Historic Wooden Escalator at Macy's Pittsburgh, pa with SteelCityElevators

[@luckystarlyndle]

I so remember riding those all the way to the 13th floor when it was Kaufmans. I was just a kid the first time and it was like finding a whole new world in that store lol! Each time we'd go to Pittsburgh I had to ride them all. What a great store and building. Great memories!

[@mahasrs]

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[@mimimiairis]

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[@kaiju3221]

Wow, never thought I would see those again! They were a childhood memory of mine when it was Kaufman's. This and the Pachinko machines in the basement.

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[@elevatorgolfer2]

That was awesome! Those wooden escalators are in really good condition for its age even if it hasn't worked in years!

[@EWPA14]

According to the guy in the video, they were still being inspected up until that point.

[@jonathancreveling5658]

From 1929

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Wow!!!! That has got to be the first time that the wooden escalators had ever ran in years! Wish I would have came.

[@EWPA14]

According to the guy in the video, they were still being inspected up until that point.

[@alexbrunzel6767]

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[@geneseetrainselevators2448]

so sad macy's closed... :( We lost some amazing old OTIS Autotronic's with the square touch buttons and some original Westinghouse selectomatic's... Nothing will ever be able to bring them back or take back what was done. :(

[@OnyxDash]

At least they kept the Selectomatics, just modernized.

[@57dodd]

You should see the building now. The escalators are still in we haven't removed them yet.

[@LethaWolfStudios]

How come they can't be worked into the new design?

[@relevanteaglealarms109]

And also it is almost abandoned

[@RF-vg5kv]

i remember working there when it was Kaufmans in the early 2000s and the cafe on 13 , the smoking room up there . its sad it closed.

[@norisuki_escalator]

Amazing to watch wooden escalator!

[@16Diapason]

These look similar to the ones found in the downtown Milwaukee Gimbel's store when I was a kid in the 70s/80s. I'm presuming that they were removed when the building was repurposed and remodeled. They were amazing and fun to ride.

[@OnyxDash]

I'm curious as to when these were run last before you guys went up there. I feel like somebody said 2001 or 2002, but I'm not sure.

[@realazduffman]

A little sad they cannot work it into the fancy apartments they are making, though the public would never see them anyways

[@patricknedz]

Im not sure what progress has gone into the upper floors, but the main floors look torn apart but they didnt really get much done with the contraction, who knows when it will be complete.

[@LethaWolfStudios]

They seriously can't work these into the new design??!!! That freakin sucks these are so freakin cool!!!

[@EWPA14]

It seems like very few people have interest in these, despite how historic these are. The only thing a lot of people think when they see these are these are a flippin' fire hazard, when the chances of that actually happening is very unlikely.

[@tkefan29]

Still probably more likely than with a metal one. Wooden escalators are really freakin' cool tho.

[@tkefan29]

Purely epic.

[@sharkey086]

Very lucky you got to use them!

[@patricknedz]

This was pure luck because we ran into the guy on accident and it was perfect timing.

[@over.4262]

Wow so vintage

[@MsCarlyn1974]

Thank you

[@jerryschuller5542]

Kaufmans has some like this in their higher levels.

[@patricknedz]

this was Kaufmanns, between 12 and 13

[@jerryschuller5542]

@@patricknedz yeah, that's beautiful preserving history like that!

[@patricknedz]

@@jerryschuller5542 sadly they are gone because the new owners took them out

[@jerryschuller5542]

@@patricknedz grrrrrrr! Oh that figures!

[@aretiredyoutubechannel964]

So these things haven't ran in like 50 years?

[@paulabiggs4392]

They were used until 2002, when the employee cafeteria closed.

[@EWPA14]

According to the guy in the video, they were still being inspected up until that point.

[@alpaljl]

I heard any surviving wooden escalator parts in this store were sent to New York to keep those escalators running.

[@patricknedz]

I hope they keep those running as long as possible

[@alpaljl]

@@patricknedzThe wooden escalators at Macy's Herald Square are landmarked.

[@danes.claussen8571]

Oh, I know I've been on a wooden escalator sometime in my life. Is it possible there was still one in Denver in the 1960s at May D&F or another big store?

