Memphis Abandoned Tallest Building UP Bank Drone Footage The Spa Guy
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- This video is about The Spa Guy showing you the Tallest Building in Memphis was the UP Bank building and flys the Glory over it.. Subscribe for more..
Love it!!! Too bad you couldn't go in. The lobby was absolutely gorgeous when it was in business
For many years, 100 North Main was crowned with a large illuminated "UP Bank" sign, visible for miles, The sign was dismantled in late 2005 due to the acquisition of Union Planters National Bank by Regions Bank. As of April 2007, the sign had not been replaced and the tower's top cap is a blue, empty box -giving the building a somewhat abandoned appearance. Because of the "UP Bank" sign, many Memphians mistakenly believe that 100 North Main was the headquarters building of Union Planters, although the bank's actual headquarters was at 67 Madison Avenue and, later, 6200 Poplar Avenue.
The building was constructed with a revolving restaurant atop the main roof. This restaurant operated under several different owners and names (Top of the 100 Club, Pinnacle, etc.), but is now vacant. Behind the restaurant was a Japanese garden which closed in 1971. A few large stones and a concrete path are all that remain of the garden today.
The building has been condemned by Shelby County Environmental Court since late 2015 when it was discovered that chunks of concrete were falling from the building's exterior walls, as well as the elevators being inoperable and the fire safety systems not being up to code or functional.
On January 8, 2018, the current owner of 100 North Main, New York-based Townhouse Management Co., made public plans to convert the building into a 550-room Loews Hotel with 220 apartment units. The developer is also planning to build a new, 34 story office tower on an adjacent property.
I totally agree with turning the UP building into downtown apartments and hotel. What I don't get is why would the developers want to waste their money building office spaces since most white collar work can be done at home?
What a mouth full, guess you’re used to that kind of thing.
Aside from all the social and economic effects, your "white-collar-work-can-be-done-from" mentality has manifested in buildings such as this. Not everyone of these buildings will enjoy success from the quick fix, i.e. conversion into a hotel/apartments. Most cities provide incentives, for example tax breaks, to businesses to locate in the city. Now, all these buildings serve as a blight on the city, provide zero revenue to the city, and remove people who could patronize local businesses while at work.
Don't carp when taxes increase as a result, all so you can hide within the cocoon of your home, not associating with anyone. Numerous factors contribute to scenes such as this, but to ignore the impact of "working from home" reveals a very professional perspective.
My sister and I had lunch in the revolving restaurant on top of the bank in 1966. We were just kids. They treated us like we were somebody special. Good memories.
Frank it looked a like a really high end place back then..
My dad had an office on the 19th floor of this building in the 1980's and 90's. I use to explore this place on Saturdays when he was seeing clients since it wasnt full of people like a weekday would be..Can still hear the exact sound of the elevators when they would reach the floors. Sad to see 100 N Main in this shape now. This building is a large part of my past.
Aw, I didn't know it wasn't the UP building anymore! I haven't lived in Memphis since 1988, so a LOT has changed since then. This place was such a landmark. You could always see the big UP lit up in the downtown skyline.
I left in June 1989. I remember it being my favorite downtown building as a child, "the up bank" 😅
I know I hadn't lived in Memphis since 2013
As always you did a great job, what a lesson in how to blow a few million dollars real quick, this was a great building up until not that long ago, I have been to law offices there, and they were the most plush in the city, like the ones shown in the firm. The round part was a restaurant that revolved, 360 degrees in one hour. The reason the front door was tore up, and the windows broken out was because they had a fire in the abandoned building not that long ago.
To other comments, when the streets of Memphis are quiet, that's a good thing around here (hahaha). Downtown Memphis is doing very well, that's why this building will have to come down, too much competition, trendier new places.
Spa Guy your videos are the best, thanks so much.
Mark Thompson The fire didn’t shatter the glass, there was only fire in a couple floors. The people who break in break stuff including most of the glass within. (One group of which set the fire on only a couple floors) and the come down of the building was due to asbestos not trendier places.
If I were a developer with a $20 million reno budget, I would convert that building into either downtown apartments, hotel space or a apartment/hotel hybrid. There is going to be less demand for office buildings in the near future as many companies are discovering that most white collar office work can be done from the comfort of one's home thanks to the current pandemic.
