I’m glad these are still here. I was told they were getting modded when they closed down for renovations in 2019-2020, but turns out, they are still here… :)
jimster586 has a video of riding the right car (uploaded in 2009). It has Otis touch buttons, and looks like it may only serve floors 1 and 2 (and possibly more floors in the past, as there are 8 floor buttons, 6 of which are completely unlabeled). In the video there is no trace of the right car on the 5th floor. The middle car (which I rode in 2012) had Adams fixtures on the inside. Unfortunately on my visit I didn't ride the left car as I didn't know it was original. The main tower elevators had a similar arrangement (some cars had Adams, some cars had Otis touch buttons). The indicators on these also don't seem to behave like vintage Otis installations. My best guess is that these elevators are on original controllers (especially since they pre-door), but got a selector overlay (solid state/microprocessor replacement for the mechanical Otis selector). I'm guessing the car with Adams fixtures only got a fixture replacement. They are older pre-ADA Adams fixtures, likely from the late 1980s or so. I'm not sure why they replaced the fixtures on only 1 of 3 elevators. It also looks like some (maybe all?) of the door equipment was replaced. These may have once had the old Otis door equipment that makes a very distinctive sound (possibly caused by the interlock, but not sure). They did somewhat redo the cabs on these. Does this car have a very rare Otis nameplate? Some of the elevators had a very rare Otis nameplate that I have seen on few other elevators original or modernized. The escalators may or may not be defunct, not sure. I don't think they are from the 1930s. I am guessing the original escalators may have been wooden, and were later replaced with metal escalators. 8:39 This is interesting. I wonder if some other old Otis installations with Black Button or Lexan fixtures behave this way (all car calls canceled when elevator reaches the last call in the direction it is going). I don't think so, but I may test this.
The video you're referring to of Jimster riding the right car was actually in the other 6 story bank here that got modded. The call stations were still original on the bank in that video. As for the indicator behavior, it is likely the selectors were upgraded in either the 70s or Early 80s. I've noticed that many later Relay Logic Otis installed from that time don't blink when the indicators change floors like installs from the 60s and prior do, and the Starks Building in Louisville had very similar behaving indicators to these and I was told by the security guy there who used to be the state elevator inspector that the Selectors were upgraded in the 70s, so it's likely the same happened here too. I did not notice a rare Otis nameplate on these. According to what I can find online as well as what signs in the building say, the Escalators are indeed from the 1930s. The building apparently was going to/did restore them, but as to if they'll be working anymore, I'm not sure. And lastly, i find the call cancel feature only to work on Otis Touch and Otis Pop Out elevators. It doesn't seem to work on Lexan or Black Button, at least not on ones I've ridden.
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Saw those touch-buttons in a local hospital when I was 11 and fell in love!
Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, CA had (and maybe still has)some of these in near perfect shape. The building was constructed in 1963-64.
I’m glad these are still here. I was told they were getting modded when they closed down for renovations in 2019-2020, but turns out, they are still here… :)
they should keep the touch buttons.
that building looks cool and the elevators are nice as well!:)
Glad to see the MPE matches the design of its electromechanical counterparts 😁
The freight elevators some of them are original in this building.
jimster586 has a video of riding the right car (uploaded in 2009). It has Otis touch buttons, and looks like it may only serve floors 1 and 2 (and possibly more floors in the past, as there are 8 floor buttons, 6 of which are completely unlabeled). In the video there is no trace of the right car on the 5th floor. The middle car (which I rode in 2012) had Adams fixtures on the inside. Unfortunately on my visit I didn't ride the left car as I didn't know it was original. The main tower elevators had a similar arrangement (some cars had Adams, some cars had Otis touch buttons).
The indicators on these also don't seem to behave like vintage Otis installations. My best guess is that these elevators are on original controllers (especially since they pre-door), but got a selector overlay (solid state/microprocessor replacement for the mechanical Otis selector). I'm guessing the car with Adams fixtures only got a fixture replacement. They are older pre-ADA Adams fixtures, likely from the late 1980s or so. I'm not sure why they replaced the fixtures on only 1 of 3 elevators. It also looks like some (maybe all?) of the door equipment was replaced. These may have once had the old Otis door equipment that makes a very distinctive sound (possibly caused by the interlock, but not sure).
They did somewhat redo the cabs on these.
Does this car have a very rare Otis nameplate? Some of the elevators had a very rare Otis nameplate that I have seen on few other elevators original or modernized.
The escalators may or may not be defunct, not sure. I don't think they are from the 1930s. I am guessing the original escalators may have been wooden, and were later replaced with metal escalators.
8:39 This is interesting. I wonder if some other old Otis installations with Black Button or Lexan fixtures behave this way (all car calls canceled when elevator reaches the last call in the direction it is going). I don't think so, but I may test this.
The video you're referring to of Jimster riding the right car was actually in the other 6 story bank here that got modded. The call stations were still original on the bank in that video.
As for the indicator behavior, it is likely the selectors were upgraded in either the 70s or Early 80s. I've noticed that many later Relay Logic Otis installed from that time don't blink when the indicators change floors like installs from the 60s and prior do, and the Starks Building in Louisville had very similar behaving indicators to these and I was told by the security guy there who used to be the state elevator inspector that the Selectors were upgraded in the 70s, so it's likely the same happened here too.
I did not notice a rare Otis nameplate on these.
According to what I can find online as well as what signs in the building say, the Escalators are indeed from the 1930s. The building apparently was going to/did restore them, but as to if they'll be working anymore, I'm not sure.
And lastly, i find the call cancel feature only to work on Otis Touch and Otis Pop Out elevators. It doesn't seem to work on Lexan or Black Button, at least not on ones I've ridden.
ooh, epic.
very good