Let's take a tour and do some urbex in the Lamar Building Augusta - elevaTOUR otis touch elevator

(4-30-2015) This is an amazing building! Enjoy a tour of this historic property as we look around some of the upper floors that were abandoned at the time of this shooting. Sadly as of 2017 this building is no longer open to the public. I believe it is undergoing an extensive renovation. At the time of this visit, there was alot of vacant space in this building.
Intro- 00:05
Entering lobby and going up 00:35
Exploring 15th floor 01:41
Balcony views 02:32
16th floor- 06:58
a very interesting bathroom 08:32
a disgusting refrigerator the funniest part of the video 09:36
17th floor electrical rooms 10:15
failed entry to 18th floor 11:45
12th floor and original elevator 14:00
brief look at active 7th floor 20:10
Tour of lobby 21:37
Actual elevator ride 22:03
Outtro and end screen 25:15
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[@HungryGuyStories]

Beautiful old building, DD! Thanks for getting out of the elevator and exploring the rest of the building, too! I love how the music turned ominous when you entered that mechanical area, lol. And I like that You Tube now notifies you of new videos from people you've subscribed to :-)

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks for noticing :) I was hoping for that.

[@fbernard08]

Good to hear someone is bringing it back to its original glory...Too many years of shoddy renovations!

[@ericsturniolo]

Beautiful old building! Sad it's no longer accessible! I NEED to make a trip up there!!

[@DieselDucy]

There is not really a whole lot more here. just a few otises.

[@cubsfan5734]

@@DieselDucywhy isn’t it accessible

[@mikebarber1]

I worked in that building for 10 years or so - lots of stories. You guys are very lucky you didn't get stuck in the elevator. They were always broken for the last few years we were there.

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

Someone's been hoarding in the fridge 9:36 The fridge has splatters all over it Foods that were hoarded ----------------------------------------- - old leftover meal - old leftover beer - expired mayonnaise - and in the freezer, expired ice cream

[@NLind]

alarms are Federal Signal 950B speakers with the VALS strobes, which might sadly also go away to make the system ADA compliant. Pulls are MS-6s.

[@DieselDucy]

NLind I believe everything is being upgraded in here

[@ElevationStationProductions]

LOVE IT AS USUAL!! Your fandom name/subscriber name should be the Ducies!

[@tjohnsn6816]

Fantastic!! I don't know how you got into the upper floors and balconies of this building. I've lived in Augusta for 24 years and no one here seems to know ANYTHING about the top floors of this building. I found out that I. M. Pei, designed the top penthouse on the Lamar Building which was completed in 1976. He died in May, 2019. He was the architect for the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston ; National Gallery of Art East Building; and the famous glass Louvre Pyramid in Paris, among many other beautiful buildings around the world. How did Augusta ever score such a great architectural talent for the Lamar Building!?!? Also, the absolutely beautiful stone and masonry work at toward the top of the building is essentially wasted at this time since no one can see it from street level and no one is allowed to go to the upper floors and out onto the upper balconies. It's really a shame, and a waste, that the building has allowed to fall into such incredible disrepair. I bank at the adjacent SunTrust building, and noticed the other day that there's a huge area of the glass penthouse (at the top / back of the building) that looks like it was broken out and covered up with lots of plywood. Super ugly. It's also a crying shame that the outside glass elevator is no longer functional. So sad. Thank you so very much for coming to Augusta, GA and to show us a KZbin video of the inside of the Lamar Building. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@imkermit3203]

exploring the building now is a whole different story, back door stays wide open so anyone comes in, powers shut off, water off, spray paint and concrete everywhere but people are supposed to be renovating, but still an amazing building, wish i would’ve checked out the basement

[@HungryGuyStories]

Lots of office buildings have shower facilities. Bathtubs are rare, but as a software developer, but I've worked in many office buildings that had at at least one bathroom with a shower. It's usually in the basement where the maintenance workers hang out, but they've been in the main office area as well. I've even used these showers a few times. After commuting to work on the bus and subway on a sweltering August morning, I'll arrive at work a few minutes early with a change of clothes, and take a shower when I arrive. I imagine that people who bicycle to work love having a shower available, too.

[@WestCoastElevators]

Yeah, I can see the use in it. I have even seen a small two floor office building which has a shower in the second floor restroom.

[@DieselDucy]

yeah, this was actually in an OFFICE suite.

[@passacaglia28]

This was amazing, Andrew! Thank you for sharing. :D

[@mrceleb2006]

Must be in Georgia, eh, where the annual Masters Golf Tournament is always held every April!

[@SamSitar]

everything in that building is fantastic.

