I worked there in the late 70s and early 80s and have good memories of the joint. Could have done without the cameraman describing everything, everything, as crazy, or insane.
Every time I've drove by here the windows always looked so creepy and this isn't at all what I imagined the inside to be. Didn't expect such a mix of modernity with the bygone. That marble is insane. It's depressing seeing something on the historic register vandalized, it's like a tagger's free for all in there. Thanks for this, I normally don't watch urbex but this was so interesting and well done.
John D. Rockefeller wanted to build Rockefeller Center in CLE, but the City wouldn't give him tax abatement, so he took his project to NYC. CLE has always been a bit backwards when it comes to City planning. For example, when the BP Building was constructed, City officials insisted the height of the BLDG not exceed that of the Terminal Tower. That way of thinking finally ended with construction of Key Tower. Great video guys, many thanks & I hope the new owners can develop the BLDG into luxury apartments.
That’s very interesting, you are definitely right, living in CLE it’s still very outdated in many ways, wonder how Sherwin Williams building got approved? Thanks for sharing, and also thanks for watching Sir! Honored to have you as a viewer!
@@JohnCassity I lived in DWTN CLE for many years while I was employed at TRI-C, and have seen many changes, some not so good. The City wanted Sherwin-Williams to stay in CLE, so they bent over backwards to accommodate them. Now the City has a bigger challenge on their hands, keeping the Browns DWTN.
The building originally had a stunning banking floor with elaborate bronze teller cages. The lobby was all white marble, two stories high. The elevator banks and doors were made of elaborately worked bronze. All of the halls were marble, as were the hallway floors. The building was extensively remodelled in 1952. The lobby was cut down to create additional floor of leasable space. The elaborate elevator banks were removed, and the marble floors in the hallways were covered with asphalt tile. The hallway shown at 8:04 js the only remaining original hall in the building. Note that the marble hallways were roundly hated by female staff. Between 1943 and 1962 my mother worked for American Steel & Wire's sales offices. The secretaries found the marble halls downright dangerous, given the style for narrow skirts and and high spike heels of the day.
I can't believe such a beautiful historic building like that was allowed to be destroyed by vandals. I didn't even know the Rockefeller building was completely vacant. 😮
It's one of their globalist buildings. It's not iconic it's satanic and glad it's down like the guidstones hope in my lifetime I see their trans statue of liberty go down. Their greed knows no bounds and they want our country destroyed. Traitors and their buildings need to go. Look at our country it's being overran. Wake up I have a problem with all the inflated prices and so do millions of others it's due to their greed and agendas. I refuse to be a part of our own destruction.
@@A1excurs1ontrue but if city used the tax money for building instead of food college hair cuts suits puplic defenders to defend evil criminals the city would be for cleveland folks not investors
When I was a kid, we used to sneak into Youngstown sheet and tube office buildings at the bottom of Walton st. Struthers ohio. It had a vault just like the one in the Rockefeller building. Once a security guard came in and told us if we had accidentally locked ourselves in nobody would know how to get us out. Both buildings are gone now….
I wasn't aware it was abandoned. I've been in this building while it was operational. I was just overlooking it in March. Never knew it was left behind. It for sure is a major piece of American history.
They create and then walk away from it and we are left to foot the bill. Rockefeller had property in Baltimore too. The year after they sold off oil stock and bought into health care and climate change we hosted "The Uprising" and now the Governor announced NO gas appliances in homes and went to all electric. The Orioles first ever game with no fans was practice for the Rockefeller Public Health covid lockdown. I LOVE these old buildings and they are disappearing fast to erase the history of the oil producing world.
Get a hard hat and matching jumpsuits so you don't stand out to people. Also carry a filtered respirator for dust, that building probably has tons of asbestos.
You guys are brave going into that neighborhood. A building that large must have many people hiding out in it. Be safe and enjoy your explorations. Excellent video!! Such a shame to see a beautiful building fall into complete ruins.
You haven't been downtown lately ? Thousands of people live there...there's a whole new vibe....go see...Cleveland is booming....love this city....thank you...
They need to turn it into an apartment building or rehab and a homeless shelter. They need to do something with it. It's an absolutely beautiful building. Cleveland could use the rehab and homeless shelter. They could also use the apartment building downtown. It's definitely a perfect example of wasted space and wasted resources in Cleveland, Ohio.
