Exploring the Abandoned Hotel Grim

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In this episode, we explore the historic Hotel Grim. A creepy tower with beautiful architecture.
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[@shawnthomas129]

Guys, this is big. I used to live in the Grim Hotel between 1983 and 1985, apartment 808 on the top floor. My best friend was the building manager's daughter and we had the full run of the place. The basement where you entered had dry cleaning, a barber, massive bathrooms, the boiler, and a tunnel to the Perot Theatre. The front desk, where my mother worked, had a manual switchboard for calling out. The hallway to the left of the lobby past the elevators goes to a grand ballroom where we played. To the right of the lobby, a diner; the left, a news stand. Manager's suite was above the diner. Above the grand staircase to the 2nd floor was an ornate stained glass ceiling; to see it destroyed makes my heart hurt (the whole video does, really). It was built and opened in 1925 in grand opulence when passenger rail was still king, and closed around 1988 or so when the Greyhound station moved to the Interstate. By that point it had turned into a flophouse for retirees. The automatic elevator on the left sometimes didn't work, so the maintenance man would have to pilot the manual elevator on the right during the day, and we'd climb the stairs the rest of the time. The terrace on the roof was a great place to hang out and watch the bats leave the belfry and fly around at sunset. Just off the terrace was an amazing apartment that was once the kitchen and dining room of the upstairs restaurant. The property's owner keeps promising a renovation and rebuild, but it's never, ever going to happen; there's just no demand. It hurts to see it completely decayed. Thanks for checking it out!

[@livingabovethe12th]

Shawn Thomas hey Shawn.....cool Intel! Check this out -- www.ci.texarkana.tx.us/479/Hotel-Grim-Redevelopment

[@Caleb_FC]

plans to restore it are being made as we speak. the texarkana city council had it put on the registry of historic places, and construction is planned to start soon.

[@shawnthomas129]

In 2016, the National Park Service did a study to register Hotel Grim as a historic site on the National Register of Historic Places. So much history in this document. www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000348.pdf

[@jlucasound]

Shawn, It looks like the Grim Hotel will carry on. I hope the rebuild saves the memories you have.

[@mathildaf5100]

Must have been a fantastic place to grew up in!

[@ThisisDanBell]

I can’t believe they have a Hotel Grim in the Town that Dreaded Sundown. This is awesome!

[@fixman88]

This is Dan Bell. A place like that with a name like that; you can’t make this stuff up!

[@svendeboer8469]

Dan, you're awesome too! You three should do a collab! That would be amazing!

[@videowatcher8862]

Dutchvinylfreak they did a collab once

[@novidsheremovealong1893]

This is Dan Bell. Dan!!!!

[@Psychol-Snooper]

It's the bedbug hunter!

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

While lots of other youtubers fall in the clickbait-trap, The Proper People stays genuine and focus on great content. Keep up the good work and stay true to yourselves!

[@thebenjamin2791]

LetsWatch 101 they are the "Proper People".

[@sparkplug1018]

Thats what I thought this video was at first, like no way a Hotel Grim actually exists. But I was wrong, and the video was perfect as always.

[@ThomasTheSergal]

LetsWatch 101 yeah and they only have 1 mid-roll ad in a 18 minute video

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

That Aussie Fur isn’t it up to KZbin to place the ads, or is it the creators decision?

[@raye6045]

Exactly why I love them

[@urbanexploringwithkappy1773]

Incredible video!!!👍👍 You guys seriously deserve a tv show! Awesome explore👍

[@lildaffy1695]

They planned a tv show but unforutnatley that concept was cancelled.

[@valthor7753]

Kermit 5 why was it cancelled?

[@ERIC-65]

Did you mean yt show😂

[@32BitLink]

really when

[@shaiyacoprez2812]

@@32BitLink They had a Kickstarter campaign to fund their show, but they didn't reach the goal. Here are the details: www.kickstarter.com/projects/theproperpeople/forbidden-explorers-urban-exploration-documentary

[@airaero5473]

February 2020 update: as of January, the sign has lit up once again and the hotel is going to reopen as apartments in spring 2021 :)

[@mosathome]

be a lot of work

[@jeffcrompton2767]

They need to gut it to structure and start again. Or they will demolish it and start fresh.

[@garyruss3529]

@@jeffcrompton2767 they're still going. www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2020/apr/07/hotel-grim-work-downtown-texarkana-progressing-despite-virus-outbreak/823429/

[@bigpun7916]

Ummm I'll believe it when i see it , now what with this covid shit, what will happen now ?

