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[@SpyderDan1985]

Adam mentioning old videos in current vlogs and then watching them and leaving comments is like time travel.

[@EliChristman]

This kid of broke my heart - seeing things that were treasured by a man who took his own life. His college degrees, professional and fraternal organization documents really got to me.

[@CSDonohue11]

Eli Christman That’s stuff was definitely a trip seeing that all his degrees and stuff were still There. I was shocked by that.

[@christinaskittle]

He ended up committing suicide when the bank was abandoned. Jumped off the top because he owed the city millions. I got arrested for trespassing in here as a teenager and he threatened to kill me. Lol

[@EliChristman]

@@christinaskittle That's scary!

[@bujfvjg7222]

@@christinaskittle it cleary states on many news reports that he shot himself. Did he perhaps shoot himself on the way to the ground?

[@cleeboy5048]

That bothered me too! Why was all his personal stuff not preserved and respected by the city? When you're gone, people really don't give a $hit do they? : (

[@jennawojnowski8852]

Frank was my fathers client. I grew up at that penthouse, it was the coolest place ever. Frank had a secret door in his closet that led to the top of the roof.

[@darrellhicks9024]

I always thought this building was super cool. I wish they would’ve renovated it.

[@OhlookasquirrelHicks]

I got the feeling it went from Hugh Heffner type parties, cocaine on a train, in this man version of the Grotto, to isolated, solitary loneliness. That building was all he had left of his dreams, and everything he worked for, now scheduled to be obliterated like it never existed... All those degrees, just left there.... did he not have any family left, any children? .... depressing. damn.

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

This is pretty gnarly, it's weird to think that someone lived up here after the bank went up, after all this time. I'm sure back in the late 70's and 80's, the Penthouse probably looked amazing...now it's just a mere shadow of it's former self. You KNOW tons of cocaine and broads were up there a-many many times.

[@dogbsas]

1. i am so glad to see how respectful you were with the property, i can't believe how can be people who broke, crash and destroy the abandoned properties. 2. a full apartment WITHOUT windows? wow, he was crazy!

[@theseakite2]

It's rather sad seeing the remnants of a man's life like that. Fascinating video Adam!

[@MatthewMcClellan]

Eccentric people build the most amazing, fascinating living spaces. This could've been a set for Miami Vice.

[@omgubler]

pause at 3:27. I totally thought that that crack in the mirror and wood peeking through was the face of a women... Anyone else see it?

[@salza01]

+omgubler yes it creeped me fucking out

[@madisonb-km5mp]

it kinda looks like a mii (the charectors you could make with a Wii)

[@wolfgirl6168]

omg I see the face it looked like it was peeking to see who was going to be the first victim of the next suicide

[@pebblesjan9]

it sure did

[@wolfgirl6168]

+Danielle Collins lol

[@FoodOfTheGods666]

"Hello, I am Tom. I was chased down by the man who lives upstairs. I don't have much longer before he gets me. Leave while you can!" min 2:19

[@jesielemaciel3004]

Bb n

[@TortaGuy12]

Holy shit

[@irlponyo5629]

Oh my god

[@cinthiaadams1089]

gtfo

[@andrewhoffman8822]

lol it's just to scare people

[@21348676jeff]

What was once valuable is now not worth shit! You are watching the emptiness of striving for that elusive tomorrow.

[@RockChic803]

The man obviously put a lot of love, pride, thought, imagination, time and money into this place. How very sad for him. This place was his life, and he was probably very heartbroken when he knew that he was going to lose the place that he loved. So sad. RIP Sir...

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Just watched another video here on youtube, (New details released in suicide at Glass Bank building) concerning the details of Mr Wolfe's death. They showed photos of the penthouse, taken a few years back, whilst he was still living there. Apparently there was a tiny glass room, with a very small bed in it - the room was only accessible by a small upholstered tunnel...very strange. Did you guys see that while you were there?

[@RetroCaptain]

Hello Oddity, You can see the "tunnel"@1138. Looks as if it would have been a unique place to Live! Too bad His Peace & Joy "left him". It appears He was quite Intelligent & generous during his Life.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

RetroCaptain Hey you're right! Thanks He was obviously a very eccentric soul; hope he finds peace now.