Odd, I was in Memphis this morning and parked in that very spot against the fence. Walked around the corner to 2nd street and had a fantastic breakfast across street. I came home turned on RUclips and here you are exactly where I was at.
They are watching you Brad..
It had a revolving restaurant at the top at one time. In the 60s there were three revolving restaurants in Memphis
The UP bank sign referred to Union Planters bank, which was bought by Regions bank about a decade or so ago. They subsequently removed the sign.
Great footage!
The most disappointing part of my long trip throughout the US were all those abandoned houses, buildings and other poorly maintained properties. Very depressing and sad.
Albert van den Berg Well, it’s something you should expect from Memphis.
@@Memphisfire40 Why?
@@charlesdegraffenreaid8311 because Memphis isn’t that great of a city. Nobody from America intentionally goes there. It’s crime ridden, with a great history.
@@californiamade5608 Anyone who begins a criticism with "Nobody" clearly just has an axe to grind and are sad and lonely and clueless. People intentionally come to Memphis every day, if for no other reason than Graceland. The tourism industry in Memphis is as health as ever. My question is, why do you live here? If you don't live here, then why TF are you commenting?
Love the history of old buildings and this was such a cool one! It's nice to see more of Memphis as well! Thank you for the awesome drone tour!
At the top in the round restaurant part in the late 70s - early 80s was a disco called 2001. Anyone remember that?
Correction: The 2001 Disco was in the round top of the building at Union Ave and S. Cleveland. It might have rotated like the one on the UP building on Poplar near S. Mendenhall.
25 yrs ago I worked for Fay Builders. We had to do some work in the Poplar UP. Got to feel the floor spin. Was epic.
I grew up in Paragould, AR. I remember this building from the 80s. Coming to Memphis was always very exciting for us. I always thought top that building was so cool.
I lived in Memphis when this building was constructed. It was said to have no structural steel and was erected using only reinforced concrete. At the time it was the tallest building ever to use that method. Concrete deteriorates over time and may have played a part in its failure. It had the fastest elevators in the city. On the express elevators that serviced only the upper floors, Your ears would pop during the trip from the main floor. They were either Westinghouse or General Electric, i'm not sure.
It might be a difficult demolition if that becomes its fate. This would probably make the Clark Tower on the east side of the city the tallest at 34 floors. How did you get the drone footage to be so smooth and steady? Excellent video.
Swinde I witnessed a jumper from the 17th floor around 1982. I was very close to where he landed but didn’t get any “debris” on me.
They are Westinghouse elevators
This is not the UP building on Poplar out east. It is the original one downtown.
@@RockNRoller66
This is correct.
@@RockNRoller66 There was a "UP-Bank" logo at the top of the 22 story "White Station Tower" prior to the logo appearing on the 100 N. Main building. I don't remember if there was even a branch in the building. The main office of the Union Planters Bank downtown was at Madison and Front streets. (closed) This bank later became Regions Bank.
Wow u sure r good with the Glory, nice work and great video as always
Downtown Memphis looks dead!
I stay in Memphis and you are correct
So?
@@blessedbeyondmeasures7532 what do you mean so? Downtown is dead. Everyone chooses to ignore it.
Trust me Memphis does have vibrate downtown because of Beale Street!! Normally on a typical day especially Wednesday thru Monday after 5 or 6 it’s jumping!! The summer months can be pack be with tourists especially during Memphis May.
agreed they need to try to build some new things if I played for the Grizzlies and help them win a championship I would probably help rebuild Memphis
I’m 53 and grew up near Memphis. This building has always looked abandoned. I was told it was a bank with a restaurant on top
G’Day Billy (Spaguy], This is another great video from you mate. I absolutely love the footage taken from The Glory. The streets in Memphis city look very quiet. Hardly any cars or people about. The whole city looks deserted. Kind of sad looking after all this is the home town of the best Rock star/ performer that ever lived. Was this footage filmed early morning on a holiday or something like that? Keep up the good work that you do Billy. A big cheers from Perth, Western Australia. 👍 Craig
Great Job Billy!!
Downtown Memphis looks deserted!!
Sad the way things get run down!!