[@writerconsidered]

@@garyruss3529 That's impressive, I would have marked this as unsalvageable, I mean the structure integrity is just gone. That's one of those cost less to demo and build from scratch then renovate.

[@MikFindersKeepers]

I Love these vids , no drama, no click bait ghosts or " we got chased by a lunatic " just quality vids, excellent quality and very informative.. The best out there by far... good work again lads. Best wishes from Liverpool UK

[@MaddieTheMadisaur]

Mik Finders Keepers the place is very haunted but you could never get it on video. Now there’s just a bunch of heroin addicts that go in there.

[@koilamaoh4238]

I agree. Plus ghosts are afraid to appear in HD. Most likely to capture evidence of a homeless person.

[@ashercowart2932]

i live in this city... i’m suprised there were no lunatics in that hotel to be honest.

[@carlosroelvink5226]

Can u guys somehow incorporate old footage from the places and mix it with todays footage ? So u can really see the decay in contrast with the old pictures/film. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979]

Greetings from USA🇺🇸

[@atlbrysco6198]

Absolutely agree with you Carlos - this was a "recommended" vid for me, and thought that it had great content and it was fascinating to see, since I had passed through Texarkana several times when I lived in Dallas and never knew anything like this was there. But my agreement with you is because while the tour is great, it is hard to put the pathos and grief of a bygone era into context when you have no perspective of some sort of pictures or footage that showed the hotel in it's "glory days" (or even those from it's dilapidated days). Historical context is what makes these "abandoned" videos so wonderful - and sad - to watch. Just as one viewer demonstrated above from living there in the 1980's - *HE* can feel the sadness because he has some sort of memory of what the place was like 30-40 years ago - us YT viewers just don't have that perspective. Just my two cents.

[@RoxaneEllesansailes]

🇨🇦

[@teb2903]

Thats what i was thinking

[@leeloo5862]

Or just use google.

[@TheOneGuy1111]

Huh. When I read "Hotel Grim" in the title I thought you guys were describing the hotel as grim, but it turns out it's actually called Hotel Grim.

[@editsamv7197]

TheOneGuy1111 same XD

[@lesarasure2740]

Because it was named after a man named Grim.

[@FunnyBoy600]

Love the house of the rising sun background music in the opening shots

[@DavenHiskey]

Damn it i just said that GRRRR :)

[@novidsheremovealong1893]

Joseph Tortorello do you know who does it?

[@L.J.W.98]

ISkaTe 58 The Animals

[@FunnyBoy600]

Yeah, The Animals originally but it's a real old song so lots of different bands have done it. I don't know who did this particular version.

[@byronlangerman4468]

Taken from video description: Music: First Strokes of Time - Indifferent Spaces indifferentspaces.bandcamp.co...

[@Lighting_Desk]

This is why I adored your channel. You treat locations with huge respect and always like it had a past. You captured the spirit of the hotel perfectly. Also when you went into that motor room I actually brain Gasmed. Such beautiful machinery! On a side note please be careful of going near open shafts, it was quite a drop and the cars were still present. Otherwise a magnificent video indeed!

[@memeruss9896]

The full restoration of the Grim is almost complete now. It will be called the Lofts at the Grim and will be apartments. It's amazing just how much work they have put into this place to bring it back to what it once was. From what I saw on the news, the bottom floor will be brought back to it's original state with the other floors (the apartments) being more modern. I did also read where it will be an income capped apartment complex, keeping so many people from enjoying it. Years ago the huge Buhrman-Pharr Hardware building in Texarkana was turned in to lower rental apartments. It too has so much history that not everyone can enjoy.

[@anjachan]

very nice. Thanx for the update.

[@samsmith3082]

but no parking!

[@memeruss9896]

@@samsmith3082 Yep, just a little street parking.

[@Tgghj_vr]

The hotel Grim is being renovated now! The lights are on inside and is looking stunning💜

[@MonsterTrucker5748]

What!?! That's awesome!

[@willowashe]

Whenever I see things like the ducting on the roof all collapsed, I always wonder if it happened all at once, or over time, if it made any noise, if anyone noticed it... just interesting things to think about.

[@tilburg8683]

Jordana Madison it probably made a lot of noice and probably no one noticed it depending on how abandoned the neighborhood is.

