Wooden Escalator's at Macy's

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  • @JSFMD
    @JSFMD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I came up to NYU in 1995 and had no idea of the existence of a wooden escalator, but over the next several years I always enjoyed riding them, and I never took the elevator at Macy's. The sound of the escalator in this clip is exactly as I remembered it, and I hope Macy's never gets rid of this.

    • @patricias5122
      @patricias5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Macy's deserves a lot of credit for keeping these lovely old escalators (the video here is good but really can't do them justice). It is a trip down memory lane! Also, this is the Macy's where Natalie Wood's character worked in the 1961 movie, Love With The Proper Stranger, with Steve McQueen.

  • @heathergustafson4237
    @heathergustafson4237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would not call it a relic. I would call it it a masterpiece of quality built when people really cared about craftsmanship and proud to stand behind their work. People really use to care. God bless them

  • @michaeljohnwicks2328
    @michaeljohnwicks2328 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember these kinds of escalators being in the Lewis's store in Birmingham UK. Absolutely loved them. They had so much about them, & were safer than the present metal ones of today. Oh how I wish the metal ones would disappear & someone bring these back.

  • @bumblebee3608
    @bumblebee3608 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    And this was where my fear of escalators all began... not so much the going up ones, as were the going down ones!!!! 40 something years later, and my nightmares still consist of me going down this escalator... Of course I understand the historic meaning of the escalator and am glad and amazed it still exists, but that doesn't change the fact that it scared me for life. I kinda got over it when fate made me work for Macy's, at a mall that didn't have the wooden ones of course... It has always been a love-hate relationship!

  • @aanon5716
    @aanon5716 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    9 floors of delightful shopping. cant be beat.

    • @mikeroulleau3963
      @mikeroulleau3963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The macy*s Herald Square store in Midtown Manhattan actually has 11 retail floors if you include the Basement (Formerly..."the cellar.")...Broadway Building Mezzanine...and the Seventh Avenue Buildings 1...1/2 Floor which is attached to the Mezzanine/Balcony Level. macy*s Herald Square is by far the best department store in Manhattan. However....I like many don't like what they did to the Main Floor and Mezzanine....they should have left the tan colored marble/brass on the pillars as well as those beautiful chandeliers in the Main Broadway Isle. I only hope and pray that TIFFANY & CO. dosen't louse up their Main Floor with their 727 Fifth Avenue Buildings...because of that beautiful 1961 Movie starring Audrey Hepburn...the main floor has to stay "sacrosanct ". I don't really mind what they do to the other floors...as long as it's in good taste...and keeps its "Simple Elegance. "

    • @aanon5716
      @aanon5716 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikeroulleau3963 thx. very interesting tidbits!

  • @EJP
    @EJP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh man are these still there?

  • @TDIMAXDIESEL
    @TDIMAXDIESEL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow 1902! And still in good condition !

  • @genesclean1
    @genesclean1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    4:03 wooden escalators start

    • @ezubruh
      @ezubruh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      genesclean1
      thanks

  • @DarthVader-ze4dg
    @DarthVader-ze4dg 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That escalator reminds me when I been there in Moscow Metro before the remodel. Even though, I like how it looks both old and new

  • @IAmNotAFunguy
    @IAmNotAFunguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When I went to NYC a few years ago I stopped at Macy's just to ride the wooden escalators!

    • @JamesTrumpet2025
      @JamesTrumpet2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea that’s prob the only thing I would do in New York City

  • @Josh-rl8lu
    @Josh-rl8lu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dang there are so many floors at that store it is really weird they normally have 2-3 floors I mean for a Macy’s that’s a lots of floors werid

    • @Josh-rl8lu
      @Josh-rl8lu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes senice

  • @jenniferbrown8388
    @jenniferbrown8388 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow how many floors is there

  • @Modeltnick
    @Modeltnick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Philadelphia has these also.

  • @smenor1234
    @smenor1234  9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The repeated segments are an error of the editing program I used, I tried correcting it but it kept shutting down on me so this is the result unfortunately

  • @antonv.
    @antonv. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    beautiful!!

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How long do it 🙊🥺🙊

  • @sandiegotrafficlightstrain354
    @sandiegotrafficlightstrain354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How can you tell they are wooden?

  • @NathanDavisVideos
    @NathanDavisVideos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Are there any other wooden escalators that are still in operation today in the US?

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @lauriegilbert
    @lauriegilbert 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sadly, as your video shows, most of the elevators have had their parts replaced with modern ones and only kept the walls -- except for those few elusive ones at the 8th/9th floors. I'd rather see them left as stairs, myself, than replacing the parts. :(

    • @ชัยกุมภาพันธ์
      @ชัยกุมภาพันธ์ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @uwumarii
      @uwumarii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be inconvenient for the customers and they would be discouraged buying from here if they turn them to stairs

    • @patricias5122
      @patricias5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, Laurie -- i

    • @NirojaT
      @NirojaT ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @djclown7pb
    @djclown7pb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ugh these scare me! It’s crazy they still work after all these years but they scare the shit out of me

  • @channel-er1ry
    @channel-er1ry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    good! I love escalator!

  • @alpaljl
    @alpaljl 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pretty great escalator system.

  • @mrconfusion87
    @mrconfusion87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A relic from a time when people actually built shit TO LAST!

  • @hypercomms2001
    @hypercomms2001 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am sorry, but this reminds me of the old escalators they used to on the London Underground, which were pulled out as a result of the fire at King's Cross... lets hope these get regular maintenance, and cleaning....

    • @mokyuetsheung8908
      @mokyuetsheung8908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ,?Michael John Little

    • @mernakhder595
      @mernakhder595 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael John Little .