There were plans in 2021 to turn the top 11 floors into over 400 apartment units and the lower 5 levels into offices and retail, but it seems like that has fallen through for now. With the direction of development and preservation in the downtown area and demand for housing, I think it's less a question of if and more a question of when this project happens; either by the current developers or someone else who comes in and takes it on.
That is very interesting. Thats too bad water is standing down there. The best secrets are down farther. Harbor Freight sells a 158 gallon per minute pump for $230. Gas powered. You could try to set it up in that elevator shaft (for noise and fumes) and find a tap to the sewer to pump it in... see how far it goes down and or if it fills back up.. might take a few days but you could really gain some ground and find some cool stuff. I couldn't tell if there was and indications of the water levels fluctuating.. like staining on other surfaces..
Well, I suppose before pumping out the water.. you could find some durable floating device and paddle around, drop some under water cameras.. or gain access to new above water areas.. main hazard/concern could be electrified water or infectious water, and drowning of course..there has to be at least one body down there.. OR you could get a drone submarine with a good camera and survey the areas.. (find original blue prints as a guide) that is a place abandoned by the most powerful and wealthiest people in the world.. they probably flooded it out before leaving.
It's a shame the city of Cleveland can't come up with the financing to restore such a historic building and reuse it for, say, affordable housing, but not just any housing, veterans and families that have been struggling for years.
Well, whoever owns it, shame on them for letting it rot away like this. Just hope squatters don't find their way inside once winter comes. It'll be 25 years this December since a fire near where I live killed 6 firefighters searching an abandoned building for a homeless couple who weren't even in there
Very very cool! My local history of Rockefeller Rockefeller Public Health Baltimore 1917 / Jerusalem 1918 Rockefeller Standard Oil also had buildings in Baltimore. ' I haven't been in the city much until yesterday and noticed the University of Maryland hospital appeared to be half abandoned, spray painted and sitting on a dead street as I drove by. It sits across from the gravesite of Edgar Allen Poe. Baltimore had "The Uprising" the year after they sold of oil stocks and bought into healthcare and climate science. During that event the "Hold the ling" protest was in front of Etting cemetery, the first game with no fans was a practice for covid and the billboard said "Whoever dies from a rough ride - the whole damn system." We have watched system collapse for 9 years now and then the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. Much love from Charm City!!
I am so sad to see how this great Building looks today. For the owner of this building to let this happen is a F***ing crime. The city should be ashamed of itself for allowing assholes to go into this building and do what they have done to it.
It’s very sad. I’ve drove by it many years wondering what it looked like inside. It’s very beautiful, but sad it’s already deteriorated this much. Thank you for watching!
You guys aren’t stealthy runners. You need a dust mask or an N95 because of the air. All the “bank vaults” were for fireproof storage of documents. So sad that this place was just abandoned. Wonder who owns it now?
The city would not allow you to turn the rocker fella building to a homeless shelter they would completely shut you down . The main reason is location. Cleveland doesn't want a homeless shelter that massive downtown. You best come up with another plan for this building......
@@Tank4Life in order for that building to become a homeless shelter you have to get a permit from the city you will not be getting that permit cause the city won't give it to you witch all so means no homeless shelter......
I worked at the Rockefeller Building in the 70"s. What a building it was back in the day. It is so sad to see it in this deplorable condition. It was a classy building indeed. Thanks for sharing. Side note...I then went on to work for SOHIO (now BP) when I left the Rockefeller Bldg. Couldn't seem to get away from the truly evil John D. Rockefeller. Just subbed to your channel.
Hey thanks for the sub! Really cool you used to work in it!!! I can tell it was very grand. The marble walls, intricate staircases, and amazing lobby’s still showcase the building today. Very sad it’s in this shape!
Great video. This came up on my recommendations. Are you a Cleveland local as well? I’ve always wanted to urban explore this place, but never had the confidence to do so. Did you guys just walk in through the front door? Hook a brother up lol
We moved the last tenet out of this building. Attorneys offices. Elevator was sketchy af Last thing down was huge safe, didn’t know if the elevator could handle it😮
If I had the money, I'd buy the building. I bet all that space and all those rooms could be minimally furnished and this could be made into an epic homeless shelter. Wonder if i started a "go fund me" page to use this building for that purpose, if I would get enough donations to do this.....
the city would never allow it to be anything for the homeless as they ran all those shelters out of downtown CLE decades ago. It was mostly attorneys in that building as the Industrial Commission office is right across the street.