[@caroljcarp]

It's in the video.

[@SusieSynth]

ObsoleteOddity you should do a video on this place. 💖

[@ObsoleteOddity]

+Sue Ellen Davis - Thank you Sue, but not only did Adam do an admiral job! - but I believe the building has been demolished...and I live very far away in Switzerland :)

[@BenCalebCapella]

not sure if anyone else posted but at 11:37 that white cushion looking tunnel is actaully a private bedroom for the guy who built the room up there

So thank you for you guys without you i could never see this place inside !!

[@bigredc222]

There was some good stuff in there if you like old stuff, that was an industrial sewing machine, it's worth at the very least $300, maybe a lot more. I'm in construction so I get to explore old building that are getting remodelled, the last one was a 95 year old bank, over the years I gotten thousands of dollars worth of stuff that was going to be thrown away.

[@itsimbatime]

That must be really neat

[@blueberry72]

Yeah, but really should leave things behind. it is technically stealing.

[@itsimbatime]

Yeah it would be nice to check it out though

[@alexnavarez5996]

Heck no it's all going to the garbage anyways if it's being remodel. Or if they tear it down to

[@bigredc222]

Theodore Gillam In my case, there is no leave it behind, I'm on the job till the new tenant moves in, it either goes in the dumpster to the landfill or to my house. I am hearing more about contractors and businesses that won't let you take anything out of the dumpster, I don't understand that, I'm sure there's a lawyer behind it.

[@inkbees]

DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE HOW THE WRITING ON THE WALL SAID "hello my name is Tom" AND THE PAPER THAT HE FILMED AT 4:43 HAD THE MAN'S NAME LISTED AS TOM

[@safakfrank3776]

I find it good to document abandoned places, because oneday they will be destroyed to build somethin new. Or keep on falling until they vanish In which it would fade into forgetting So i think the owner would be thankful for you.

[@paulvamos7319]

***** So true!

[@FesslM]

+Safak Frank Yes that's true. The building was already torn down :(

[@TheZallene]

You can just tell he would've hosted some crazy parties up there

[@RADIUMGLASS]

This place was immaculate at Frank's death even though the lower floors were damaged, his penthouse was in perfect condition and had electricity.

[@CSDonohue11]

RADIUM CLOCK Did he kill himself inside there ?

[@97cadillac]

I have driven by this place a few times. Caught my eye everytime. Today i just happen to drive by and saw them tearing it down. I have a few pictures. The machine wasnt quite high enough to get to the penthouse, but it ripped open a wall and i could see the wrap around stair case from outside. Very eery when you find out about the past of this cool building and history.

[@aRustyPatina]

As much as I want to say "You can almost hear/feel the late 70's/80's porn music soundtrack..." I have to say that's a pretty depressing spot. The guy built his dream with his birds and clouds only to see it crumble around him. Great video Adam and ProperPeople; you did this with Respect. W.

[@woodencoasterfan]

I don't know how people can live in a place with no windows. I'd have to have windows where I live.

[@Chalky.]

Big TV does the same job

[@taylorstapel662]

Themeparkfanatic i know the feeling, me and my fiance where looking for a apartment and we were shown one that didn't have a window or patio in the front room so it caused it to be really dark without any lights on. Passed up on that one just for that reason.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Themeparkfanatic That way you can walk around with no clothes on and nobody can see harry wood.

[@DorothyCarterArchive]

There are building codes preventing stuff like that where I live.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

***** Yeah. All you would need to do is pay off the building code people. Or just be friendly with them. But whatever you can tell he was having some wild parties and probubly had like 50 ladies doing belly dancing and stuff like that. All at the same time. And other stuff.

[@SupaEMT134]

You whip the camera around way too much. Too motion sick to watch. Thumbs down.

[@kb3196]

That's what i was thinking. It was annoying to because i wanted to actually see things better. Like most of these guys will focus on everything and he's moving around not letting us enjoy the views.

