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Recorded on 11/5/23. I made it back to Rockaway Town Square to do some ultra HD 4K videos of the elevators that currently remain in this mall. Lord & Taylor and Sears have closed since my last visit. Chris Cronin got harassed by some very nasty liquidators upon closing. Many liquidators across America unfortunately are some very bad people! Some of the worst in the retail industry actually. Anyway, this elevator hasn't changed much. Though it runs fine.

Recorded on 10/14/23. This is an elevator that replaced a Schindler RT elevator that is similar to the elevator you see at the end of this video. That elevator was too busy so I only included a small segment of that elevator in this video. Anyway, this is a really cool all glass elevator!

Recorded on 4/7/24. After twenty-four years of being on God's beautiful earth, I finally saw more of it! This is the first time I have ever left the United States of America and the first new country to experience. Canada! We did a day trip to the Canada side of Niagara Falls. At first, I thought this would be the only elevator I would get to see in Canada since I was with a large group. With a 5 PM booking of the journey under the falls experience, we had hours to kill and ended up in the mall of the Fallsview Resort. So I got to ride eight elevators while in Canada! The remainder of the Canada videos will go live in January, but here is a preview of what I got in Canada. To our family, the whole nation of Canada is a giant amusement park. Lol! Niagara Falls is a nice city, though. Enjoy!

Recorded on 10/14/23. This is another loud Westinghouse elevator. The floor indicator hasn't worked or fixed in over thirteen years. The call stations have roto dials, but they are very dark and hard to see.

Recorded on 11/10/23. I normally don't film elevators at Hampton Inn hotels, but this was another case where there was an interesting set of elevators at this hotel. This hotel was two Westinghouse elevators that received a slap on modernization by Schindler. Schindler added their own chimes to this modernization and they kept the original Westinghouse dinner bells. Pretty awesome elevators!

Recorded on 11/10/23. This elevator services a small fourth floor portion of this hotel. None of the other elevators service the fourth floor of this hotel. This elevator also received a nice cab renovation. However, they didn't bother to put in a phone just like with the ballroom elevator. Did they forget to do basic maintenance with this elevator after renovation? This elevator still runs rough and the floor indicator still doesn't work from 2019.

Recorded on 10/14/23. I think the fact that this is a Westinghouse elevator should give you enough information about the characteristics of this elevator, lol!

Recorded on 11/5/23. I wanted to check out these elevators in 2012 but I was not able too. I predicted these elevators would be Otis Series 5 and look what my prediction turned out to be! Lol!

Recorded on 11/5/23. This is a newer hotel that opened in 2016. These are some standard but nice Schindler elevators. Notice how far apart each elevator is from one another in this elevator bank. Almost reminds me of the Holiday Inn Express in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

Recorded on 10/14/23. It has been over eleven years since I was last at this mall. When my parents went to a wedding, me and my sister came to this mall to do some shopping and ride elevators! This elevator is a very early Schindler 330A from 2002. This elevator had the low pitched chimes at one point.

Recorded on 11/10/23. This is the main elevator in this hotel. This is an elevator I was disappointed to see get renovated. Before the Crowne Plaza renovation, this elevator had a very pretty cab! I was sad to see it removed. This elevator was previously modernized so you could argue this elevator was fully modernized. I still like the motor and amber buttons though.

Recorded on 11/10/23. I am glad this elevator only received a cab renovation and not a modernization! However, I suspect the buttons are endangered because they are not holding up very well. This is likely because of age. The motor and controller are still original too.

Recorded on 10/13/23. During our fall Pennsylvania trip, we stayed at this new Springhill Suites hotel. Boy was it nice! This hotel opened in 2019 I believe. This is a beautiful new hotel! Enjoy a full tour of this beautiful property!

Recorded on 11/5/23. These are some standard but very nice Schindler MT elevators this hotel has.

Recorded on 10/14/23. We made a "brief" stop at Whitford Station to see a few trains. Not much goes through here on a Saturday since we spent over 40 minutes here and only saw two trains. The main purpose was to catch the Pennsylvanian and it snuck up on me. So I decided to make this video a railfan short. We see Amtrak trains in this video. No SEPTA trains came through here during this video. I hope to someday bring you all a full railfanning video on the Amtrak Keystone Corridor with the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale line. Enjoy!

Recorded on 11/4/23. It has been way too long since we last rode this elevator! Over eleven years ago! Let's see how this 2009 Schindler elevator is doing in 2023! This hotel opened in 2011, but the building was put up in 2009. There was a delay with the finished product.

Recorded on 10/13/23. We got to stay at this beautiful new Spring Hill Suites Hotel last fall and it was awesome! The full hotel tour video will go live on Wednesday. Until then, enjoy these nice Schindler 3300 elevators this hotel has to offer!

Recorded on 11/10/23. This hotel was rebranded as the Crowne Plaza Desmond Hotel back in 2020. IHG has owned this hotel for a while before hand. This hotel did get renovated. All of the elevators here received a cab renovation, but not a full modernization. For some of the elevators here, this is disappointing, but for others, it's a nice improvement. This elevator is a case where the renovation made a nice improvement. However, there is still no phone?! This elevator runs good though.

Recorded on 11/10/23. I almost thought I wouldn't get to ride this set of elevators as I missed these in 2019. However, these elevators were still here at the time of making this video. The right elevator just got taken out of service for replacement. I will have to come back to this Airport when the new Kone elevators are finished.

Recorded on 10/5/23. I went to preschool in this building and I didn't remember this building having an elevator! I went to go check it out after seeing this elevator on Vertical Transit's channel. This elevator is in very good shape! This building is interesting as the entrance/exit can be accessed from both floors at the same place. Since there is no ramp to the second floor, this elevator was installed. It is nice to see this building not cheap out on the design of this building!

Recorded on 2/23/24 with William Scoufaras. For the railfanning portion of the Boston 2024 series, me and William ventured out to Medford/Tufts to catch the Amtrak Downeaster which is a train we have not gotten before. While we were here, we saw a ton of Green Line trolleys and some of the commuter trains on the MBTA Lowell line. Don't let the short video time fool you here since there is a lot to enjoy in this video! We had a great time here. Royalty free music at www.danosongs.com

Recorded on 10/7/23. Here is an ultra HD 4K video from my Google Pixel 4A camera of this elevator.

Recorded on 10/7/23. I am very happy that the Vector fixtures survived a cab renovation. These days this would result in a full modernization.

Recorded on 10/7/23. While visiting the Maritime Aquarium with my family, I decided to go for silent 4K takes of the elevators here on my Google Pixel 4A phone. I rode this elevator when it was brand new back in 2012. It is crazy to think that this elevator is over 10 years old already. Where did time go?! Lol!

Recorded on 11/10/23. Here is the final ride on one of the elevators in this parking garage! I rode these elevators back in 2019. These elevators are being completely replaced by Kone. You can see the left elevator is already ripped out in this video! This is a enormous project Kone is doing at this Airport. I wonder why these elevators need to be replaced? I missed a pedestrian elevator last time I was at this Airport. It was out of service this time when I went to go try to ride it as it was ripped out and is being replaced by Kone. Enjoy the development in progress!