[@patricknedz]

The only one I know of that’s still functional is at Macy’s in NYC There could be another one somewhere that I don’t know about. But back in the 60s there may have been several left from older stores from the early 1900s

[@SamSitar]

they are fantastic.

[@officialSgtPepperArc360]

Sooooooooo historic!

[@jonathancreveling5658]

They should probably keep those escalators either working or for show.

[@patricknedz]

I wish they did, sadly they are gone now

[@fatimavocal3607]

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[@tmm226]

I am sure that store did not start out as a Macy's.

[@paulabiggs4392]

It was Kaufmann's Dept store. (part of May Company ) which Macy's bought in 2005

[@EWPA14]

It became Macy's in 2006.

[@JohnRohoboth]

idiot

[@travinaimsportugal19]

Sounds like a house

[@Karmy.]

cool escalator sad it's gone now

[@OnyxDash]

who let you up there?

[@patricknedz]

+Alexescalatorguy (SUBSCRIBE) Some guy we ran into on the westinghouse elevator when it went to the basement. He came on and took us to 13th floor

[@OnyxDash]

+patricknedz I'm Going To This Store On Sunday Sep 6

[@leno4399]

September 6th is my birthday

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

Listen to that motor.

[@myhamsterchannel5474]

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[@luxurylozlo]

Did this dude really ask "what was before escalators? Stairs?" Bruuuuh🤦😂

[@patricknedz]

No, what I asked was did this store originally have any escalators when it was built in 1913 or did it only have stairs along with elevators. The wooded escalators were added in 1929. What I learned is this store did not have escalators in 1913.

[@210MichiganRails]

That’s a weak motor sound!

[@IamShi1i]

The motor is so loud-

[@patricknedz]

It’s really old, imagine when the whole store had these, must have been really noisy then.

[@IamShi1i]

@@patricknedz There was a flat escalator at Robinson's Mall in Philippines, I used to ride them but it just rumbles the steps because they're old. The brand of the escalators and elevators in that mall were Sigma. The Flat DOWN escalator only last worked for 1 day, and it broke down again, the motor is so loud and the steps are rumbling. But the up flat escalator only rumbles. I was riding those escalators since I was 5 years old, they're old and got a lot of use, I'm even scared to ride the normal escalators, they're not flat but when we get off then, I feel like falling through the metal panel.. I was 8 years old there, I warned my parents about it and there's quite a chance that we cal fall through, it like.. Bended for a centimeter. Back to the 2 flat escalators, the up one was rumbly but when I last visited that mall when I was still allowed to before COVID, the handrails were squeaking. And I'm scared to go down the flat escalator, we call the fpat escalators, "Walkalators". And when it was working, the down escalator, the motor was loud but my mother and I decided to joke around by walking backwards the down escalator while connecting our walking to the pattern of the rumbling of the escalator, until when we got down, I got scared since my mom broke the part where the escalator lights up and where the hand rails get in, luckily it happened again and I just laughed. Good memories... Now I'm about to turn 11 years old in September 8. Brings back good memories of those escalators and the mall.

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[@wizardmix]

Between 98 and 02 when I was going to AIP I'd often go into Kaufmann's solely to check these wooden escalators. First time I discovered them was by accident, I was just curious what floor I could get to. Turned into a point of interest I'd show friends because none of us had ever seen wooden escalators before, I didn't even know they existed until I saw this one probably in 99. I'm sure they'll be scrapped and (admittedly a cynical attitude on my part) some shoddy, utterly forgettable and poorly crafted facade will be put in place. Every downtown condo I've ever seen has zero character, they all have a "measured" level of aesthetic, never outstanding craftsmanship, certainly nothing as well built as those escalators. I hope these are different but I'm not holding my breath. People want granite, stainless, flatscreens and those horizontal fire places with fake flames. Problem is, where are these downtown residents going to shop now that there's no real shopping district? Ah well.

[@travinaimsportugal19]

l like house home escalator

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[@ken5230]

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[@EWPA14]

This is NOT in a hospital. This is in a fmr. Macy's/Kaufmann's department store.

[@ANDREWWALLFORD123]

What?

[@crackhead187]

Back when people weren't obese

[@DXV95G]

lol this escolator is wierd