[@jimtom5011]

+Katilette Beckett they will moan about watching someone else too lol

[@SupaEMT134]

Jim Tom Oh, okay Jim Tom. Because you know me so well

[@DallamOliverLee]

This penthouse looks like something out of the James Bond movies with that evil guy with the white cat. LOL

[@HandsomeMoose]

Thanks Adam for documenting this interesting building before it is gone for ever.

[@GeneSavage]

AH!! Those 80s 45s! I run an 80s internet radio station... I would (almost) KILL for those original records!!!

[@johnfranks]

I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. Someone should rescue that sewing machine!

[@JBBooks-yg2vf]

Dude you have GOT to work on your camera handling, you're whipping that thing around like a samurai sword. SLOW DOWN.

[@josephchristiansen1803]

he got better since then on his newer videos

[@airdailyx]

John Branam and they need to invest in proper camera lighting. Pro level Neewer LED DSLR top lights on Amazon for $50 bucks. Just one light would have turned that place into daytime.

[@suzvalentino1901]

I know I was getting motion sickness from it.lol

[@gman2015z]

Adam the Woo was reacting to old videos and making fun of his old stuff haha.

[@bujfvjg7222]

whipping it out and around like meatspin?

[@CurlyCruz]

U need to learn how to film, or just pass the camera to the other guys, maybe they know a little.

[@danieldimit14]

Anyone else freakout when they saw the person on the floor at 7.22

[@brianc1701]

In the 70's the bank had a nice restaurant at the top. Went there several times with my family as a kid. After that closed I believe the penthouse was built for noted aviation author Martin Caidin and his wife. The pillow at the 5:50 mark is from another landmark restaurant, Wolfies, if I recall correctly.

[@noillucs3392]

We know so little about the man who lived and died there. Clearly he cared about the people in the photo, as he took the time to frame them. Where were they when he took his own life. Seems very sad.

[@gemmagray5332]

Awesome!. The penthouse reminds me of Biffs from Back to the Future part 2 lol xx

[@Playback007able]

I lived there almost half a century ago. The penthouse had not been constructed yet, back in the early 70’s. This building was always known as the Glass Bank. There was a small strip plaza across the parking lot to the North and West...recall a barber shop there. There also was an ABC LIQUOR store nearby. A stand alone Krystal Burger joint was very close by too. The main entry boulevard to the Cocoa Isles neighborhood is just to the North at an intersection with A1A. A block North up A1A stands the original Quality Inn; a mini-resort motel that the original seven NASA astronauts had a small stake investment in which caused them some controversy and drama. This Inn had with restaurant, a courtyard with a nice swimming pool with a sun deck and tropical garden and a diving board, a game room and small sauna. It also had an upstairs nightclub that had a sectioned off padded room for pleasure seekers called the Pillow Talk Room. Inside it reminded me a bit of the abandoned penthouse....there was a long, curving, tufted upholstered sofa. By the early seventies, the Apollo mission was winding down and the local economy was really hurt by that fact, and the nightclub ceased to operate, though the doors were kept unlocked.

[@Djkyle65]

Really sad when you look into the history on this place. It looks like the owner got caught in a legal battle that left him unfairly responsible for the building decay that was the result of the person who owned the rest of the building. Seems like the city was after a money grab or something. Everyone involved in this should be ashamed that a man had to die over this.

[@CorollaNut68]

Could you move the camera around a little faster? I almost saw some of the stuff.

[@Misssssysparkles]

thats sad the photos his degrees very sad

[@dresden67]

He should just have lit a match to it all..somebody's memories and his life

[@1234567890sunshine]

Did he shoot himself in the bank?

[@mealex303]

Oh Mitch I miss you so much!!!!! You really cared about everything and my thoughts go out to your whole family! RIP A FANTASTIC RESEARCHER AND KZbin FRIEND. Love Alex

[@keithandrobyndavis8023]

Adam with the Proper People boys!!! This was freaking awesome!!! Please Please Please do another collab?? PP could seriously document abandoned places/artifacts while Adam holds conversations with them...especially 'chillin chairs'!!!!! "Whatchya doin there, chair? Taking in the view?" HA-HA!!!