We were born in the same year!!1965 great year lol
When I was very little, my mom worked there in that building. Maybe a bank or something? It was several floors up. I remember going inside and looking out the windows and we were up pretty high. That round part at the top was a restaurant and it would turn while you’re eating your dinner and you would get a full view of the city. I remember being inside the rotating part once. We called it the UP building. I was probably 4 so this was like 50 years ago. 😀😀
HEY I used to visit that building because my dad used to work there when I was a kid
This is sad. While Tennessee's 3 other big metro areas are thriving, Memphis keeps declining. Not only this building but tge Sterick Building, which, before they built the arch in St Louis, was the tallest building on the Mississippu River. My family ate in the revolving restaurant on the top.
I can't believe this Building is in this shape. It's the Union Planters Bank Building and was fully functioning when I lived in Memphis and worked downtown.
How quickly the record of knowing fades.
No, I hope the restore the property and it goes on to be the facility of new enterprise.
Appreciate the share qnd respect of the property.
It is crazy how fast the building went down.. They will bring it back though!!
Elvis went up in the Seattle Space Needle rotating restaurant when he was filming...I think it was even in the film. I would think he might have been here..? The restaurant and glasswalk over in the pyramid was really cool...but all of it gives me the heebie-jeebies!
thanks, great Memphis skyline!
Nice video once again Mr. Billy Stallings. So sad for Memphis to look like this. The UP Bank building needs to be torn down. Sad because many inter cities look this way. I have heard that Memphis is pretty bad...so sad ! Nice skyline view though. The old fire station at the end too.
lyn ells it’s bad but also good. If you stay away from certain parts of memphis you’re good. If you really want to see some of the good things in the bad parts of memphis carry a gun. We have a 2 bass pro shops. One near here this video was filmed and another thats well, im not sure where it is. We also have some good restaurants, Museums, bbq places, and festivals. Trust me. I live just north of memphis but my dad works for Memphis fire.
We lived downtown in an apartment in 2004. It's gone downhill since then. I'm surprised you weren't begged by at least a dozen different guys. You can't get away from them. Memphis doesn't care about anything to do with downtown, especially tourists, so they just let the panhandlers go around begging. Sad.
If I remember correctly, there wasn't even a branch of the Union Planters Bank located in the building. I could be wrong though, it was a long time ago. The main branch was at Madison and Front Street.
You Can see the Clark tower and the Ibank building tower from a distance at the Shelby Farms Park's Gift shop building there.
Great drone footage Billy.....
I hate to see historic buildings in my hometown in that shape especially this one. My Mom used to tell me about going to the restaurant at the top and when i was little and we would go downtown it was always the first building i looked for. I always called it the UP building lol That building is part of Memphis history its a shame to see it that way especially when its personal. Enjoyed the video as always Spa Guy it brought back alot of great memories!!
Great video I haven't been in there since 2001 .I've always wanted to explore it
Oh wow. The old “Uncle Pete’s building”. We left Memphis in 05. 100 North Main was used in The Firm. That used to be where all the swanky law offices were back in the day. You knew if someone told you that was their address, they were paying a lot for rent. I wonder if that building is still standing? I guess I’ll google it and see.
I think that all of the restaurant tables on the roof came through the windows of the round tower room. Vandalism sucks.
I remember the revolving restaurant. My mother-in-law and her 2nd husband had their wedding reception there in the late 60's. It was a great place. I also remember dinning at the revolving restaurant out east on Poplar. Also excellent. Those were the days in Memphis!!
You went right past the windows where my Dad's law office was back in the 60's & 70's just below the restaurant and health spa on the north side. Holt, Batchelor, Taylor, Spicer & Ryan. I'm Batchelor III.
Wow.. Cool stuff.. That building was beautiful back in day!!
I flew paper airplanes out that window.
It might have been that right of center window on the bottom edge of the thumbnail.
I swore I saw someone in the window at the 9:40 mark....I watched it a few times, but assume that is not a person :-) Great videos always Billy
Hello Jon, I looked at the 9:40 mark but didn't see anything.. Thanks for watching, Spa Guy
Billy Stallings middle right window :)
Yes I seen someone too
Yea a security guard looking out the window...yup
Y’all musta been smoking something cause there’s no one there
As others have said, this was the "Union Planters" building, aka the UP Bank building, although they rented out most of it. When they became Regions Bank, the headquarters moved around several times, but it was never at 100 North Main.
