I worked in that building for 10 years or so - lots of stories. You guys are very lucky you didn't get stuck in the elevator. They were always broken for the last few years we were there.
Beautiful old building, DD! Thanks for getting out of the elevator and exploring the rest of the building, too! I love how the music turned ominous when you entered that mechanical area, lol. And I like that You Tube now notifies you of new videos from people you've subscribed to :-)
Sadly as of now, this Building is now abandoned, lobby is now closed, all the elevators are decommissioned and no longer work, and windows have been boarded up.
Someone's been hoarding in the fridge 9:36 The fridge has splatters all over it Foods that were hoarded ----------------------------------------- - old leftover meal - old leftover beer - expired mayonnaise - and in the freezer, expired ice cream
Lots of office buildings have shower facilities. Bathtubs are rare, but as a software developer, but I've worked in many office buildings that had at at least one bathroom with a shower. It's usually in the basement where the maintenance workers hang out, but they've been in the main office area as well. I've even used these showers a few times. After commuting to work on the bus and subway on a sweltering August morning, I'll arrive at work a few minutes early with a change of clothes, and take a shower when I arrive. I imagine that people who bicycle to work love having a shower available, too.
Awesome great video it reminds we of the washington trust building. When you come down to pick up the panel ill take you there and you need a key for the manual i seen a few like that with the same crank
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Fantastic!! I don't know how you got into the upper floors and balconies of this building. I've lived in Augusta for 24 years and no one here seems to know ANYTHING about the top floors of this building. I found out that I. M. Pei, designed the top penthouse on the Lamar Building which was completed in 1976. He died in May, 2019. He was the architect for the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston ; National Gallery of Art East Building; and the famous glass Louvre Pyramid in Paris, among many other beautiful buildings around the world. How did Augusta ever score such a great architectural talent for the Lamar Building!?!? Also, the absolutely beautiful stone and masonry work at toward the top of the building is essentially wasted at this time since no one can see it from street level and no one is allowed to go to the upper floors and out onto the upper balconies. It's really a shame, and a waste, that the building has allowed to fall into such incredible disrepair. I bank at the adjacent SunTrust building, and noticed the other day that there's a huge area of the glass penthouse (at the top / back of the building) that looks like it was broken out and covered up with lots of plywood. Super ugly. It's also a crying shame that the outside glass elevator is no longer functional. So sad. Thank you so very much for coming to Augusta, GA and to show us a TH-cam video of the inside of the Lamar Building. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
exploring the building now is a whole different story, back door stays wide open so anyone comes in, powers shut off, water off, spray paint and concrete everywhere but people are supposed to be renovating, but still an amazing building, wish i would’ve checked out the basement
9:43 Andrew: Eww. Gross! Lee: Ugggh! LOL!!! I laughed at that part, and played it like two or three times! :D I need to share this with my close friends. This is funny!
From what I could tell, no. However, from the parking lot across the street, we could see blinds in the windows blowing around, indicating either the window was broken or left open. I imagine the building is in pretty bad shape, and probably the reason why the building is shuttered.
It's a shame, I knew that it was fading when I went in 2015. Only one elevator was working at the time and the building was pretty much empty. It is terrible to see such a historic building, let alone the elevators, left to rot.
WestCoast Elevators I'm not talking about the manually controlled one. I'm talking about that other one in the building down below when they're getting a view
This is great! Not sure the status of the building now but what luck you had to get to explore this before the the big CyberBoom in Augusta.. I'm sure someone has good intentions for the old Lamar building. Wish I owned it!
Well sacrafices have to be made to make something like this building usable again like they did that exactly to all the elevators and maybe they would get the senic elevator working again
I actually wonder what the bottom floor of it looked like maybe it was the same layout just with the single UP call button instead of the intermediate with both buttons
What an awesome historic building! Have you tried contacting them recently during the renovation to see if they are removing the crank panel from the scenic elevator? Perhaps you could get that and preserve the beautiful piece of history it is. There's also those nice Touch Sensitive Lexan panels that will almost definitely be ripped out. Interesting call cancel when the elevator hits the bottom floor. It's a very good feature for theis elevator since old Otis relay controllers are notorious for placing random calls. The Touch Sensitive ones I rode had plenty of controller glitches, placing random calls, and at one point not moving or letting us (I was with upanddownadventures) out!