[@jespersrensen2216]

I cant stop thinking of the last time Adam was there. So if Wolfe lived there until 2014 when he committed suicide....he could maybe have been there inside the building, while Adam was walking around outside looking at the building and trying to get in. Adam could suddenly have stood face to face with Wolfe if he got in. :-/

[@catherineturcyn8530]

While he claimed a "residence" there until 2014 - They said he had been actually living with family out of state for over a year before his death maybe closer to two years.

[@inkedskindeep9941]

id be searching for trap doors or secret passages. i bet the guy had some loot or gold stashed

[@mintgumdropz1]

+Damen Kemper ikr ?? me too. ;)

[@inkedskindeep9941]

+mintgumdropz1 ikr?? im not sure what that means

[@TheCrunkTwins]

+Damen Kemper Ikr = I know right

[@inkedskindeep9941]

+Jace Christensen aahhh, right on. ima bit behind on abbriviated slang ;-) thanks bud

[@celiashen5490]

+Damen Kemper Me Too! Someone typed BRB at me once; I replied, "What does a Big Red Battleship have to do with anything?" True story

[@mgoc5010]

I just watched the demo of this building, I'm glad you got to see what it looked like before they tore it down.

[@PaladinPierce]

There is nothing sadder than looking at the ruins and decay of a person's dreams.

[@mig1739]

It may just be because I play a lot of games but the whole time I was watching this I was like LOOT LOOT YOU LEAVING ALL THE LOOT!!!!

[@argusloud3500]

The penthouse looks likes one giant swingers pad...

[@AdamAus85]

Very cool, glad you finally got to go inside.

[@matthewprice5008]

Thats pretty neat, i grew up in Cocoa Beach, and even had a gym membership at this place, always herd about the penthouse, its cool to finally see it.

[@mundotaku_org]

You should have gotten the degrees to give the family. Now most of them I assume are in a landfill somewhere in Fla.

[@mundotaku_org]

BTW, This is how the penthouse looked before the owner killed himself.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

mundotaku Google Blockers are active...put three spaces and a comma every four characters. that usually works for me.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

mundotaku Sorry, I thought you were posting a link to before and after pics..

[@JacobHillSBD]

Dale Bergeron Doesn't really matter now, the building's been torn down.

[@JacobHillSBD]

Dale Bergeron I was referring to the breaking and entering.

[@pilierofq]

SLOW the dam camera down I'm sea sick , can't see shit at 60 mph !

[@sk8punk318]

Nick qfn you're just old

[@pilierofq]

Yes old but very wise fast is fast. Old or young fast is fast !

[@rkr894able]

sk8punk318 stop being so childish...he's some-what right.

[@juyounglee7547]

actually, you can see that fast, but the camera can't so therefore you can't

[@pilierofq]

What ever just slow the f down !!

[@tanaiyagower9529]

Bro it’s awesome don’t doubt you’re self Adam the woo for you tube president

[@elieryann8412]

It's November and the building is still up and standing as of last week when I drove by, I always make a habit of looking at it when passing through Cocoa Beach. Great video Adam! Maybe if you do some more videos in Brevard I'll see you one of these times!

[@CatspitProductions]

The penthouse looks like it has classic 1980's excessive decor. Awesome ;) Come get some Catspit~!

[@docchocobo]

This is a very nice piece of history, considering this place was bulldozed not long ago. I used to live down in FL, and never got the chance to see it before it was gone. I would have loved to bring a battery and a 1KW power inverter in there and see if I could get some of the place to fire up :) I wonder how much of the old stuff would come back online.

[@docchocobo]

So much stuff disappears every day that people will never know existed. Much of it has an amazing story that is worth knowing.

[@sudilos1172]

Freaky, like in the movies when the house gets power the shit literally hits the fan.

[@d.aardent9382]

After seeing the state of chaos and entropy going on in there,the place probably wouldve burned down if the power was turned back on. It was the hurricane that destroyed a lot of the infrastructure? Like the HVAC system looked like it collapsed allover in that one floor area.

[@darrellhicks9024]

I used to drive by this place every day to go to school at cocoa beach high and I remembered someone saying some dude lived on the top floor. 12 years later here I am to find out what was up w this. Thank you for making this!

