 0:35 . Was that like a little kids train ride, or something cooler? 2. Is the premier imaging studio former storefront, or is it former hallway? Are the walls there modern after the building of the exterior only tennants, or were they there before? 3. Do you know of any old floor plans or ariel footage or something of the mall? I'm confused about the layout. Thank you so much!!!!!

Glad you liked it. I'm shocked that I'm beginning to get comments or views on my OLD videos on here. Thanks for commenting.

Say do you got any photos of the former Montgomery Ward store just before it closed by chance? Especially ones of the interior of the store? I vaguely remember some details of the store like the old HVAC vents on the ceiling (since you used to work on the system there) and that one little random enclosed glass section by one of the exterior entrances of the store, which may or may not have been a storefront display window. I would REALLY LOVE to see those photos! Let alone... Any of the mall itself.

@@NathanDavisVideos Sorry, I don’t have any photos. To be honest I almost forgot about the mall. When I went there I used to enter the store in the rear where the beauty salon was which would’ve been the rear left of the store which would’ve shared a wall with the mall. The HVAC units were on the roof. When you entered by the salon, you would make a left towards the side street. This was a hallway that led to the stockroom where there was a set of metal steps that led to the roof hatch. About 1/2 way up there was a landing where we kept spare parts. I also remember there were these white structures on the roof at the end which I guess were supposed to hide the HVAC units so you couldn’t see them from the ground or that side road. Or maybe it was a Montgomery Ward sign? I also seem to remember that the front part of Wards was added on sometime after the store’s initial opening. There was an expansion joint on the roof that you had to walk over about 2/3 of the way across the roof walking towards 356. The units on the front were slightly newer than the units behind them. I remember my boss telling me they did expand the store early on. I would guess this would’ve been in the late 70s or early 80s. 99% of the time I spent there was on the roof so I don’t really remember a whole lot about the interior of the store. Perhaps the enclosed glass section you’re asking about was the original front entrance to the store prior to the expansion? I used to take care of a couple Wards stores in Western PA. I lived in Pittsburgh at that time. I remember the Butler store was the biggest of them. One thing I honestly can’t remember was the auto center. Was it a separate building or was it attached to the store? I remember having my company van serviced at their auto center a few times. They had a guy there that was excellent at alignments on the Ford vans I used to drive back then. Part of my job was servicing the heaters in the auto center which I remember had about 10 or 12 service bays. Just can’t remember if it was physically attached to the main store or not. It was at the other stores I serviced but this one is just unclear to me. I want to say it wasn’t. I still occasionally pass by there. I’m going to have to stop and take a look around there to see. I haven’t stopped there since they tore the Wards down. I do remember those yellowish tan bricks that are the only remaining part of the Wards store. Also funny we used to call it Monkey Wards too. I wish I had pictures to share but hopefully some of this information will somehow help you in some way. If I remember anything else that may help I will certainly share it with you. Maybe I’ll remember something when I stop and take a look around.

@@mikee2923 I wish somebody could dig-up old photos of the store. I would REALLY LOVE to see them.

@@mikee2923 Also yes; the Auto Center was a separate building. It was located in the parking lot of Target next door to First National Bank on the side where 356 is. I remember that place as well.

Yeah it kinda seemed that way. TBH... I'm not sure when they started closing off sections of the store. Maybe around the time when Macy's took it over? That's what they did to the old furniture gallery and parts of the former Kaufmann's at Millcreek Mall.

Yeah... About that (regarding the Clearview Mall). I might try to do an update video on it, although in the past, I did get banned from it; and they kinda have a beef against me up there, with security.

@@NathanDavisVideos oh man, that’s rough. Sorry to hear that.

Yeah I'm hoping I could reunite with Patrick. I also did a couple days ago (instead I ended-up going with someone else). I'm going to ask him in a bit if he has any days off this next week.

I remember Kaufmann's too. Although I didn't visit the downtown store when it was STILL a Kaufmann's, I still liked Kaufmann's WAAAY BETTER than Macy's.

The Kaufmann's store I'm familiar with the most was the one at Ross Park Mall, and the one up in Erie at Millcreek Mall.

Yeah I just found about it a couple of days ago. I think one of the possible reasons behind it's closure was the convention center shuttering by it. Fortunately I just got word that the convention center will NOT shutter thankfully.

As for the hotel which benefited mainly off of the convention center, I'm not sure what will happen to it. Maybe new owners will take it over? I could see maybe Hilton buying the place; but I'm not sure either.

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Hey thank you. I'm surprised someone got the reference.

Yeah I think that would be an actually violation to elevator codes. At least the alarm still works (as far as I know); so maybe they found a loophole there?

There's a code somewhere that says a phone is not required if the alarm works, but if there is a phone it needs to work.

I believe it did have the dinner-bell originally. However I think it hasn't been working in YEARS.

I also have another video of another freight elevator in this mall, and one that may or may not have been featured in a scene of the original Dawn of the Dead movie. That video will be coming soon.

Yeah I did... It is sad. And I could kick myself for not returning anytime sooner before it closed.

@@NathanDavisVideos just be grateful you were able to see and document it as well! I’ve never been there and it’s videos like yours that helps us look back at what it once was.

Looks more like it’s mothballed