[@DieselDucy]

Especially the fridge LOL

[@talkinghead3042]

"This town has some historic buildings"... he's literally looking at a downtown full of far more historic buildings than the one he is in.

[@exoticcar5482]

The mario sound effects from your phone as you walked through the roof exit was PERFECT timing

[@DieselDucy]

yes it was lol .

[@christopher-2000]

Fabulous video Andrew loved it awesome elevator

[@DylanLTindall]

It’s unfortunate to see this building abandoned and not maintained properly. And that’s a nice fridge they got.

[@DieselDucy]

The property has been sold and is going to be redeveloped.

[@TimothyMTran706]

As you can tell, Several of US Location skipped 13th Floor from 12 to 14. For Embassy Suites Frisco and Holiday Inn Florida Orlando has one.

[@PAelevators]

Awesome great video it reminds we of the washington trust building. When you come down to pick up the panel ill take you there and you need a key for the manual i seen a few like that with the same crank

[@DieselDucy]

yes, however this one was turned off. I found out they removed parts from it.

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[@stephenhuffman8214]

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[@sitinadiroh7299]

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[@roseb6248]

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[@CAelevators.]

Wow these are beautiful! Too bad they will probably not survive the renovation.

[@DieselDucy]

I know but id rather see it refurbished than torn down.

[@CAelevators.]

DieselDucy yes me too.

[@robertminot5870]

Great video, as always!

[@DieselDucy]

+Robert Minot thanks !

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

10:30 spooky music begins SPOOKY!!!!!!

[@JimLiElevators]

9:43 Andrew: Eww. Gross! Lee: Ugggh! LOL!!! I laughed at that part, and played it like two or three times! :D I need to share this with my close friends. This is funny!

[@DieselDucy]

+JimLiElevators it was funny :) but at the time it was one of the worst smells I had ever smelt

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

Food hoarding in the fridge! :-p

[@mitchellarmstrong3759]

JimLiElevators Someone needs to clean their Frigidaire!

[@Mcwhittle2013]

great video always enjoying them, the bathtub had me confused lol never saw that before, hope to meet you one day.

[@DieselDucy]

+Andrew Mckee thanks much and I hope so too

[@quantaearth1]

This is great! Not sure the status of the building now but what luck you had to get to explore this before the the big CyberBoom in Augusta.. I'm sure someone has good intentions for the old Lamar building. Wish I owned it!

[@mikeygarcia8748]

Hey dieselducy I found pictures of that scenic elevator google maps it has mirrored panels and doors inside and it’s an otis lexan.

[@elevatorgaming6712]

Andrew, why isn’t this building open to the public.

[@lowcountrymetaldetecting8591]

Went here a few weeks ago. The lobby was open, but the elevators are turned off. They only have two businesses open, both on ground level.

[@DieselDucy]

+Low Country Metal Detecting so they are starting the renovations ?

[@ryanokpych3477]

From what I could tell, no. However, from the parking lot across the street, we could see blinds in the windows blowing around, indicating either the window was broken or left open. I imagine the building is in pretty bad shape, and probably the reason why the building is shuttered.

[@DieselDucy]

It was in pretty bad shape as you can tell during the shooting of this video. I attempted to get into it a few weeks ago and it is closed.

[@lowcountrymetaldetecting8591]

It's a shame, I knew that it was fading when I went in 2015. Only one elevator was working at the time and the building was pretty much empty. It is terrible to see such a historic building, let alone the elevators, left to rot.

[@DieselDucy]

It is being refurbished.

[@cartapax5077]

There has to be a shut off valve for that running toilet.

[@railroadelevators9258]

There was a switch on the scenic elevator call station on level 16

[@nekamiskaryan3920]

Thanks again -

[@WestCoastElevators]

What an awesome historic building! Have you tried contacting them recently during the renovation to see if they are removing the crank panel from the scenic elevator? Perhaps you could get that and preserve the beautiful piece of history it is. There's also those nice Touch Sensitive Lexan panels that will almost definitely be ripped out. Interesting call cancel when the elevator hits the bottom floor. It's a very good feature for theis elevator since old Otis relay controllers are notorious for placing random calls. The Touch Sensitive ones I rode had plenty of controller glitches, placing random calls, and at one point not moving or letting us (I was with upanddownadventures) out!

[@DieselDucy]

WestCoast Elevators I'll try to. that is a good idea. it would be nice to keep this stuff out of the scrap yard.

[@missourielevators9252]

DieselDucy they are not allowed to modernize the elevators because according to the sign outside of the building next to the door this building is a historic landmark.

[@WestCoastElevators]

But if something is wrong with them they might be able to. I'm not sure of the exact regulations regarding updates to historic buildings, but when things break they are sometimes necessary.