[@scarystardust5175]

How am I just now seeing this?!? I remember your old video where you only saw the outside. This place was amazing. If only the walls could talk! So happy you saw it before it was demolished.

[@peaceandshards]

I keep thinking it's someone's leg at 7:21 almost like someone In a plastic garbage bag with the legs sticking out. Can anyone identify what it is I'm really seeing there ?

[@jonathanbiancaniello8494]

Yo that's fucking creepy, that looks like a dead body to me

[@mellowapocalypse]

It looks like the leg of a girl wearing uggs! Dead basic bitch!

[@spymo9360]

Adam from 2021 brought me here.

[@cleeboy5048]

No way! So cool! I just found this after watching your other earlier vid on the glass bank.

[@tonyw1851]

Hey Adam the music that starts your vlog is so catchy that I was actually singing it going grocery shopping the other day .lol

[@shutupchaela3808]

I'm watching this 12/21/2016 and it makes me a bit sad that that man will never have another Christmas village there. a beautiful place though and a wicked video.

[@sasquatch446]

The one news report said that the town got the go ahead to tear down the building, that's why he committed suicide. So why didn't they ever tear it down?

[@KornflakezRandomStuff]

What a great building. So sad it got dimolished ! Awesome video, thanks for sharing !

[@vickit9190]

That's a pretty incredible place, thanks for showing us

[@benjaminpeckham7071]

You should put that Henry Mancini tape in the cassette player and have a gin and tonic while lounging.

[@nicksacco5041]

Wow u went with the proper people that's awesome

[@karenjohansen6544]

Loved everything about this, it as become my favourite video after the abandoned River Country one in Disney World. What an amazing place

[@WiccanRainbowMama]

That was an awesome penthouse! Thanks for the video!

[@Automedon2]

I wish there was a way for you to bring a bigger floodlight into these places. That penthouse is crazy - like the fantasy of an eccentric like Elvis

[@keshiawebster5227]

yeah, it definitely had a Graceland vibe

[@ourevilone]

i get this eerie familiar feeling about this place...

[@springtrapthegamer2226]

So do I

[@dusterdude238]

you mean like Deja-Vue?

[@sirot5561]

Awesome vid woo! You are legit one of my favorite youtubers 👌👍

[@blankslate9599]

Ooo the proper people! I thought you did a collab with them but I could never find it until now I'm so happy

[@tastedlikechicken]

how can such a amazing place become abandoned? i bet there would have been more than enough people willing to live there, me included. EDIT: ok after reading thriugh the comment i got the background of that and now i just feel very very sad about.

[@metapopular9229]

I think it was because they were gunna burn it down or something

[@tastedlikechicken]

Metapopular the background was the rest of the owners of that building decided its not worth to restorate so the old man (mr. wolfe) had to deal with their decission. i still do feel very sad for him but it was an awesome place he build and was living in for decades!

[@briarelms1868]

for some reason at 3.27 it looked like half of someones face in the middle of the screen.

[@blatkazeot]

agreed. pretty weird ey

[@evanwater3633]

yeah . the heck. did they not look? legit looked like a recent body

[@nakyer]

+Brian Elms Our brains are hard wired to look for faces. Anything comes close, we notice it.

[@Playback007able]

it’s more of that Roswell, err...Mars Sidonia crap...

[@JennerbugsandFurgs]

I seen your first video of the Glass bank last year...thanks for the follow up. The penthouse was tacky looking!

[@alexistarr]

It's great that you were able to get in and film the place just before it was demolished.

[@DanaTheInsane]

How long was this place abandoned, and how long did he live upstairs before he killed himself?

[@Mattdude411]

Since 2004 due to a hurricane, but Frank stayed up there for around another 8-9 years before they evicted him; when the news was given that it was going to be demolished in 2014 he killed himself.

[@KevinJackson1986]

HipsterPolice I'm wondering if his spirit is still there?