DieselDucy they are not allowed to modernize the elevators because according to the sign outside of the building next to the door this building is a historic landmark.
But if something is wrong with them they might be able to. I'm not sure of the exact regulations regarding updates to historic buildings, but when things break they are sometimes necessary.
It is actually a really shame that the senic elevator doesn’t work anymore because it does look like a regular old automatic elevator but it actually also looks like a signal control system because the call buttons are right beside the doors and that’s not something you see all the time on new systems but I’m more sure that it was a standard automatic system
why do touch buttons not meet code that REALLY is awful no wonder these things are dropping like flies. I'm going to figure out who is renovating this and ask if I can have some touch buttons. Also if you are ever back in Augusta could you do a drive around of the abandoned regency mall?
Touch buttons have multiple issues. There is no way for a blind person to know if they have pressed a button, they could accidentally get pressed by a blind person trying to read the braille plates for which button is for which floor, older systems like this which use vacuum tubes can be a fire hazard, they have a tendency to place random calls, and firefighters need physical buttons for use in fire mode as touch buttons are much less reliable.
It's short for urban exploring. Basically like DieselDucy said, just poking around closed, restricted, abandoned, or otherwise interesting buildings or facilities.
The owners have completely fucked this building over! The renovations where they basically just guttered the lobby, has seized. Now its all vandalized and damaged. So sad.@@DieselDucy
It's so sad to see such a cool, amazing, historic building in such poor condition. I'm sure when they renovate it, it will be nice again, but those poor Touch Sensitives probably have no chance of surviving the renovation. :( Knowing they were modded in the 60s and that they used to be manual Otises, the mod is great, it's vintage and tasteful!!!! But they will sadly probably get modded again. But this is a pretty cool building, but in poor condition. Also, too bad the glass elevator broke too, I hope they fix it, even if it means it gets modded. And that fridge was NASTY!!!!!
Hopefully they choose another tasteful mod and use CJ Anderson fixtures to keep with the vintage feel. This building definitely needs some refurbishing, and that includes the barely functional (1) and nonfunctional (2) elevators.
Yet today you still copy Beno with urbex's, are you even allowed in the building, or tresspassing? Anyways even though you do this, the content is still good.
I worked in that building for 10 years or so - lots of stories. You guys are very lucky you didn't get stuck in the elevator. They were always broken for the last few years we were there.
Beautiful old building, DD!
Thanks for getting out of the elevator and exploring the rest of the building, too!
I love how the music turned ominous when you entered that mechanical area, lol.
And I like that You Tube now notifies you of new videos from people you've subscribed to :-)
Thanks for noticing :) I was hoping for that.
I honestly bet they waited until the last elevator that was working to break down and then they probably locked it permanently
it is abandoned now.
alarms are Federal Signal 950B speakers with the VALS strobes, which might sadly also go away to make the system ADA compliant. Pulls are MS-6s.
NLind I believe everything is being upgraded in here
What a difference from today.
It is trashed now
Sadly as of now, this Building is now abandoned, lobby is now closed, all the elevators are decommissioned and no longer work, and windows have been boarded up.
Super Techno Cat that’s really ashame :(
Beautiful old building! Sad it's no longer accessible! I NEED to make a trip up there!!
There is not really a whole lot more here. just a few otises.
@@DieselDucywhy isn’t it accessible
Good to hear someone is bringing it back to its original glory...Too many years of shoddy renovations!
Someone's been hoarding in the fridge 9:36
The fridge has splatters all over it
Foods that were hoarded
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- old leftover meal
- old leftover beer
- expired mayonnaise
- and in the freezer, expired ice cream
Must be in Georgia, eh, where the annual Masters Golf Tournament is always held every April!