[@cdbray5900]

The building is set in Downtown Texarkana. It is surrounded by businesses and the dilapidation happened over time. Last time I was inside myself was about 1977.

[@terr777]

There is an active museum and children's museum nearby.

[@nickicouture7297]

I wonder the same things.

[@megandunnett7900]

@@terr777 so enough noises to cover up the sound of it falling apart

[@constantbuzz]

The Grim closed in October 1990. I Explored this place in October 1995. Took several 35mm photos- there were no digital cameras back then to speak of. It was low rent apartments when it closed. It's best days were up to the 1960s when people came into town from the nearby train station. The interstate on the north side of town was completed in the 1970s, and the Grim took a nose dive after that, as well as rail passenger service usage into down town. Most of the TVs were not broken, most of the elevator doors were closed, and the floor dial above the elevator doors were all there. The current property owner removed the chandeliers, outdoor Grim Hotel street sign, and marble panels from the lower walls in the lobby sometime in the 2000s. The roof had not failed yet, and the sky lights were intact, so the walls and stair cases were all fine back then. I think people pushed things out of the windows from the upper floors and crashed through the sky lights in the lobby some time ago, and the weather has been coming in ever since. The grim reaper spray painted on the wall on the top floor was there in 1995- neat to see it is still there 22 years later. The top floor had a round table nearby the reaper, with a pentagram drawn on the surface, and an unopened can of Coors Light beer set at each point of the star- that was creepy as hell. There has been so much talk about renovations of the Grim for more than decade, but the problem I see, Texarkana has only 150K people in the greater metro area, and the there is a lot of poverty- just not enough people with money to frequent a renovated establishment. The proper people should explore the Pine Street middle school just a mile north of the Grim hotel. Built in 1920s as a college, closed in 2003. Attended that school 1990 to 1993.

[@bullwinklefan2003]

None of us including The Proper People would realize that 2 years after this video was published, restoration work on Hotel Grim would start in 2020 and is still continuing to this day. In the end, the future is looking bright for Hotel Grim.

[@mains8913]

I don't understand how this channel is not more popular. No clickbait, amazing intro and good editing, locations are researched and info is given about them, and you guys know where basically your viewers would want to go or what they want to see(at least in my case). Probably the best exploration channel so far.

[@feralLove]

As dilapitated as the Hotel Grim is now you can tell by what remains standing that it was once a hella swanky place! Its heyday, the roaring twenties and prohibition era... these places always stir the imagination.

[@nelsonchandler1598]

You guys should really wear PPE when going on-site (Hard hats, protective eyewear, work gloves or latex gloves, and respirator masks). There's no telling what you might be breathing in and there's always the chance that debris could fall on your head. Also, wear a headlamp that you can easily toggle on/off. I've seen you go into sites where there's tons of mold and odd smells, and nobody is wearing anything on their head.

[@ThatOneTruckGuy]

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Should always be used when exploring any old building. A lot of them have asbestos and all that nasty stuff.

[@SergeantExtreme]

We've been yelling at them to do that since this channel started. It doesn't look like they're going to change.

[@wardgeys4175]

@@SergeantExtreme they don't read the comments, that's why they're not listening

[@bootsontheground4913]

A lot of these places they should wear hazmat suits. It doesn't matter all that much

[@midnightsparrow9588]

@@wardgeys4175 they reply to some comments. They know what they're doing isn't smart... They *have to know*. I'll take willful ignorance over blind stupidity in this case.

[@susannahgenevieve1287]

Awesome! I love your editing style. EDIT: that opening drone shot of the sign coupled with the music was super effective! Nice.

[@WatchJRGo]

I totally explored this on a rally! Such a cool place, I didn’t make it to the top but I did climb that terrible marble stairway with the mattress on it. Happy to see you guys closer to me 💪🏼

[@josefmechanic]

Lmao wow I never expected to see you here but it’s good to know you like these kinds of things

[@guyvanarsdall7686]

Apparently funding was secured for a 26 million dollar renovation of the Hotel Grim. Be interesting to see if it ever happens...

[@davidholmes4439]

In November they started the process to remove hazardous materials and debris. www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2019/nov/19/long-awaited-work-hotel-grim-begins/804772/

[@crimplemania]

The two TV's you see in this video tell the tale of early television. The dial with 12 or 13 channels was for VHF stations. Within those 13 only about 4 actually carried a television signal. Later on in the 70's you began to see TV's like the one at 11:27 in this video with a second dial of UHF stations for smaller local stations. These went from 14-65 i think..... on the outside of the dial was a plastic ring that you would spin to tune in the channel better once you found what you were looking for.