There's a restaurant in my town that used to be a national Bank and I'm not sure if it was apart of the bank next door. Almost everything still looks original. There's even pipes going through the vault door WITH the vault door still attached! I'll have to look up the history on it. Far as I know the building is over 200 years old.
Hey I watch a lot of yours guys stuff , that being said I used to work for a high rise here in Dayton Ohio be careful in those cooling towers without a mask there bacteria that can live inside them similar to stagnant water lol I would do the same thing but people don’t enjoy watching me as much 😂
@@KyleWhisman-k8r Hey thank you for the tip! It was definitely sketchy on the roof, climbing thru that fan was probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever done! I didn’t stand on top of it, but I did peak my head out! My friend Alex filmed the cinematic scene for me, since I had jello legs being up so high haha. Thank you so much for watching and the continued support!
The downtown area with all the buildings was heated by steam. One steam generator, which fed all the buildings via underground pipes in tunnels all over the city. That is what you were looking at down there. Somewhere, there is an entrance, maybe a few of them to the tunnel system which is still semi intact. some are flooded, some are not. it is super scary through those, and not for the faint of heart. most of the tunnels I have seen were of the ' crawling on your knees' type along the pipes. OK,,,,, History lesson over. P.S...... I am not sure where the steam generator was located downtown, but no place near the Rockefeller Building.
@@bshingledecker There is a power plant on Canal Road by Ontario Street and another one on Hamilton and East 20th. The Canal Rd. Plant probably used to serve the Rockefeller, because it's not far, but now the other one is serving all of Downtown. It also provides cold water from a couple gigantic air conditioners. During the winter, you still see steam coming from holes in the streets, confirming that the buildings are still being heated by steam.
@@gameratortylerstein5636 I had no idea anything was still being steam heated at all. I thought the Hamilton plant was an electric generator for Cleve Public Power, but then again, if they do steam for electricity, why not use the excess for other things.
That black rounded stool chair should have been a keeper , seems like this building could be saved .. Actually I know it can if the money and interest is there … After all I’m thinking Michigan Central was in worse shape for MUCH LONGER including deep water in its basement NOW it’s COMPLETELY RENOVATED
When it was built, it was like the second tallest building in the world, and the tallest in Cleveland. It may not be a modern skyscraper, but in historic terms, yes, it is.
knowing Cleveland, I suspect another parking lot. Let's not forget about how they tore down the whole northwest quadrant of Public Square to do just that. Shameful tearing down all those historic buildings
My videos are a documentary and tour of abandoned places. Instead of a normal explore, these videos are almost like an encyclopedia to the spot, so not only do you get to see a tour, but you learn the history! Hope you enjoyed!
It's a shame that so much of the building's original character was covered or removed throughout the different renovations... But as far as The Old Man was concerned... Don't buy the Official Narrative. He was about as crooked as they come and his offspring are pretty evil, too. If it weren't for people like those, this planet wouldn't be in the sad shape it's in and "regular people" like us wouldn't be on the proverbial hamster wheel.
This is how it’s always been, since the time of The pharaohs. It must be built into human DNA. Just like bees always build a hive with a queen at the center, we always build our societies in the same manner. Even socialist communist societies revert to this system. There will always be a John D. Rockefeller at the top and the rest of us below. It never changes.
I worked there in the late 70s and early 80s and have good memories of the joint. Could have done without the cameraman describing everything, everything, as crazy, or insane.
@@michaeldeluca572 is it not?
Adjectives smadjectives
Around 9:59 homeboy really starts saying it a bunch haha
@@Clevelander that sativa really kicked my ass 🥲
Every time I've drove by here the windows always looked so creepy and this isn't at all what I imagined the inside to be. Didn't expect such a mix of modernity with the bygone. That marble is insane. It's depressing seeing something on the historic register vandalized, it's like a tagger's free for all in there.
Thanks for this, I normally don't watch urbex but this was so interesting and well done.
@@jkennaw4314 Thank you!!! And I agree, the windows do look super spooky while driving past!! Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed!