"This town has some historic buildings"... he's literally looking at a downtown full of far more historic buildings than the one he is in.
Lots of office buildings have shower facilities. Bathtubs are rare, but as a software developer, but I've worked in many office buildings that had at at least one bathroom with a shower. It's usually in the basement where the maintenance workers hang out, but they've been in the main office area as well.
I've even used these showers a few times. After commuting to work on the bus and subway on a sweltering August morning, I'll arrive at work a few minutes early with a change of clothes, and take a shower when I arrive. I imagine that people who bicycle to work love having a shower available, too.
Yeah, I can see the use in it. I have even seen a small two floor office building which has a shower in the second floor restroom.
yeah, this was actually in an OFFICE suite.
As you can tell, Several of US Location skipped 13th Floor from 12 to 14. For Embassy Suites Frisco and Holiday Inn Florida Orlando has one.
Awesome great video it reminds we of the washington trust building. When you come down to pick up the panel ill take you there and you need a key for the manual i seen a few like that with the same crank
yes, however this one was turned off. I found out they removed parts from it.
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Fantastic!! I don't know how you got into the upper floors and balconies of this building. I've lived in Augusta for 24 years and no one here seems to know ANYTHING about the top floors of this building. I found out that I. M. Pei, designed the top penthouse on the Lamar Building which was completed in 1976. He died in May, 2019. He was the architect for the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston
; National Gallery of Art East Building; and the famous glass Louvre Pyramid in Paris, among many other beautiful buildings around the world. How did Augusta ever score such a great architectural talent for the Lamar Building!?!? Also, the absolutely beautiful stone and masonry work at toward the top of the building is essentially wasted at this time since no one can see it from street level and no one is allowed to go to the upper floors and out onto the upper balconies. It's really a shame, and a waste, that the building has allowed to fall into such incredible disrepair. I bank at the adjacent SunTrust building, and noticed the other day that there's a huge area of the glass penthouse (at the top / back of the building) that looks like it was broken out and covered up with lots of plywood. Super ugly. It's also a crying shame that the outside glass elevator is no longer functional. So sad. Thank you so very much for coming to Augusta, GA and to show us a TH-cam video of the inside of the Lamar Building. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
exploring the building now is a whole different story, back door stays wide open so anyone comes in, powers shut off, water off, spray paint and concrete everywhere but people are supposed to be renovating, but still an amazing building, wish i would’ve checked out the basement
The mario sound effects from your phone as you walked through the roof exit was PERFECT timing
yes it was lol .
9:43
Andrew: Eww. Gross!
Lee: Ugggh!
LOL!!! I laughed at that part, and played it like two or three times! :D I need to share this with my close friends. This is funny!
+JimLiElevators it was funny :) but at the time it was one of the worst smells I had ever smelt
Food hoarding in the fridge! :-p
JimLiElevators
Someone needs to clean their Frigidaire!
Fabulous video Andrew loved it awesome elevator
Went here a few weeks ago. The lobby was open, but the elevators are turned off. They only have two businesses open, both on ground level.
+Low Country Metal Detecting so they are starting the renovations ?
From what I could tell, no. However, from the parking lot across the street, we could see blinds in the windows blowing around, indicating either the window was broken or left open. I imagine the building is in pretty bad shape, and probably the reason why the building is shuttered.
It was in pretty bad shape as you can tell during the shooting of this video. I attempted to get into it a few weeks ago and it is closed.
It's a shame, I knew that it was fading when I went in 2015. Only one elevator was working at the time and the building was pretty much empty. It is terrible to see such a historic building, let alone the elevators, left to rot.
It is being refurbished.
Thanks again -
Hey dieselducy I found pictures of that scenic elevator google maps it has mirrored panels and doors inside and it’s an otis lexan.
LOVE IT AS USUAL!! Your fandom name/subscriber name should be the Ducies!