[@galinda91]

Love the music that is reminiscent of both the opening era of the hotel but also of The Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios. Made me love the video even more!

[@PAelevators]

Beautiful Otis Geared elevator machine. The Right one looks like it was a service elevator with manual handle operation original to the hotel. the left looks like it was upgraded in the 70's

[@buda3d2007]

Drinks are on the house Mr Torrence

[@lisamartin3734]

Great Comment !!!

[@sorcerykid]

Yeah with that ghostly swing music playing in the background while they were exploring the lobby, it made me think of the ballroom at The Overlook Hotel lol.

[@jparker59able]

I thought how cool it was that the music sounded like it was coming right out of the hotel.

[@seansheppard8635]

I just could not Overlook this comment. ☺

[@debbiemclaughlin4945]

Exactly. Made me immediately think of the Shining

[@joshrinker1514]

You guys worry me sometimes. I feel like when I am watching you guys go up sketchy stairs I yell, don't fall!

[@haileyhowson8350]

Josh Rinker honestly same or like I yell "DON'T SPLIT UP DON'T SPLIT UP"

[@sylviakoziarski4912]

I can't help but think the black mold is a greater risk sooner or later. Nasty stuff!

[@NukTap]

Did you see the video where they set off a motion sensor alarm?

[@kurtismckemmie4850]

Don't look down.😱

[@kurtismckemmie4850]

Jack Newton which one? Theres a few of them.

[@Local_Rakun]

I actually live in the Town that Dreaded Sundown, and always thought, "Has anyone explored Hotel Grim?" And I find it cool that someone actually did! Next someone should do the Grand Station next door.

[@RS-ls7mm]

Flashbacks to photos of the locations during its peak would be interesting.

[@interlinkplus8236]

Was going to say the exact same thing. It's always interesting to see what once was.

[@ashercowart2932]

my dad says there used to be newspapers from all over the world in there. they would even have japanese newspapers in english

[@DemonDKstration]

Finally some good content on KZbin! Thank you guys

[@prestonreed5763]

I am from Texarkana, there was a push to reopen and remodel the Grim, but I don't think it has gotten enough support. My grandpa always tells me stories from working there when he was younger.

[@michaelstorm7552]

That you called a press it is a mimeograph Google it, a lot of grade schools in the 60s throughout the mid-1980s use those to print papers with you know worksheets and the ink and them had a distinct smell it smelt like nothing you ever smelt before whenever a teacher handed out a worksheet for a student that included me as well we would all smell the paper it smelt like heaven

[@fixman88]

Michael Storm I remember the pages printed by those when I was in school; they were almost always in purple ink for some reason. I also recall the printers for those being called ‘Ditto Machines’.

[@GodWeenSatan]

Michael Storm everyone sniffed them he he! "me too"

[@EllicottCity1]

Oh that smell. I remember that sometimes the ink on the ditto would still be wet.

[@watershed44]

Eastwood Unforgiven There is a teen movie done in the late 70s or early 80s that shows a scene where the teacher gives out the ditto sheets for a test and when the teacher says "begin the test", All kids in unison sniff the dittos.lol

[@GodWeenSatan]

watershed44 Fast times at Ridgemont high ...forgot about that scene lol

[@kayleighm5133]

As someone from Texarkana, it's funny hearing how someone not from here or the surroundings towns call say it. We pronounce it Tex-Ar-Kana, with a short a sound not a long a. Also Texarkana used to be a major rail road town , a lot of trains had to go through the town to get to other places, so people said that back in the day the mafia was known to be around these parts. Some say the mafia still have a hold on the town, but I don't know. Apparently though Hotel Grim had a lot of Mafia activity back in the 30's, as well as Bonnie, from Bonnie and Clyde, was rumored to have been seen at this hotel.

[@bradleetreece7757]

From somebody who is from Texarkana, and have always watched your videos this is amazing. Keep up the good videos.

[@bioshockedtoinfinity]

I wish I’d found this channel sooner. I’ve been binging for a month now during my spare time and I’m hooked. You guys have so much respect for these places and you put so much effort into your production. We are so lucky to have this content available.