Had a chance to get a full tour of this building when it was still open by the one of the building engineers. Crazy to see it now
I bet it was beautiful then! Thanks for watching!
John D. Rockefeller wanted to build Rockefeller Center in CLE, but the City wouldn't give him tax abatement, so he took his project to NYC. CLE has always been a bit backwards when it comes to City planning. For example, when the BP Building was constructed, City officials insisted the height of the BLDG not exceed that of the Terminal Tower. That way of thinking finally ended with construction of Key Tower. Great video guys, many thanks & I hope the new owners can develop the BLDG into luxury apartments.
That’s very interesting, you are definitely right, living in CLE it’s still very outdated in many ways, wonder how Sherwin Williams building got approved? Thanks for sharing, and also thanks for watching Sir! Honored to have you as a viewer!
@@JohnCassity I lived in DWTN CLE for many years while I was employed at TRI-C, and have seen many changes, some not so good. The City wanted Sherwin-Williams to stay in CLE, so they bent over backwards to accommodate them. Now the City has a bigger challenge on their hands, keeping the Browns DWTN.
@@drdaveprofessor Or better yet, affordable apartments.
@@1946luke Yes, crazy rents DWTN
The building originally had a stunning banking floor with elaborate bronze teller cages. The lobby was all white marble, two stories high. The elevator banks and doors were made of elaborately worked bronze. All of the halls were marble, as were the hallway floors. The building was extensively remodelled in 1952. The lobby was cut down to create additional floor of leasable space. The elaborate elevator banks were removed, and the marble floors in the hallways were covered with asphalt tile.
The hallway shown at 8:04 js the only remaining original hall in the building.
Note that the marble hallways were roundly hated by female staff. Between 1943 and 1962 my mother worked for American Steel & Wire's sales offices. The secretaries found the marble halls downright dangerous, given the style for narrow skirts and and high spike heels of the day.
I can't believe such a beautiful historic building like that was allowed to be destroyed by vandals. I didn't even know the Rockefeller building was completely vacant. 😮
Crazy right? Thank you for watching!!!
It's one of their globalist buildings. It's not iconic it's satanic and glad it's down like the guidstones hope in my lifetime I see their trans statue of liberty go down. Their greed knows no bounds and they want our country destroyed. Traitors and their buildings need to go. Look at our country it's being overran. Wake up I have a problem with all the inflated prices and so do millions of others it's due to their greed and agendas. I refuse to be a part of our own destruction.
*scrappers, drug addicts who dig for copper. That's who destroyed the building g
@@A1excurs1ontrue but if city used the tax money for building instead of food college hair cuts suits puplic defenders to defend evil criminals the city would be for cleveland folks not investors
@@A1excurs1onWiring and plumbing would be changed out when a renovation would begin.
When I was a kid, we used to sneak into Youngstown sheet and tube office buildings at the bottom of Walton st. Struthers ohio. It had a vault just like the one in the Rockefeller building. Once a security guard came in and told us if we had accidentally locked ourselves in nobody would know how to get us out. Both buildings are gone now….
@@mikeborgmann that's crazy!!
Walking into an abandoned vault is just stupid.
Funny I live about 15 mins away from downtown and passed the building a handful of times and never knew what it was
I wasn't aware it was abandoned. I've been in this building while it was operational. I was just overlooking it in March. Never knew it was left behind. It for sure is a major piece of American history.
awesome
Fax
This is truly historic, what a great place to find and be able to explore , great job !
They create and then walk away from it and we are left to foot the bill.
Rockefeller had property in Baltimore too. The year after they sold off oil stock and bought into health care and climate change we hosted "The Uprising" and now the Governor announced NO gas appliances in homes and went to all electric.
The Orioles first ever game with no fans was practice for the Rockefeller Public Health covid lockdown.
I LOVE these old buildings and they are disappearing fast to erase the history of the oil producing world.
@@m2world621 Thank you!❤️
All they'd have to do is go down a passage way and have a door slam shut & lock.......game over
Worst nightmare
Had an amazing time with you and I’m glad we got to explore with you
Thank you man, that means a lot! Had fun exploring with you all too!!!
I was just here and it's wild how this is just left abandoned like that. So many people walk by it every day
@@Nickm32797 thank you for watching!