[@gman83090]

I reckon the office is on the 16th floor would’ve been executive offices

[@TananBaboo]

What a difference from today.

[@DieselDucy]

It is trashed now

[@Tyler-md4qk]

that 17th floor was very creepy

[@Bombiedude.]

It is actually a really shame that the senic elevator doesn’t work anymore because it does look like a regular old automatic elevator but it actually also looks like a signal control system because the call buttons are right beside the doors and that’s not something you see all the time on new systems but I’m more sure that it was a standard automatic system

[@DieselDucy]

It was. I got in it in 2017 durning an urbex

[@tobeysze641]

Nice building.

[@DieselDucy]

It was.

[@supertechnocat8253]

Sadly as of now, this Building is now abandoned, lobby is now closed, all the elevators are decommissioned and no longer work, and windows have been boarded up.

[@geneseetrainselevators2448]

Super Techno Cat that’s really ashame :(

[@MrCajera1]

10:28 Spooky music begins SPOOKY!!!!

[@FloridianElevators]

It's so sad to see such a cool, amazing, historic building in such poor condition. I'm sure when they renovate it, it will be nice again, but those poor Touch Sensitives probably have no chance of surviving the renovation. :( Knowing they were modded in the 60s and that they used to be manual Otises, the mod is great, it's vintage and tasteful!!!! But they will sadly probably get modded again. But this is a pretty cool building, but in poor condition. Also, too bad the glass elevator broke too, I hope they fix it, even if it means it gets modded. And that fridge was NASTY!!!!!

[@DieselDucy]

Yes however it is being gutted and refurbished. I would much rather see that than it decay.

[@FloridianElevators]

***** Agreed

[@WestCoastElevators]

Hopefully they choose another tasteful mod and use CJ Anderson fixtures to keep with the vintage feel. This building definitely needs some refurbishing, and that includes the barely functional (1) and nonfunctional (2) elevators.

[@Bombiedude.]

It would be epic to see the senic elevator running again

[@mitchellarmstrong3759]

11:23, I think that tub was there because of a leaking problem.

[@ch1ck3nnugg3tgamingz6]

I like it better when you talk in the video instead of doing a voiceover

[@MrCajera1]

18th floor - SHUT DOWN!! 17th floor - electrical room (plus elevator machine room) 16th floor - upper top floor

[@travisisaacs1936]

Augusta has a downtown area that has such potential but gets left to rot

[@Bombiedude.]

Well sacrafices have to be made to make something like this building usable again like they did that exactly to all the elevators and maybe they would get the senic elevator working again

[@DieselDucy]

This is an awesome building. Will be nice to see it used Agsin.

[@Bombiedude.]

I actually wonder what the bottom floor of it looked like maybe it was the same layout just with the single UP call button instead of the intermediate with both buttons

[@Bombiedude.]

And same with the very top floor

[@mitchellarmstrong3759]

8:46, Hey Lee, if you need to take a bath, here's your chance! 😆

[@747sooner]

Camera: SONY HDR-PJ430V Mic: Built-in

[@DieselDucy]

Yep

[@Jowevator3219]

6:08 glass elevator at bottom right hand corner. Did you guys ride it?

[@DieselDucy]

+Jowevator 3219 it is not in service

[@WestCoastElevators]

That is the original one with the crank. They must have covered up the glass somehow.

[@Jowevator3219]

WestCoast Elevators I'm not talking about the manually controlled one. I'm talking about that other one in the building down below when they're getting a view

[@WestCoastElevators]

Oh, I see now.

[@mrm10199]

I hope they put it back into service when the renovations are complete.

[@Bombiedude.]

I honestly bet they waited until the last elevator that was working to break down and then they probably locked it permanently

[@DieselDucy]

it is abandoned now.

[@joaquinfernandesgarcia996]

12:12 The 18th floor is locked

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

3 derelict elevators in one building?

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

I have been looking for this video for a while and I finally found it I wanted to know more about the building

[@gman83090]

It would’ve been the executive bathroom

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

9:48 they neglected to clean the fridge

[@Tetra3Ne56scur]

The elevator skipped the 3rd floor

[@Bombiedude.]

the minifridge made me almost want to vomit I hope they took that out if they cleaned up around there

[@DieselDucy]

lol it was bad.

[@robertminot5870]

Wondering if it's possible to hear the relays when the elevator gets to the top floor.

[@DieselDucy]

+Robert Minot this machine room is very insulated so u can't hear them.

[@MrCajera1]

12:12 The 18th floor is locked off

[@shaneomacdaddy]

This must've been an apartment building 🏠 or a hotel 🏨 at one time.