[@TVSbro]

wasn't swallowing abandoned building water how the first zombie was made? I think so... :)

[@zephyr2731]

VHF TV was channels 2 - 13. They were distinct channels with a "click" for each one. UHF then went from 14 - 83. (Not all TV's had UHF) These channels had no distinct "click" and had to be dialed in as best you could. Fun times! Thanks for the video!!

[@MaxZomboni]

Lawrence Dunbar And the FCC required all TV manufactured after 1965 to have a UHF dial. So the first TV he showed with just one dial was from before 1965. The others looked like that had come with UHF dials, but it was missing. The TV's all looked to be fore the 1960s and 70s.

[@DeconvertedMan]

Lawrence Dunbar we got it all on UHF!

[@michaelterrell]

I did some TV work for hotels. Some of them used Hetrodyne converters to put everything on VHF channels, and used the UHF antenna terminals to connect to an alarm panel in the hotel/motel office. The UHF knobs were removed, and kept by the contractor. The sets were replaced every two years, and they were converted back to VHF/UHF sets before they were sold to the public. This was done, because TV theft was a big problem in the '70s and '80s. People would rent a room, pay cash and steal the TV. Without an alarm, they wee long gone before the theft was discovered. A lot of would be thieves were shocked to see the manager holding a gun on them, while waiting for law enforcement.

[@RangerRickTV]

YES!!!! Another proper people video!!! This is faboulos!!!!🤗

[@futuremiIf]

Yes! The return of chairs just chillin! Great video as always (loved the intro especially)

[@samanthatemplin3021]

Texarkana is pronounced like TexarCANa. Just a Texas pet peeve. Love the video as always! And can never get enough of this intro.

[@SpiicyTatorTot]

I was just about to write a similar comment haha Definitely TexarCANa!

[@cdbray5900]

Thanks Samantha. I'm from there myself and mispronunciation sets my teeth on edge. lol

[@ravenfuckantifa2000]

C D Bray Same here, and yea I agree.

[@patriotpat1243]

Yup just watch smokey & the bandit

[@garysager9028]

I live in Arkansas and I caught that pronunciation right off.

[@chantalrawson1526]

The first drone shot of the Hotel Grim sign was absolutely insane, it goes so well with the music.

[@jblackops99]

Reminds me of hotel for dogs. Also wish there were places like this where I lived

[@abigailcarroll6982]

MJGC-Jonathan That's what I was thinking!

[@Blackwolffe097]

Thank You Guys For These Awesome Videos I Don't Understand How You Guys Don't Have 1M subscribers Happy New Years

[@startedtech]

Dakota Ravenheart Why Do You Capitalize Every Word Please Stop

[@Blackwolffe097]

Sam T Because I Feel Like It

[@ghostassassin1107]

They'll get there.

[@bammargera5247]

Sam T Fuck You Bitch Nigga 👽👾

[@Blackwolffe097]

Don't need your input.

[@BlackDeltaMusic]

Finally came to the Grim!!!! I was hoping for so long you'd come here to Texarkana! Hopefully you enjoyed it here!

[@smug8567]

I was in Texarkana once, found an English Bull dog there right outside the Hotel Grim. Named him Al Capone. Al liked to smoke cigars but not just any cigars he would only smoke swisher sweets. Of course I had to keep lighting them for him because sometimes he would fall asleep with the cigar in his mouth. My wife Norabell made him a little suit with a bow tie. Al loved to wear his little suit. My daughter Jenna taught him how to play one of those little toy pianos. He played it with his nose. He only learned a couple of songs, but he was pretty good. A fella come out from California was gonna put him in a TV show, but it never did happen. He never came back or called or anything. One day old Al Capone was playing his piano and smoking his cigar at the same time, and burnt the living hell out of his nose. Hot cigar ashes was everywhere. Poor old Al Capone died at the ripe age of 9 years. Gonna get me another bull dog one day. Yep good old Texarkana Ark, I remember it well.

[@andyben87]

Love the dissenent trumpet in the background to go along.

[@andiehuman]

Drink everytime you hear the word "old" in these videos. Love y'all!

[@AmongTheUnknown]

I’ve been refreshing (not the video, the channel home page) to see how fast the views change, 810 views in 16 minutes. Also, the thumbnail just changed.

[@RegalCobra097]

With that creepy ghost music in the lobby and at night, it would make a good "Bumps in the night" episode. As if the ghosts from a forgotten era come out to say hello.