Get a hard hat and matching jumpsuits so you don't stand out to people. Also carry a filtered respirator for dust, that building probably has tons of asbestos.
You guys are brave going into that neighborhood. A building that large must have many people hiding out in it. Be safe and enjoy your explorations. Excellent video!! Such a shame to see a beautiful building fall into complete ruins.
It was definitely risky!! Thank you for watching!!!
That neighborhood? You mean West 6th street?? Downtown??
You haven't been downtown lately ? Thousands of people live there...there's a whole new vibe....go see...Cleveland is booming....love this city....thank you...
What a shame it’s fallen into such a state of disrepair.
They need to turn it into an apartment building or rehab and a homeless shelter. They need to do something with it. It's an absolutely beautiful building. Cleveland could use the rehab and homeless shelter. They could also use the apartment building downtown. It's definitely a perfect example of wasted space and wasted resources in Cleveland, Ohio.
Definitely agree. Thanks for watching!
There were plans in 2021 to turn the top 11 floors into over 400 apartment units and the lower 5 levels into offices and retail, but it seems like that has fallen through for now. With the direction of development and preservation in the downtown area and demand for housing, I think it's less a question of if and more a question of when this project happens; either by the current developers or someone else who comes in and takes it on.
That is very interesting. Thats too bad water is standing down there. The best secrets are down farther. Harbor Freight sells a 158 gallon per minute pump for $230. Gas powered. You could try to set it up in that elevator shaft (for noise and fumes) and find a tap to the sewer to pump it in... see how far it goes down and or if it fills back up.. might take a few days but you could really gain some ground and find some cool stuff. I couldn't tell if there was and indications of the water levels fluctuating.. like staining on other surfaces..
Dude I think you’re hired
Well, I suppose before pumping out the water.. you could find some durable floating device and paddle around, drop some under water cameras.. or gain access to new above water areas.. main hazard/concern could be electrified water or infectious water, and drowning of course..there has to be at least one body down there.. OR you could get a drone submarine with a good camera and survey the areas.. (find original blue prints as a guide) that is a place abandoned by the most powerful and wealthiest people in the world.. they probably flooded it out before leaving.
This should be nice condos or mix use.
It's a shame the city of Cleveland can't come up with the financing to restore such a historic building and reuse it for, say, affordable housing, but not just any housing, veterans and families that have been struggling for years.
@@savvybear11781 thank you for watching!
lol
The building doesn't belong to the city of Cleveland.
Well, whoever owns it, shame on them for letting it rot away like this. Just hope squatters don't find their way inside once winter comes. It'll be 25 years this December since a fire near where I live killed 6 firefighters searching an abandoned building for a homeless couple who weren't even in there
The city of Cleveland is broke!
I wanan go but idk how to get in
Hotel" or "somebody's gonna get it" big facts". It's a strong building".
Very very cool!
My local history of Rockefeller
Rockefeller Public Health Baltimore 1917 / Jerusalem 1918
Rockefeller Standard Oil also had buildings in Baltimore. '
I haven't been in the city much until yesterday and noticed the University of Maryland hospital appeared to be half abandoned, spray painted and sitting on a dead street as I drove by. It sits across from the gravesite of Edgar Allen Poe.
Baltimore had "The Uprising" the year after they sold of oil stocks and bought into healthcare and climate science. During that event the "Hold the ling" protest was in front of Etting cemetery, the first game with no fans was a practice for covid and the billboard said "Whoever dies from a rough ride - the whole damn system."
We have watched system collapse for 9 years now and then the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.
Much love from Charm City!!
@@ms.donaldson2533 thank you for watching!
I am so sad to see how this great Building looks today. For the owner of this building to let this happen is a F***ing crime. The city should be ashamed of itself for allowing assholes to go into this building and do what they have done to it.
It’s very sad. I’ve drove by it many years wondering what it looked like inside. It’s very beautiful, but sad it’s already deteriorated this much. Thank you for watching!
Omg When was it abandoned?
2020
Very interesting, John!
Thanks for watching!
How sad my cousin once had his law office in this building. Sad state of affairs the whole city of Cleveland.
Thank you for watching!
thanks so much for posting this i’m checking it out soon i usually go to east cleveland but ive gone to so many there but this looks so cool
I pass this everyday and wonder why it isnt a museum or sum
The Rockefellers were a very wealthy family.