I hate to see so much of Memphis' historic infrastructure destroyed, especially since much of it will just be thrown away, but let's be honest: this was never a very pretty building, and if someone can build something downtown that is more attractive and looks better coming over the bridge, then so be it. For instance, Hilton has done wonders with the old rail terminal, turning it into a hotel and there's even a Malco there. This is the kind of thing that needs to happen in a medium-size city like M-Town.
So if you're a flasher you must be operating while you're here . Hahaha.....😂😂😂!! You always say something that makes me laugh ...!!! That was pretty interesting . To me it's always sad when they tear down old buildings like this . That's a big ole building though . Thanks for sharing Spa Guy !!!!
Bonnie Brown
That's Fire Engine House No. 1 you filmed there, a museum now.
Yep I have been in there investigating..
Thankyou, interesting.
Nice footage boss!
I hate to see a that is building is abandoned. I hope they turned it into apartments or something instead of ripping it down like so many other buildings.
Just came across this. Looks sad but glad you filmed it been to downtown many times and never noticed this building. Things that I miss.Thanks to you I can see what I've missed. I'm sure by now it's been demolished
No it's still here
Interesting as usual )) do you need an assistant? ))
great video. thank you. i LOVED memphis when I lived there in the mid 90's, its peak and so the place has a special sentimental value to me even though it's a dump town now. breaks my heart. my former neighborhood, Hickory Hill used to be yuppie upper-mid scale but now it's a "hood" from what I'm told. your video showcases a building that is symbolic of EVERYTHING THE IDIOT MEMPHIS POLITICIANS did to ruin the city starting with annexation when I lived there, while they were filming The Firm and Tom Cruise was thinking of buying a house there afterwards.
I know this comment is old but I grew up in Hickory Hill around the same time. It was a nice neighborhood then. I'm not there anymore but now it's called Hickory Hood. It's a pretty dangerous area. You wouldn't believe how it's become, it's sad😢
Nice video! I grew up in West Tennessee and the "UP Building" was always a central figure in the Memphis skyline.
I'm also a UAV pilot and I'd love to take some aerial footage of the skyline as well but I need to get authorization first. Who did you contact in order to get the permission to fly your UAV over the downtown area like that? I'd love to get some similar shots but I don't want to violate any FAA regulations/recommendations in the process. Thanks!!!
Can the building be redeveloped into a multi use facility with condos, restaurants, retail, and office space?
I hear it is under redevelopment..
as of june 15th 2021 city council wants to have a plan for the building by late 2021 or early 2022
Should try and replace it with a taller building with similarities like a modern ufo too and glass building
Great video... at 5:05 center, was that a head peeping from the side? The building had a fire on the top floor a few years ago
Any updates on this place as of 2021?
Still the same last time I was there a month ago..
@@weeklyspaguy did they happen to put a wooden boarder around the building?
Which drone do you use...? Great footages..
The Phantom 4 Pro was used in this video.. I fly all DJI drones.. The newest is a Mavic 2 Pro..
Thanks for your reply.... ☺️☺️☺️
They wont tear it down because they wont spend the money.all across america there are numerous buildings allowed to just sit and decay.
How can 2 tall skyscrapers in what is supposed to be a major American City be abandoned? If these buildings were in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, or Denver, they would be fully occupied, with a waiting list with rents in the stratosphere. Pathetic.
Completely wrong.
I was in Memphis a few weeks ago and I was wondering what was up with this building.
I would also like to know more about the abandoned police station across the street, I looked it up apparently the fire station, police station, and court house were all built at the same time, of course the police station is now abandoned.
They’re about to renovate it!
Seems like an easy building to scale up for those mountain clibers/adrenaline junkies.
And they do, all of the time. :)
Hello Billy got another investigation for ya I know I'm always coming up with something but this one doesn't add up and perhaps you have already the answer in an interview of Lisa Marie she made a remark to the fact that Elvis' body was at Grace Land for 3 days after he died and that she "somehow found comfort with that" another mysterious question : if his body was taken via ambulance to Baptist Hospital as claimed how did Elvis' body remain at Graceland for 3 days after he died ? This was a statement Lisa Marie made herself ?
Diana, She was about 9 years old so she has no idea about how long it was.. He passed on Tuesday was pronounced around 4:30pm was back at Graceland on display by 12pm the next day Wednesday and placed in the Mausoleum Thursday close to 5pm.. So her recollection of what happened is not accurate..