6:08 glass elevator at bottom right hand corner. Did you guys ride it?
+Jowevator 3219 it is not in service
That is the original one with the crank. They must have covered up the glass somehow.
WestCoast Elevators I'm not talking about the manually controlled one. I'm talking about that other one in the building down below when they're getting a view
Oh, I see now.
I hope they put it back into service when the renovations are complete.
This was amazing, Andrew! Thank you for sharing. :D
There was a switch on the scenic elevator call station on level 16
It’s unfortunate to see this building abandoned and not maintained properly. And that’s a nice fridge they got.
The property has been sold and is going to be redeveloped.
Wow these are beautiful! Too bad they will probably not survive the renovation.
I know but id rather see it refurbished than torn down.
DieselDucy yes me too.
There has to be a shut off valve for that running toilet.
everything in that building is fantastic.
Especially the fridge LOL
This is great! Not sure the status of the building now but what luck you had to get to explore this before the the big CyberBoom in Augusta.. I'm sure someone has good intentions for the old Lamar building. Wish I owned it!
great video always enjoying them, the bathtub had me confused lol never saw that before, hope to meet you one day.
+Andrew Mckee thanks much and I hope so too
Wondering if it's possible to hear the relays when the elevator gets to the top floor.
+Robert Minot this machine room is very insulated so u can't hear them.
10:30 spooky music begins
SPOOKY!!!!!!
Well sacrafices have to be made to make something like this building usable again like they did that exactly to all the elevators and maybe they would get the senic elevator working again
This is an awesome building. Will be nice to see it used Agsin.
I actually wonder what the bottom floor of it looked like maybe it was the same layout just with the single UP call button instead of the intermediate with both buttons
And same with the very top floor
What an awesome historic building! Have you tried contacting them recently during the renovation to see if they are removing the crank panel from the scenic elevator? Perhaps you could get that and preserve the beautiful piece of history it is. There's also those nice Touch Sensitive Lexan panels that will almost definitely be ripped out.
Interesting call cancel when the elevator hits the bottom floor. It's a very good feature for theis elevator since old Otis relay controllers are notorious for placing random calls. The Touch Sensitive ones I rode had plenty of controller glitches, placing random calls, and at one point not moving or letting us (I was with upanddownadventures) out!
WestCoast Elevators I'll try to. that is a good idea. it would be nice to keep this stuff out of the scrap yard.
DieselDucy they are not allowed to modernize the elevators because according to the sign outside of the building next to the door this building is a historic landmark.
But if something is wrong with them they might be able to. I'm not sure of the exact regulations regarding updates to historic buildings, but when things break they are sometimes necessary.
11:23, I think that tub was there because of a leaking problem.
Great video, as always!
+Robert Minot thanks !
18th floor - SHUT DOWN!!
17th floor - electrical room (plus elevator machine room)
16th floor - upper top floor
I reckon the office is on the 16th floor would’ve been executive offices
When are you gonna do the elevatours by dieselducy musiam tour?
+Supergamer 1 I will try soon
ok, thanks
Andrew, why isn’t this building open to the public.
It is actually a really shame that the senic elevator doesn’t work anymore because it does look like a regular old automatic elevator but it actually also looks like a signal control system because the call buttons are right beside the doors and that’s not something you see all the time on new systems but I’m more sure that it was a standard automatic system
It was. I got in it in 2017 durning an urbex
9:48 they neglected to clean the fridge
Was that mold in that old refrigerator?
It was mold amongst other stuff. It was a VERY disgusting smell.
why do touch buttons not meet code that REALLY is awful no wonder these things are dropping like flies. I'm going to figure out who is renovating this and ask if I can have some touch buttons. Also if you are ever back in Augusta could you do a drive around of the abandoned regency mall?
#saveotistouch
It's cause blind people couldn't feel the Braille without accidentally pushing the button
I will try. Anyway touch buttons can be activated by heat as well which makes them a fire issue.