Thanks Capt Obvious
Next stop: Willoughby
ha ha ha
Geez, how could anyone just let this building go to ruin ?
Right! It’s so beautiful! Thanks for watching!
He said vibrant, Doesn't look like it looks like a big small town.
You guys aren’t stealthy runners.
You need a dust mask or an N95 because of the air.
All the “bank vaults” were for fireproof storage of documents.
So sad that this place was just abandoned.
Wonder who owns it now?
It was indeed a BANK vault shown in the video, the building also had file vaults, but they weren't as dope. Thanks for watching!
The city would not allow you to turn the rocker fella building to a homeless shelter they would completely shut you down . The main reason is location. Cleveland doesn't want a homeless shelter that massive downtown. You best come up with another plan for this building......
The city of Cleveland doesn't own the building.
@@Tank4Life in order for that building to become a homeless shelter you have to get a permit from the city you will not be getting that permit cause the city won't give it to you witch all so means no homeless shelter......
Skyscraper ???? NO
Largest building in the US at the time of construction sir
I worked at the Rockefeller Building in the 70"s. What a building it was back in the day. It is so sad to see it in this deplorable condition. It was a classy building indeed. Thanks for sharing. Side note...I then went on to work for SOHIO (now BP) when I left the Rockefeller Bldg. Couldn't seem to get away from the truly evil John D. Rockefeller. Just subbed to your channel.
Hey thanks for the sub! Really cool you used to work in it!!! I can tell it was very grand. The marble walls, intricate staircases, and amazing lobby’s still showcase the building today. Very sad it’s in this shape!
@@JohnCassity Even the elevators were amazing. That building holds a lot of memories for me and I truly do miss walking in the front entrance to work!
Great video. This came up on my recommendations. Are you a Cleveland local as well? I’ve always wanted to urban explore this place, but never had the confidence to do so. Did you guys just walk in through the front door? Hook a brother up lol
Just go for it man, make sure to bring protection tho. There’s a lot of history to check out around Akron and Cleveland here.
Yes I am a local! Thank you for watching!
It only went vacant in the pandemic-to prepare for rehab.
Doesn’t look rehabbed or prepared to me
Did that just say "Musk" on that rooftop?! Hmmm...
Elon be wilin
Incredibly sad.
@@Formattedc thank you for watching!
We moved the last tenet out of this building. Attorneys offices. Elevator was sketchy af Last thing down was huge safe, didn’t know if the elevator could handle it😮
Wow, that’s super sketch!! I wouldn’t trust those elevators either haha, thank you for watching!
If I had the money, I'd buy the building. I bet all that space and all those rooms could be minimally furnished and this could be made into an epic homeless shelter. Wonder if i started a "go fund me" page to use this building for that purpose, if I would get enough donations to do this.....
Hello let's do it!!!!!!
@@HomeCanner thank you for watching!
You will need to make videos about the whole thing. It would tremendously boost popularity.
Your going to need over 10 million dollars to flip it. Start saving those pennies.
the city would never allow it to be anything for the homeless as they ran all those shelters out of downtown CLE decades ago. It was mostly attorneys in that building as the Industrial Commission office is right across the street.
Was not expecting so much marble
The marble really makes it an exquisite building!
Why do lame taggers do this shit? It all looks exactly the same and is silly.
I prefer graffiti over a plain moldy wall any day
Are there any plans on restoration to the building or will it be demolished?
@@chrisdaniel5004 they were supposed to turn it into apts/condos. Plans have since fell thru.
There's a restaurant in my town that used to be a national Bank and I'm not sure if it was apart of the bank next door. Almost everything still looks original. There's even pipes going through the vault door WITH the vault door still attached! I'll have to look up the history on it. Far as I know the building is over 200 years old.
use caution ⚠ ⚠
Would be so fun to play paintball in there!
Sure, but the building deserves better.
Hey I watch a lot of yours guys stuff , that being said I used to work for a high rise here in Dayton Ohio be careful in those cooling towers without a mask there bacteria that can live inside them similar to stagnant water lol I would do the same thing but people don’t enjoy watching me as much 😂
@@KyleWhisman-k8r Hey thank you for the tip! It was definitely sketchy on the roof, climbing thru that fan was probably one of the scariest things I’ve ever done! I didn’t stand on top of it, but I did peak my head out! My friend Alex filmed the cinematic scene for me, since I had jello legs being up so high haha. Thank you so much for watching and the continued support!