Wow to bad looks kinda cool love the look of the building!! Oh well time for change! TCB
rrrrrrrrreally cool! Love it!
I’m been inside that building at night and it’s creepy as hell. And you hear a woman screaming at night and shadows.
Puh-leeez. You really believe in ghosts?
Thank you thank you thank you!!
There are more than a few buildings in Memphis that should be demolished...
A decaying backwater.
Should have been a restaurant up there.
Up stood for union planters. It became what is known now as regions bank
My ex wife worked there and we lived in 99 Towers across the street. She had a short commute.
I was in 100 north main back in 2009(I think) Anyone know when it officially closed?
2014
This video is 3 years ago, sad the 100 N. Main build (built about the same times the former world trade center in New York) is in bad shape. I remember back in the 70's into the 90's even at night you could reconise the building for the red illumination of the UP Bank sign. Everyone referred it as the UP bank building being the tallest building in Memphis and Shelby county. Sad like a lot of things in Memphis including this building go to pot.
Like most of Tennesee, Memphis was ruined by sreggin.
Tell me about the Sterick
I understand that the Sterick building is also abandoned. It is a much older building, built in 1928 and opened in 1930. It even had spittoons in the hallways for tobacco chewers.
That is interesting. Have you been in there, and could you take me in? I'd love to see the old beauty.
I live in South Florida now, and last visited Memphis in 1998. I have been in the building many times in the 50s through the 80s when I lived there. The lobby was quite impressive, It was mostly law offices and a few jewelers back then with a few retailers on the ground floor. I think this was the building that had a blind vendor in the lobby area. I can't remember what products he sold, but he could tell the difference between $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills by running them through his fingers along the part where "The United States of America" was printed. These words were slightly raised and different on each of the bills.
Do you still like to research and explore abandoned places?
Nice work. What drone did you use?
I always fly DJI Brand this was a Phantom 4 Pro..
The round structure at the top was a rotating fine dining restaurant.
Fly it in the windows?
Subbed
Needs music by Elvis in the background.
Can't use it RUclips would flag the video..
What satelite Village is this?
I wonder who broke the windows out? Probably the weather?
Vandals..
Billy Stallings thanks for responding!
Yeah when I first started going up there we respected the place and took care not to mess anything up but people started figuring out how to get in and destroyed everything
ah yes, my building, stay curious my friend
What kind of drone do you have sir? Woooooo
DJI Phantom 4 on this flight..
What type of drone do you have and where can I purchase
I use on DJI Drones.. This one was a Phantom 4 Pro I also fly Mavic 2 Pro when traveling..
505 mark I see a face in the window appear and disapeer
it was nice in the lobby restraunts hair places, but mainly full of lawyers since the courts were across the street,,this is pretty sad
Thank you for this. And all of you for the comments. I write a dystopian future in which the man who rules North America lives in that penthouse.
How did the nickname, "Spa Guy" come about?
I own a hot tub company in Nashville called The Spa Guy..
@@weeklyspaguy OK, cool. I used to sell spas in Los Angeles for Catalina Spa's Factory Outlet we of course sold Catalina/ Caribbean/ Mediterranean Spas when Boyd Cargill was in Perris, CA. I grew up in Whitehaven in the 60's & 70's and I currently live in Southaven.
The up Bank was Memphis skyline Memphis did not have many skyscrapers which was shocking to me because Memphis is a very large city the City of Little Rock which is way more smaller has more skyscrapers than Memphis.
I thought the UP Bank and 100 North Main were different buildings at different locations ??
They are.. This building is down town the IBank is in White Station out of town..
As I recall the Union Planters Bank headquarters was at Madison and Front Sts. This building may have had a branch in it. The restaurant at top that revolved at one time had a woman's name....maybe Diane's or something like that.
Theres freaking tables up top WTH
It wasn't abandoned about 10 years ago
Is (UP) Union Planters Bank?
Yes I think that is correct!!
Looks like an old person
Flats in there and everything is good
Goroge Jetson house uptop🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve been in there you have to climb it’s scary af if you don’t like hieghts
Wow such waste . It would take mega millions to rehab .
At the end of 2023, they have started a 270 million dollar renovation on this building.