DERELICT OFFICE building explore. Built 1972, abandoned in 1991 (horrific toilets!)
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2024
- Built in 1972, it's been derelict since 1991. Tonight we finally get an opportunity to explore it.
Thanks to Landie Man and Joe.
For even more history and photos of this building, please visit Landie_Man's Flickr channel - link below.
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PART 2 (lift machinery) uploading soon.
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LINKS
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DANIEL MEAKIN:
• (enviro 200) this bus ...
(Daniel, if you would prefer a different video then please let me know in comments, Matt)
WHY LIFTS ARE SMASHED OUT video:
• VANDALISM? Why lifts ...
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INTRUDER ALARM PANELS:
CASTLE 'CHECKMATE': Successor to the popular 'Omega' range with the 7-segment display ('d'=day mode!). The checkmate had an LCD display and more zones than the Omega. With most companies using other manufacturers such as the Scantronic 9500 (for big systems) and Menvier, the 'Checkmate' was a very rare and short lived panel before the company 'Castle' became 'Castle Caretech' with their popular 2300/2700 range. See it here:
• Castle Caretech 2300 a...
SCANTRONIC 'EQUALISER 3': Cheap 3 zone keyswitch panel, main used in domestic installations. The panel wasn't very susceptible to main surges whic hused to freeze the panel (requiring a power-cycle to clear it). This was a big problem during thunderstorms when surges were likely.
GROUP 4: Custom built panel by Group 4. Very rare!
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LIFT IDIOCY WITH KIDS:
• Random lift adventure 13
''Some channels'' treat playing around in lift shafts as something 'fun'. Even meeting up with children and taking them into lift shafts to go 'lift surfing' with them.
The consequences:
• Teaching KIDS TO SURF ...
• Random lift adventure 13
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The toilets didn't shock me. Being alive, more or less, during the 1970s, I knew what the color scheme would be. What shocked me the building was derelict for 33 years and only in use for 16
Sounds like great management. Wonder what's the story behind it.
Quality. I do electrical maintenance in a lot of buildings of that era, the styles and colour schemes are of the same. Some still even original. I love the older buildings, so much more style and design than the current all white vast spaces of nothing. All the best to you.
Surprised at the condition of the building prior to it being renovated. It looked pretty good. If it opened in 1975 like you said it only saw 15 years of use.
At 1:10 there is a "Please, close the door" message. As this is in Romanian, it is highly possible some of the Romanian workers forgot to to close the door. That's probably why the worker was only saying "hello", his English language skill wasn't good enough to ask you who you are and what are you doing there.
Boys and girls, mrmattandmrchay uploaded
"Door was left open".... yeah right lads, i bet you can open a pushbutton code lock faster than i can 😂
Oh, yeah. Its going to be a good evening.
Brilliant video it is most interesting to see it being converted into apartments but one wonders about sound proofing and the longevity of the conversions apart from the expense of communal maintenance these developments consume.
Watching with maximum excitement at 30,000ft over the Atlantic!
It’s beyond me how such a structure and the capital involved can lay dormant and unused for 30+ years…
Yeah, maybe it can be written off but still…
outside of the brown toilet, I didn't find the colors that atrocious.
I was a teen in the 1970's, and remember some actual horrible color combos.
orange and green for one 🤢I still like earth tones, which I think this building was done in.
thanks for another fascinating video, I am going to watch part 2 for sure 😀
Looking forward to seeing the next part. Those lifts look to be in remarkable condition after being abandoned for over 30 years. It wouldn’t take a lot of work to refurb back into going order.
Probably though, a lot would be stripped and, at the very least, the control system and the car would be replaced.
These are classic Otis systems for the period. I’ve installed countless numbers of these, but how many engineers are left now that even understand how to maintain these systems?
9:52 Of course the Gent Vigilon has the fault light on 😅
Damn was the dude DEAF? He kept saying HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A new era of high cost slum housing begins with these kind of conversions.
Those Otises look great for being derelict for 30 years!
Cool
Video nicely put together
Epic Video. Those Old Otis Lifts Look Very Epic to Ride if they were Working. I Really hope they don't Modernize the set of 2 Lifts.
They problaby will midernise it sadly becase that has happned many times with places like that
Office spaces converted to apartments. What could go wrong?
Did the boiler room at the top serve the shop?
Will the shop still be open after they have made it into apartments?
17:53 what is that "EXTINGUISHANT"?
Will there be new lifts installed in the shafts eventually?
100%. No way they would repair these awesome Otis lifts.
You're right
@kingsethofpinecone Yeah
Anyone know what offices were there, shops too?
Nope
BLOODY HELL as ya'll say in the UK......Poop Brown toilets!
Yooooo
Try Spain Barcelona Thay have about infinite old lifts
Aylesbury still looks pants!
Looking forward to seeing the next part. Those lifts look to be in remarkable condition after being abandoned for over 30 years. It wouldn’t take a lot of work to refurb back into going order.
Probably though, a lot would be stripped and, at the very least, the control system and the car would be replaced.
These are classic Otis systems for the period. I’ve installed countless numbers of these, but how many engineers are left now that even understand how to maintain these systems?