    • @MrEsfranck
      @MrEsfranck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If a fire breaks out in a wooden escalator, the consequences may be disastrous. The side panels will box the fire in and the heat will be concentrated between the side panels. The heat and gases will follow the escalator steps upwards and heat up the steps until the temperature reaches the flashpoint of the wooden steps and they ignite. This phenomenon is called the trench effect, and was totally unknown before the King’s Cross fire in 1987. The flames will start to follow the steps upwards. All the heat concentrated between the sidewalls in the escalator will go upwards and heat up all the steps above at the same time. This is what happened at King’s Cross. The wooden steps above the fire’s origin were heated up by the extreme heat and gases following the steps between the sidewalls. The wooden steps ignited simultaneously, and caused the huge fireball into the ticket hall.

    • @relevanteaglealarms109
      @relevanteaglealarms109 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrEsfranck Even Worse, 31 People including the fire chief died in a Fire Collision Of the UnderGround Tube.

    • @relevanteaglealarms109
      @relevanteaglealarms109 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wooden Escalators are being replaced with metal ones, Some of them are not replaced, This reminds me of the an Underground tube of King cross fire in London.

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @carealoo744
    @carealoo744 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did they run-out of metal?

    • @smenor1234
      @smenor1234  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      carealoo744 no, that’s what they were originally built out of in the early part of the 1900’s

    • @carealoo744
      @carealoo744 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@smenor1234 Wow! I sincerely did not know that! Thank-you :)

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Get my son 💚💚

  • @DanandLiftsandEscalators
    @DanandLiftsandEscalators 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's no wooden escalators left in the uk. The last ones caught fire due to someone dropping a lit match onto one of them

  • @revmpandora
    @revmpandora 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would (wood) have preferred if this didn't repeat segments. Show all the way up then all then way down instead of jumping around and repeating rides. The actual footage and sound are great, though!

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good pic
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  • @ヒュミハゼル15
    @ヒュミハゼル15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa whoa whoa that escalators is old

    • @robeycleaverland2155
      @robeycleaverland2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, keep on live to using escalating might refurbishment and replaced soon... I don't know what are you ask for?! :)

  • @Yeentenology
    @Yeentenology 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is A LOT of Otis model L escalators!

  • @aaronconnect8490
    @aaronconnect8490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AWESOME!

  • @NathanCE
    @NathanCE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Looks like they replaced the steps, they look metal.

    • @alexanderip1003
      @alexanderip1003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      to prevent the repeat of the catastrophic fire hazard which killed 31 commuters 30 years ago (Pray for King's Cross)

    • @patricias5122
      @patricias5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexanderip1003 think you're thinking of a different escalator.

  • @TheStu55
    @TheStu55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was those teeth waiting for you at the end that always got to me.

  • @Relaxn42Day
    @Relaxn42Day 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They were constructed in 1902...so indeed are historic...I actually rode them 1984 when I was in New York City for my first and only visit...that was the one thing I made sure to see and do. :) The sound on your video brought it all back. Thanks for the ride!

  • @carealoo744
    @carealoo744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watch at 2x Speed

  • @dunruden9720
    @dunruden9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    escalator is what?

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Get the
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  • @maryannkane9061
    @maryannkane9061 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Also~John Wanamakers ~_69th & Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 😢. Circa 1960's.

  • @AlexL13487
    @AlexL13487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ll just take the elevator as I like my feet

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How long to make me feel it
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  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @Galaxy-ke9mf
    @Galaxy-ke9mf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is wooden but don't jump on it 😂😂

  • @normalminecraftletsplay
    @normalminecraftletsplay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds collapsing

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good news 🗞️😌🗞️ the doctors try

  • @w2q4r801
    @w2q4r801 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are not made of wood, are they?

    • @CotnolSnah_EB_
      @CotnolSnah_EB_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      w2q4r801 yes they are but some got the usual steel/metal steps. In other parts of Macy's, there is are some escalators made just with wood

  • @ASTPlumbing9090
    @ASTPlumbing9090 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:52

  • @sandrahernandez7416
    @sandrahernandez7416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    La vidéo est très bien faite

  • @k0fsch1pnabhani92
    @k0fsch1pnabhani92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The eseclalator is eseclalator text. Text. Lift Menchus. The eseclalator text. Kone. The eseclalator text. OTIS GEN UP2

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    @oscarvidana8938 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @aretiredyoutubechannel964
    @aretiredyoutubechannel964 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    nice

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @tomv3361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @seferceylan7121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @josephlenehan4461 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @nasaorc
    @nasaorc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    looks so creepy

  • @lauraleonor8811
    @lauraleonor8811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    up to 9th level

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    @cristmas25 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @sumonasumona4341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @sl99elevs
    @sl99elevs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are they OTIS?

    • @smenor1234
      @smenor1234  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sean Lie 99 Productions yes!

    • @Yeentenology
      @Yeentenology 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      L-Type according to @@smenor1234

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @artursoveshyn2629
    @artursoveshyn2629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Какие чудаки на букву м дизы поставили ?

  • @alexiedaledelrosario
    @alexiedaledelrosario 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old escalator

  • @khoile5131
    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    B the doctors try it
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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @prabhjotkaur1281 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the hack so had

  • @joeshmoe781
    @joeshmoe781 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    And?

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @wendimarroquin2561 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok

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    @rosabenavides7069 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @stevenherzman8079
    @stevenherzman8079 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Um...stop...please?

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    @rotting8028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hell nah

  • @SwordSweeper127
    @SwordSweeper127 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    doesn't seem very stable

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    @khoile5131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @hebagomaa2151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    @nerevarine1720 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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