[@joshuaayres121]

I'm as surprised as they are the mirrors are still there and haven't been vandalized.

[@lenajesse]

Joshua Ayres I was surprised too...:) I do wonder, what if the vandals haven't touched the mirrors...because they are supertitious? "I wanna smash everything here...but that mirror, nah, not touching that. 7 years of bad luck and sh**" :D

[@krisone5253]

7 years bad luck if you break a mirror intentionally. If it's an accidental break, does that still count?

[@lenajesse]

Kris One As far as I know the superstition, it doesn't matter how you break a mirror...

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

"I broke a mirror in my house and I’m supposed to get seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five." - Steven Wright

[@lisamartin3734]

That mirror was in excellent condition AND clean too. I was amazed.

[@aaronmelson2887]

I was able to find a few photos of this hotel during its heyday and like all architecture of its time, it was beautiful inside. It'll be interesting to see how this hotel turns out after its reno.

[@kc0eks]

This place is cool. Those elevators are brilliant. Thanks for the explore!

[@stephanievoegele4551]

I literally love this place and lived pretty close by it a few years ago! In older pictures it looked so elegant and regal I can’t believe how absolutely unsalvagable this place has become.

[@anenhax3]

you guys are so brave to go into this building! it's pratically falling apart!

[@crazykuya]

I lived in Texarkana all my life and remembered the Hotel Grim was a functional building. It has a lot of history behind it and it has wasted away, just like the Hotel McCartney. I saw some pictures of it recently of what it looks inside, but after seeing this video. It's not even worth renovating with the roof caving in. Every year they say they want to save it. Just about every business I remembered in the downtown area is gone. Truly sad.

[@anniebridges6099]

Hey i live here in texarkana! Been subscribed to you guys for a while now. Its so weird to see this lol

[@Unit38]

At 18:56, that is a mimeograph,(printing), machine. You would have to type out a stencil of whatever letter, announcement sheet, etc, that you wanted to print copies of. Affix the stencil to the roller and start cranking on the handle. As a young chap, back in the day, I helped my Mother use one many times. If I didn't have too damned much to lose, I would love to explore old buildings like that.As always, excellent video.

[@Lilawkwardbunny]

I lived in Texarkana most of my life and always wanted to go in the Grim. I have wished for years that they would restore it. While I know in the video that is says they are. They have literally been saying that for the last 10 years or more.

[@michaela9942]

2021 it will be complete!! www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2019/oct/29/hotel-grim-financing-completed/801817/

[@Xezlec]

Those 13 channels are the VHF channels. UHF is the higher channels, and didn't become widespread until the 1970s I believe. Even then, VHF was still seen as the "main" place for TV stations (as alluded to in the Weird Al movie "UHF"). But in a small place like Texarkana I don't know if they even needed UHF!

[@commiepapi]

Your intro song keeps getting stuck in my head

[@bootsontheground4913]

breathing.fluid house of the rising sun

[@gagecat]

Getting such a Tower of Terror vibe, just from the building and music!

[@joshuasingletary9703]

Hotel name 10/10

[@editsamv7197]

Loaded Taco truuue

[@lamewurk6265]

its like they were anticipating what it would be like in the future

[@kevinloving3141]

Okay even if that's the name of the person who the money for building this hotel they should have thought of a better name.

[@BilisNegra]

Makes up for the 1/10 state it's currently in.

[@panic7682]

more like 99999/10 you gotta admit, its pretty great

[@bitumen40]

Lovely to see so many original fixtures and fittings. The ceiling in the lobby was incredible and the deep wood panelling in the elevator an echo of a time long past. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@katherinehodson419]

video was amazing! the background music was fantastic! very well done! 👍

[@EllicottCity1]

Saige Elyse ~yes!!

[@XSemperIdem5]

I love when they incorporate music in a way that makes it seem like it's actually playing in the building.

[@lola-hd7px]

I live in texarkana and drive past there at least once a week.they are actually about to start remodeling and making it into apartments. pretty cool

[@Wa_Chang]

"way back when TVs were furniture.. thirteen channels.. just like the other ones..." you gotta love it!

[@patigiddens1314]

Good creepy explore!!!!! Thanks guys great job.😊

[@MrKaptainKittens]

beautiful cinematography on those drone shots, love you guys!! keep makin awesome urbex vids ^.^

[@lunacat2681]

Texarkana is my home town. I love this building! It’s beautiful! I always wanted to see the inside thank you for this !

