I missed this video when you originally posted it. What a stunning building. Hotels of the past didn't have that corporate sterility that almost all of the hotels have today. The guest rooms are likely vacant because they don't meet the current standards for a hotel room in 2012. Hotel rooms of the past were very tiny and it would sadly be hard to find enough people that are willing to stay in such vintage accommodations. Marriott likely undertook a cost analysis on renovation vs. building new.
Absolutely beautiful. Rather surprising that the upper levels are unused. I would think it would be cheaper to actually use them, not have them sit idle.
@TheElevatorChannel From the looks of some descriptions, these appeared to have been more recent. Guess not. I guess these did get pushed way back. (Then again, the current new videos of Saint Joseph are 13 months old.)
They said the guestrooms in the Muehlebach are out of use which is not true. They should ask for someone professionally works in the Marriott Downtown to give them the proper tour instead of them running around and making arbitrary erroneous remarks on video about the hotel.
I went inside this muehlbach hotel Kansas city in June 2017, i could feel the history inside that building. thanks for showing the elevators.
I wish these elevators could be put back into service, they're quite some gems
I missed this video when you originally posted it. What a stunning building. Hotels of the past didn't have that corporate sterility that almost all of the hotels have today. The guest rooms are likely vacant because they don't meet the current standards for a hotel room in 2012. Hotel rooms of the past were very tiny and it would sadly be hard to find enough people that are willing to stay in such vintage accommodations. Marriott likely undertook a cost analysis on renovation vs. building new.
They should’ve kept these running because I would love to film these
The Beatles on their September 17th tour 1964 stayed here. The bedsheets were cut up into 1inch squares and sold to the general public
Absolutely beautiful. Rather surprising that the upper levels are unused. I would think it would be cheaper to actually use them, not have them sit idle.
Nothing says "Tasteful Mod" of a classic elevator, like EPCO uttons, and a green "ACME" Dot-Matrix floor counter.
I tried riding these today. But they've been out of service for years.
When will they be back in service?
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@@user-ll1lz1bu5b You comment makes no sense.
I don’t speak that language either but I’ll take that as a maybe
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From the looks of some descriptions, these appeared to have been more recent. Guess not.
I guess these did get pushed way back.
(Then again, the current new videos of Saint Joseph are 13 months old.)
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Took awhile, huh? :)
I remember you mentioning this a long time ago.
Do these lifts have an independent service keyswitch?
Obviously.
Is there any possible way on getting to those restricted floors and if there is, how?
Beautifull, a lot better than the Gen 2 and Eco crap.
These were installed or modernized once by Montgomery.
Got a lot of old backlogged stuff, huh?
Either that, or your buddy didn't get into the Army.
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I take it Alex didn't go through with the Army thing. They won't allow hair like that. :)
For 10+ floors, do those vintage elevators travel 350 FPM? Geared traction perhaps?
I guess Im kind of off topic but do anybody know of a good website to watch new movies online ?
@Rocky Matthias I watch on Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
Shamed they locked the upper florrs.
we're these manually controlled
yes
+Rob Fassi what were these originally
+josh gardner I have no idea
I’m willing to bet they were
EPIC call button, but in the inside, not so epic.
What Fixtures are those?
Outside- Your guess is as good as mine. No one seems to know. Inside- Just some generic Adams panel that was likely installed in the 90's.
They appear to be EPCO/ADAMS. I have seen COPs similar to those on some Dovers.
Innovation Premier car operating panels.
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They can’t be Premier, as they’re from the 80s-90s.
I’m not sure, but I think these were early Premier, from the mid-late-1990s.
They said the guestrooms in the Muehlebach are out of use which is not true. They should ask for someone professionally works in the Marriott Downtown to give them the proper tour instead of them running around and making arbitrary erroneous remarks on video about the hotel.