[@DieselDucy]

It may have been.

[@shaneomacdaddy]

@@DieselDucy Oh.

[@CaptainNate12]

Why do u call stairs elevators

[@leno4399]

why do touch buttons not meet code that REALLY is awful no wonder these things are dropping like flies. I'm going to figure out who is renovating this and ask if I can have some touch buttons. Also if you are ever back in Augusta could you do a drive around of the abandoned regency mall?

[@leno4399]

#saveotistouch

[@TheBigA]

It's cause blind people couldn't feel the Braille without accidentally pushing the button

[@DieselDucy]

I will try. Anyway touch buttons can be activated by heat as well which makes them a fire issue.

[@WestCoastElevators]

Touch buttons have multiple issues. There is no way for a blind person to know if they have pressed a button, they could accidentally get pressed by a blind person trying to read the braille plates for which button is for which floor, older systems like this which use vacuum tubes can be a fire hazard, they have a tendency to place random calls, and firefighters need physical buttons for use in fire mode as touch buttons are much less reliable.

[@otiselevator2]

Who is still going to use this building since it no longer public?

[@DieselDucy]

It is being fantastic.

[@WestCoastElevators]

It is just not open to the public while being renovated. Once renovations are complete it will be open again.

[@SirBeardy]

go over the Talmadge Memorial Bridge next time your in savannah

[@alleghenyelevators3296]

My Gramma's Building has those exit signs

[@DieselDucy]

I love this exit sign.

[@jacksonslaterelevatorraila6444]

I'd totally put one in my collection

[@vincetherobloxgamer2023]

How is it in 2023 you should check😊

[@DieselDucy]

Abandoned

[@AMT-cx7jw]

The owners have completely fucked this building over! The renovations where they basically just guttered the lobby, has seized. Now its all vandalized and damaged. So sad.@@DieselDucy

[@MrCajera1]

10:29 Hear the elevator machines

[@JoshCraver9000]

Was that mold in that old refrigerator?

[@DieselDucy]

It was mold amongst other stuff. It was a VERY disgusting smell.

[@apetersenALT]

9:43 Why I don't recommend Frigidaire appliances... =(

[@DieselDucy]

+Adam Petersen (AdamP511) lol :)

[@wesselvermeer8358]

urbex is from Ben m8

[@Supergamer-tx9qf]

When are you gonna do the elevatours by dieselducy musiam tour?

[@DieselDucy]

+Supergamer 1 I will try soon

[@Supergamer-tx9qf]

ok, thanks

[@HaileyJohn12]

9:42 Oh my. How bad did that thing smell like? They need to clean their yuckerator

[@DieselDucy]

It was terrible

[@rahan573]

Yet today you still copy Beno with urbex's, are you even allowed in the building, or tresspassing? Anyways even though you do this, the content is still good.

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Lamar? Oh, you mean Lamar Davis from GTA V?

[@DieselDucy]

No it is the name of the building.

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

***** Remember GTA V Lamar Davis.

[@elevatorsRockon]

No, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Lamar. This guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rucker_Lamar

[@seanfinity3689]

What's urbex?

[@DieselDucy]

Exploring a building, typically closed off or restricted parts.

[@WestCoastElevators]

It's short for urban exploring. Basically like DieselDucy said, just poking around closed, restricted, abandoned, or otherwise interesting buildings or facilities.

[@halimamoussa5912]

0:01

[@michaeljosephfischer]

I wanna Play#

[@OliviaTMtherobloxian]

Hey Andrew please start using snapchat and when do u use snapchat??? And did u know that OTIS ELEVATOR CO is the largest elevator co in the world!

[@DieselDucy]

RobloxGirlComedian2002 WAN RDCP EDCP I'll do what I can. I'm working every day again. yes otis is the biggest

[@joaquinfernandesferreira2593]

0:54 It's just stinks

[@DieselDucy]

It did.

[@gabrieldoughty6808]

UNBEX YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OliviaTMtherobloxian]

Andrew do u use snapchat everyday? I wanna txt u what apps do u txt on?

[@DieselDucy]

I don't spend much time on social media. I check my snap chat on occasion.

[@nekamiskaryan3920]

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[@jordanolaughlin7663]

You should go back to that building and set off the fire alarm!

[@keshnisarika3314]

Oovhj

[@keshnisarika3314]

Ejo.ઁલસનનનનઑઑ;તત્ર

[@joaquinfernandesferreira2593]

12:14 The 18th floor is locked

[@DieselDucy]

Yes but I have gotten up there since.

[@mitchellarmstrong3759]

@@DieselDucy What was up there?