[@mikehileman9476]

It is missing a ballroom and a bartender talking about how people being"corrected" aka the shining .

[@bootsontheground4913]

Mike Hileman there is a ballroom but they didn't go to it

[@prime63829]

We use to have one of the console TVs that looked like furniture. Interesting place to visit, good to hear its being renovated.

[@l-a-c8128]

Im usally optimistic for building renovations but this hotel grim looks like its to far gone

[@naikeschultz5032]

Anthony cantoon yeah lol tear her down

[@jond3929]

one might even say it looks... grim.

[@ariezon]

even bad architecture sees dead structure when they see one

[@ice44567]

The upper floors would have to be completely gutted at significant cost. The roof and exterior structure looks to be in good shape though, which is common with old hotels using that construction style.

[@christopherjones2301]

Ten years ago, it was estimated the cost to renovate was more than the cost to demolish. When I was in there, the building was in MUCH better condition and I actually stood in that elevator car. The condition is so bad that nobody will ever actually restore the Grim.

[@bladedlady]

Holy crap! I have driven by this derelict beauty countless times and have always wanted to explore it! Being female and not knowing anyone that I could trust to be my urbex partner I never got the chance. Now years later I can see what’s inside thanks to you guys! Too awesome! Thank you Proper People!

[@bmstylee]

So what your contingency plan if something goes wrong (injury, crazy people, etc) on an explore? I always wondered.

[@fredvasquez4201]

wild bill pray

[@laurenw.2713]

The Proper People is by far one of my favorite KZbinrs. They keep their videos real and present historical facts about the places they visit. It’s always entertaining to watch Michael and Bryan. Much appreciation for you two❤️❤️

[@deadbird1229]

No one: This entire comment section: "OMG House of the Rising Sun" "OMG it's TexarKANa"

[@jeremyrassier5841]

1:43 is a dryer made by Huebsch. A company still going strong. there are quite a few of that exact model running today. Not that it really mattered. I just love seeing the old equipment.

[@orionfl79]

The style of that building really reminds me of American Horror. Did they maybe use this place as the inspiration for the set I wonder?

[@sfletch3042]

Nah. They used the Chelsea Hotel as inspiration for AHS Hotel.

[@kwinchronic8953]

That music you have playing in the background the first couple mins while walking around the lobby is so cool, spooky, and eerie at the same time lol. It like takes me back in time giving me flashbacks of when the hotel was running in the 40's n 50's with people coming n going through the main doors, people checking in n out at the front desk, and people standing n sitting around with luggage waiting or relaxing. Crazy how simply playing music paints those images in my mind giving me like a flashback in time.

[@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT]

Come to hotel Grim where prices are slim but stinks like the change room in the gym

[@paulchivers9697]

MISTERPRESIDENTELECT and bet your name is Tim 👌

[@WillNJ]

I work in Manhattan doing deliveries. Having seen probably thousands of elevators by now, 11 west 42nd is the only building I know of that has doors which have glass panes like that on its service elevator shaft. Was more common in the early days when upper floors didn't have an indicator of a cars location, so a rider would know if you saw the car go up, which means it will come back to your floor soon. This was when the cars had an operator and the operator sees a display of floor numbers with lights indicated, and reads numbers painted on the inside of the shaft to locate the proper floor to slow down and stop at. It is also fairly annoying for the operator if someone keeps calling the car after the operator has acknowledged the call, so the doors again give prospective riders some reassurance the car is moving above their floor and will return to them soon. The car at 11 west 42nd is also still manually operated, and the glass doors also help the operator see if anyones on the floor the call came from (the service car for this particular building is only to be used for outside contractors and couriers such as Dynamax, Select Express, Fedex, UPS, USPS as well as building maintenance personnel and is located right next do the regular passenger cars. Sometimes tenants/ people visiting tenants call it by mistake when the regular cars are right next to it with their own set of buttons (so unnecessary stops for the service are not uncommon and cost valuable time for the operator to stop the car and open doors to see if someone's there especially in a building over 30 stories tall causing a serious delay for people making deliveries/ doing maintenance). Also a lot of old buildings on Park Ave and lower Manhattan still have service elevators that operate like this, with all the original fixtures still installed (up/ down lever, indicator panel, sliding gate door) and unions such as 32BJ protect operator jobs and prevent automation of service elevator cars. Really neat to see those doors here still intact, as they are quite a rarity. Hopefully the explanation for them offers some insight.