The basement was like Heisenberg's Laboratory under the laundry business.
@@gameratortylerstein5636 the basement was insane! Thanks for watching!
The downtown area with all the buildings was heated by steam. One steam generator, which fed all the buildings via underground pipes in tunnels all over the city. That is what you were looking at down there. Somewhere, there is an entrance, maybe a few of them to the tunnel system which is still semi intact. some are flooded, some are not. it is super scary through those, and not for the faint of heart. most of the tunnels I have seen were of the ' crawling on your knees' type along the pipes. OK,,,,, History lesson over. P.S...... I am not sure where the steam generator was located downtown, but no place near the Rockefeller Building.
@@bshingledecker There is a power plant on Canal Road by Ontario Street and another one on Hamilton and East 20th. The Canal Rd. Plant probably used to serve the Rockefeller, because it's not far, but now the other one is serving all of Downtown. It also provides cold water from a couple gigantic air conditioners. During the winter, you still see steam coming from holes in the streets, confirming that the buildings are still being heated by steam.
@@gameratortylerstein5636 I had no idea anything was still being steam heated at all. I thought the Hamilton plant was an electric generator for Cleve Public Power, but then again, if they do steam for electricity, why not use the excess for other things.
The building looks like it was designed by the same guy(s) who designed all those General Motors buildings you still see all over the Midwest.
@@TheRealCaptainFreedom Very similar! All kind of the same cooperation too. Thanks for watching!
In the meantime homelessness is rampant. Good logic.
Praising the Rockerfeller plantation...🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽
That black rounded stool chair should have been a keeper , seems like this building could be saved .. Actually I know it can if the money and interest is there … After all I’m thinking Michigan Central was in worse shape for MUCH LONGER including deep water in its basement NOW it’s COMPLETELY RENOVATED
Even though it’s vacant does anyone own it? Kind of shocking…
It’s foreclosed on. Thanks for watching!
It's 212 feet tall, less then half the height of what is considered a sky scraper, its just a building.
When it was built, it was like the second tallest building in the world, and the tallest in Cleveland. It may not be a modern skyscraper, but in historic terms, yes, it is.
I remember when I was a kid, I thought a four story building was a skyscraper because it was large and had no windows.
Prime corner lot for a new building of some type.
@@shawnjamison2759 Might be the best option at this point! thank you for watching!
knowing Cleveland, I suspect another parking lot. Let's not forget about how they tore down the whole northwest quadrant of Public Square to do just that. Shameful tearing down all those historic buildings
15, 20 floors, hardly a "skyscraper"
The definition of a skyscraper certainly has changed over the years.
Tallest building the the United States at the time… I’d say it surely scraped the sky
A lot of local writers on that roof
Guys I wish you wouldn't have spewed so much Gibberish..you sounded like you had no idea what you were talking about...visuals, however, were ok...
"CLEVELAND" - " It really IS as Depressing as IT looks! "
There are much worse places than CLE
@@drdavedebunkerthats a great theme for cleveland ,that works
This is what dying light the video game looks like
@@animalpower7315 It was very similar! Place is very sketch. thank you for watching!
What is the deal w/ the voice over ?
My videos are a documentary and tour of abandoned places. Instead of a normal explore, these videos are almost like an encyclopedia to the spot, so not only do you get to see a tour, but you learn the history! Hope you enjoyed!
It's a shame that so much of the building's original character was covered or removed throughout the different renovations...
But as far as The Old Man was concerned... Don't buy the Official Narrative.
He was about as crooked as they come and his offspring are pretty evil, too.
If it weren't for people like those, this planet wouldn't be in the sad shape it's in and "regular people" like us wouldn't be on the proverbial hamster wheel.
Very true, I’ve heard some stories too, but just wanted to keep it formal for the video. Thank you for your words, and watching!!!
This is how it’s always been, since the time of The pharaohs. It must be built into human DNA. Just like bees always build a hive with a queen at the center, we always build our societies in the same manner. Even socialist communist societies revert to this system. There will always be a John D. Rockefeller at the top and the rest of us below. It never changes.
Now define Per Capita...
Skyscraper ?????😅😅