[@Mattdude411]

Kevin Jackson Maybe, he was living somewhere else for the last couple of months though. I think a lot of people would think he stayed until the end and jumped off the building lol

[@KevinJackson1986]

I don't know. I heard he shot himself in the apartment. But even if he was somewhere else when he did it sometimes if they had an attachment to a location, their spirit can be felt there

[@captainbrickhead4226]

Kevin Jackson No such thing as an spirit. You didn't exist before you were born. You won't exist when you die.

[@xrapidskillsx3470]

4:33 "you can smell the sauna-ness"

[@martynhyde6994]

Prob one of the creepiest ,amazing videos i have ever seen.. love it !!

[@semones57]

When this was built I bet in its time it was pretty nice. This was actually pretty interesting.. thanks for sharing.

[@GESSO217]

A shame to see a place like that go to waste.

[@TheTigero]

A camera mounted light is literally less than 20 bucks.....

[@garfixit]

So sad that it's gone. Love the proper peeps great guys

[@finzgar420]

Wow, This place is super cool. I have a feeling I'm going to be seeing a lot more of this place.

[@brokenchains6283]

this video is sad to me...a man's dream .....lost

[@davvvvo]

I wish someone could make a video of every room in the building so it could be rebuild in a game or for paintings.

[@TheRor]

That's awesome you got in there. Cool you got to hang with the proper people.

[@natedoggg0]

ah glan u finally got inside that building really want to see since your last visit cool vid adam

[@robertnunziata2950]

that penthouse is old school vegas

[@cuttiebird]

+Robert Nunziata That place was ugly as hell...beurk!

[@robertnunziata2950]

+Cuttie Bird no doubt but it is old school 50s vegas

[@mintgumdropz1]

+MrOrthogonalization Wouldn't surprise me. :/

[@colinsphoneemail]

+Robert Nunziata I kept thinking the same thing.. it's like the penthouse inside the Palomino Club was.

[@dsantos10]

Looks like half a face in the mirror at 3:29. Freaked me out. Like what you did with the sign at the beginning. That place is creepy.

[@8BitPicklez]

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed the face thing.

[@willow6969696969]

I saw it too yikes. BTW go back and look for some hidden compartments pls.

[@chloecat7385]

If ur creeped out by that go to 7:20

[@xavierhendrix7348]

Chloe cat that is funny

[@tuuexx]

GREAT FOLLOW-UP ! ! ....great stuff !~. One of your best yet : D

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

his personal items like his degrees are just part of the broken mess. Good you documented this as I am sure the building will be pulled down. Tyvm Adam and crew

[@brownier2448]

Underground vault in the glass bank? Vault of glass

[@ricknurse7]

Evan - Man, that was paneful...

[@Kodin]

And the award for cheesiest joke goes to...

[@3642130]

at my house the "Secret Penthouse" was under my old man's matress!

[@nicholasvines5428]

Love this video. I lived there and was never able to get in, only times we ever tried cops came. Now I live in Idaho and will never get the chance due to it being scheduled for demo. Thanks Adam!!

[@CarlyCatharsis]

RLY Funny How I Subscribed To #TheProperPeople MANY YEARS B4 I Discoved Adam's Awesome Vids! Nice To Know That Explorers Out There, Try To Aid Others Like Themselves!

[@Audreyreagan.s]

Adam was that a sleeping girl at 7:20?

[@jenpeace3763]

Was there? We want answers please.

[@RA984U]

It looks like it might be some kind of wooden leg or a fake prop leg maybe?

[@RA984U]

If you go to the video the other guys posted you can see it at around the 8 minute mark. It looks like the mannequin of a child or a life size doll.

[@jenpeace3763]

You might be right, if anyone know's please let us know.

[@Audreyreagan.s]

Jen Pease Lady im pretty sure if there was a dead person Adam would call. He wouldn't just leave a dead body without notifying the police. I was wondering if it was just some bum that was staying there. Stop over reacting

[@potatoguy]

here from vlog 2/9/2021

[@iwantmyvanback]

Sometimes ill get a random jolt of memory about the Glass Bank penthouse. Im just glad that there is some kind of record of the majesty that was destroyed.

[@hovermotion]

lol that Arnold impersonatetion was quite good.... amazing building. ...was it a special club or something....amazing what's left behind.