[@playboyparker]

Everytime i see a new video of yours i drop everything and watch it

[@BlazingsNL]

I love your filming and editing so much! Every time I see an upload from you I get excited. Please don't ever stop exploring.

[@alexzayne9422]

I can't believe that someone at some point thought that "Hotel Grim" was a good name for a hotel.

[@donaldeason659]

Named after Mr. Grim himself

[@skrumpo]

hotel grim sounds pretty badass for a hotel name

[@WayOffTheTrail]

Awesome building. Love how the music gave that long hallway a "Shining" vibe.

[@lisujes2226]

Yess!!! Been waiting for a new upload!

[@jonathanskinner9427]

The production of these videos man.. not only the video quality itself but the sound design is so stinkin good. I especially love the music playing in the lobby, gives you the feeling that the place is still up and running. Bravo

[@angryhairpeice]

TV's had more than 13 channels. 13 VHF (the knob that is there) and like 60 UHF (that knob was missing.

[@michaelterrell]

VHF was Channels 2 through 13, and UHF was Channels 14 through 83. Channel one was taken for two way radio service, and later, channels above 70 were taken for two way radios. In some areas, Channel 14 was taken for police and fire radios, as well.

[@XSemperIdem5]

I grew up having one of those TVs built into the cabinets.

[@KK-ex5zu]

My favorite room was the one with the 3 or 4 record players laying on the floor! Also, you know that's an old school hotel when they just replaced TV's as they broke and not do the replacing them all after 3 or 4 years in bulk like modern hotels do today and you can also tell the better the room you got back in the day, the better TV came as an added luxury for paying more for a room. Them dudes got some balls, I wouldn't walk my 215 pound ass up them rotted out staircases! Epic video, hopefully they renovate the building successfully!

[@soniananta802]

Still Use The OLD Intro Good Job

[@regulardude5596]

Soni Ananta the other intro is for their other series forbidden explorers

[@soundguydon]

That machine was a mimeograph I believe it's called. Before photo-copying, you'd type / write what you wanted to copy onto a special paper, put it in that machine and run the copies manually ;-) I could be mistaken, but it looks like one they used in my elementary school in the late 70's early 80's.

[@Firemincraft]

A shame to waste such a nice building :(

[@OklaState2]

Egg Nipples still a big deal in my small town, still the tallest as well

[@ashercowart2932]

Deckard Cain downtown texarkana is a scary place now, it fell apart because of the mall just like the mall is falling apart because the internet

[@bootsontheground4913]

Its being renovated

[@chickenko5192]

I like how in the lobby you guys play the same jazz standard they play in the lobby of the Tower of Terror at Disneyworld

[@lola-hd7px]

when my dad was my age he used ti go there and get magazines from the lobby. he lived right next to it

[@lesarasure2740]

One of the good videos on the Grim Hotel. I liked the way you handled this. I used to live in that area and I have photos of the inside from the lobby to the rooftop. I can see from your video that it has deteriorated quite a bit since my photos were taken in the 1990's. The 5th floor had a fire, but it was still intact for the most part. I have always hoped they would fix the Grim up, but after seeing this update, I doubt it will be done. The cost would be astronomical. I'm not sure that it would be justified in Texarkana now. Thanks for a good watch on an old place I loved to visit.

[@djthiago76]

We are in the process of renovation and restoration. It will be known as the grim hotel apartments

[@Silas-oh3mx]

As someone who goes to this side of Texarkana a lot the hotel Grim sign and building is always a sight

[@VioletKayVlogs]

Great video. your channel is amazing. I dont usually comment but ive been watching your videos for a while. I started abandoned exploring a year ago, going to places around Sheffield with my friends. I watched your videos and it got me interested in exploring. So I did and I love it. I also enjoy vlogs. The best place ive found is a abandoned fooatball stadium in rotherham. Agin great video :)

[@kiwisunshine9631]

It would be really interesting to see what these old building looked like in their original state, and then to watch your videos of what it looks like now. Great video anyhow! many thanks🙂

[@lukebulters1106]

That video intro 💯

[@user-yn2xg1zw2t]

This channel deserves more recognition. You guys bring us awesome content, again and again. I am so proud of you, please, do continue making what you love. I will be here along the way, enjoying every video.