OTIS Traction Elevators at Marriott's Custom House (MVCI)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Elevonic 401 installed in 1995 when Marriott took the tower over. These are the original elevator shafts from 1913!
This is an MVCI (Marriott Vacation Club International) timeshare destination. The elevators serving G-19 (notice the European numbering - G, 1, 2...) are keycarded 24/7. The elevator serving floors 19-26 is always unlocked. My parents always spend their anniversary here because they attend the MVCI owners weekend (they own 2 MVCI timeshares) where they try to sell you even more timeshares.
Impressive!
I'd have to work 30 years to save up enough money to use that place for about 45 minutes.
My parents own 2 timeshares through Marriott. I think the $45,000 investment is good enough let me up there if they were to give me a hard time. It's essentially a security issue. They used to let me go up when I wanted (give me a keycard and then have me return it) but I recently asked and they said "old security procedures were not followed properly and you can't go up there." I was like are you kidding me? My parents own 2 timeshares through you. They said sorry. So now I just trespass.
19 - Villas 1901-1904/Transfer to Villa Elevators serving G-19
20 - MVCI Activity Center
21 - Villas 2101 & 2102
22 - Villas 2201 & 2202
23 - Villas 2301 & 2302
24 - Game Room & Ice, Laundry (Clock)
25 - Fitness Center
26 - Observation Deck
Actually you have to use a key card in order to get in so in order to go up there is if you stay there or on what ElevatingBoston said is "But I walked in behind someone". It's just not fair that it is not open to the public.
very nice elevators, and a lot of luck that you could get up there.
What is on levels 20 - 26?
& I love the chime!
@mdbv25 Luxury is the nickname. Their technical specification is Series 4.
Are these complete replacements of the original elevators, or are they the original elevators but heavily modernized?
They are not the originals and they are not even in the same location as the originals. I've found the tower's original plans in Boston's archives. The tower's original elevators from 1915 when the building was used as an office tower were a bank of 3 in a row in the front of the tower. Marriott gutted the entire building in 1997 and relocated the elevators to the center as part of the renovations.
@@ElevatingBoston
I went here. According to the front desk person, there are only 3 elevators in the building (the bank of 2 going to 19, and the 1 going to 26). No service or freight elevators. So it is likely safe to say the original elevators are gone.
@@upanddownadventures Yes, that's correct. The original elevators were in the corner of the building and they needed that space for hotel rooms, so they were completely removed and shafts filled in.