Touch buttons have multiple issues. There is no way for a blind person to know if they have pressed a button, they could accidentally get pressed by a blind person trying to read the braille plates for which button is for which floor, older systems like this which use vacuum tubes can be a fire hazard, they have a tendency to place random calls, and firefighters need physical buttons for use in fire mode as touch buttons are much less reliable.
9:43 Why I don't recommend Frigidaire appliances... =(
+Adam Petersen (AdamP511) lol :)
10:28 Spooky music begins
SPOOKY!!!!
3 derelict elevators in one building?
I have been looking for this video for a while and I finally found it
I wanted to know more about the building
12:12 The 18th floor is locked off
Nice building.
It was.
Who is still going to use this building since it no longer public?
It is being fantastic.
It is just not open to the public while being renovated. Once renovations are complete it will be open again.
Camera: SONY HDR-PJ430V
Mic: Built-in
Yep
that 17th floor was very creepy
8:46, Hey Lee, if you need to take a bath, here's your chance! 😆
This must've been an apartment building 🏠 or a hotel 🏨 at one time.
It may have been.
@@DieselDucy Oh.
the minifridge made me almost want to vomit I hope they took that out if they cleaned up around there
lol it was bad.
9:42 Oh my. How bad did that thing smell like? They need to clean their yuckerator
It was terrible
Augusta has a downtown area that has such potential but gets left to rot
go over the Talmadge Memorial Bridge next time your in savannah
The elevator skipped the 3rd floor
10:29 Hear the elevator machines
What's urbex?
Exploring a building, typically closed off or restricted parts.
It's short for urban exploring. Basically like DieselDucy said, just poking around closed, restricted, abandoned, or otherwise interesting buildings or facilities.
12:14 The 18th floor is locked
Yes but I have gotten up there since.
@@DieselDucy What was up there?
How is it in 2023 you should check😊
Abandoned
The owners have completely fucked this building over! The renovations where they basically just guttered the lobby, has seized. Now its all vandalized and damaged. So sad.@@DieselDucy
It would’ve been the executive bathroom
Why do u call stairs elevators
It's so sad to see such a cool, amazing, historic building in such poor condition. I'm sure when they renovate it, it will be nice again, but those poor Touch Sensitives probably have no chance of surviving the renovation. :( Knowing they were modded in the 60s and that they used to be manual Otises, the mod is great, it's vintage and tasteful!!!! But they will sadly probably get modded again. But this is a pretty cool building, but in poor condition. Also, too bad the glass elevator broke too, I hope they fix it, even if it means it gets modded. And that fridge was NASTY!!!!!
Yes however it is being gutted and refurbished. I would much rather see that than it decay.
***** Agreed
Hopefully they choose another tasteful mod and use CJ Anderson fixtures to keep with the vintage feel. This building definitely needs some refurbishing, and that includes the barely functional (1) and nonfunctional (2) elevators.
It would be epic to see the senic elevator running again
I like it better when you talk in the video instead of doing a voiceover
Lamar? Oh, you mean Lamar Davis from GTA V?
No it is the name of the building.
***** Remember GTA V Lamar Davis.
No, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Lamar. This guy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rucker_Lamar
My Gramma's Building has those exit signs
I love this exit sign.
I'd totally put one in my collection
0:01
Hey Andrew please start using snapchat and when do u use snapchat??? And did u know that OTIS ELEVATOR CO is the largest elevator co in the world!
RobloxGirlComedian2002 WAN RDCP EDCP I'll do what I can. I'm working every day again. yes otis is the biggest
Andrew do u use snapchat everyday? I wanna txt u what apps do u txt on?
I don't spend much time on social media. I check my snap chat on occasion.
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urbex is from Ben m8
0:54 It's just stinks
It did.
Yet today you still copy Beno with urbex's, are you even allowed in the building, or tresspassing?
Anyways even though you do this, the content is still good.
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You should go back to that building and set off the fire alarm!
UNBEX YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12:12 The 18th floor is locked