This blog is my collection of photos and videos of elevators.





Each elevator is given a speed.





Very Slow - less than 100 feet per minute

Slow - 100 to 199 feet per minute

Medium - 200 to 299 feet per minute

Fast - 300 to 699 feet per minute

Very Fast - 700 to 999 feet per minute

High Speed - more than 999 feet per minute

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Cortez Building Downtown El Paso TX

Main Elevators


Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
B - basement
GR - ground
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices (top floor)

Type: Dover Classic


Parking Garage Elevators


Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
G - ground floor
1 - parking garage 1
2 - parking garage 2
3 - parking garage 3
4 - parking garage 4
5 - parking garage 5
6 - parking garage 6

Type: Dover Classic

Museum Of Art El Paso TX

Speed: Slow (150 FPM)

Power: Hydraulic

Floors:
1 - exhibits
2 - more exhibits

Type: Emco


Anson Mills Building Downtown El Paso TX

This is a building with shops at the lobby. The atrium elevators are hard to film because there is a security issue, but the rest of the elevators are not.

Atrium Elevators

Speed: Fast (400 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
B - basement
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices

Type: Kone w/ Innovation Universal

Main Elevators


Speed: Fast (450 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
B - basement
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices
11 - offices
12 - offices

Type: Kone w/ Innovation Universal

Parking/Entrance Elevators



Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
1 - mills building access
2 - offices
3 - parking garage 3
4 - parking garage 4
5 - parking garage 5
6 - parking garage 6

Type: Kone w/ Innovation Bruiser

Parking Garage Elevators



Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: MRL Traction

Floors:
1 - parking garage 1
2 - parking garage 2
3 - parking garage 3
4 - parking garage 4
5 - parking garage 5
6 - parking garage 6
7 - parking garage 7
8 - parking garage 8
9 - parking garage 9

Type: Kone w/ Innovation Bruiser

Friday, March 16, 2018

One San Jacinto Plaza (fmr Chase Tower) Downtown El Paso TX

This is the second tallest high rise building in El Paso. This used to be the Chase Bank Tower, but they moved the chase bank from this building to the anson mills building. This is now referred to as One San Jacinto Plaza.

Base Elevators


Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
SB (SL) - spooky sub basement (spooky level)
B (LL) - concourse
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices

Type: Otis Lexan (mod w/ Otis Series 2)

Tower Elevators

Speed: Very Fast (700 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices
11 - offices
12 - offices
13 - offices
14 - offices
15 - offices
16 - offices
17 - offices
18 - club (top floor!)

Type: Otis Lexan (mod by Otis Series 2)

Wells Fargo Plaza Downtown El Paso TX

This building is the Wells Fargo Tower, and the elevators used to be Dover Classic. This is the tallest high rise building in El Paso. The floors, except for lobby and lower level are locked off only on weekends and bank holidays. In fact, you have to visit with a security guard if you want to go to any floor besides lower level and lobby

Banking Office Elevators

Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
LL - concourse
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices

Type: Dover Classic (mod by ThyssenKrupp)

Main Office Elevators


Speed: Very Fast (700 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
LL - concourse
1 - lobby
2 - offices
3 - offices
4 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices
10 - offices
11 - offices
12 - offices
13 - offices
14 - offices
15 - offices
16 - offices
17 - offices
18 - offices
19 - offices
20 - offices
21 - offices

Type: Dover Classic (mod by ThyssenKrupp)

Parking Garage Elevators


Speed: Fast (500 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
LL - tunnel access to wells fargo plaza
1 - burgundy parking garage level
2 - black parking garage level
3 - yellow parking garage level
4 - blue parking garage level
5 - red parking garage level
6 - green parking garage level
7 - brown parking garage level
8 - orange parking garage level

Type: Otis Lexan/Dover Impulse (mod w/ Innovation Bruiser)

Hotel Indigo Downtown El Paso TX

This is a nice modern hotel with a lobby on the 5'th floor, a rooftop pool and bar, and nice hotel rooms. This hotel used to be the Artisan Hotel, which had pretty nasty reviews on TripAdvisor.

Main Elevators

Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors: 
B - spooky basement (only one of the elevators goes there)
G - street exit
5 - lobby pool bar gym and patio
6 - rooms
7 - rooms
8 - rooms 
9 - rooms 
10 - rooms 
11 - rooms 
12 - rooms and top floor (you can walk up to the roof from here!)

Type: Otis Round Touch Sensitive (modernized with Otis Series M2)



Service Elevator 

Speed: Medium (200 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
B - spooky basement
S - rear ground floor exit
G - ground floor
2 - parking level 2
3 - parking level 3
4 - parking level 4
5 - lobby

Type: Otis Round Touch Sensitive (mod into Innovation Premier)