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

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Bank Of America Center (now TC Energy Center) Downtown Houston TX

This is the Bank Of America Tower in Downtown Houston. This is a building designed by the American architect Philip Johnson. He also designed Pennzoil Place which is right across the street from this building. This building has some beautiful high-rising Schindler-Haughton elevators from the 1980s, but The low rise and low mid rise elevators were getting modded with Otis CompassPlus. Fortunately, the original fixtures remain intact on the mid high rise and high rise elevators. But due to the mod, they made their elevators more secure!!! NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! The high rise elevators were ROCKETS, and they travel 1200 FPM. You can even hear the sound coming from the motor room as soon as you approach the 47'th floor.


Management Suite Elevator

Speed: Slow

Power: Hydraulic???

Floors:
1 - lobby
2 - management suite

Type: Schindler-Haughton

Parking Garage Elevators

Speed: Fast (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
P4 - parking garage 4
P3 - parking garage 3
P2 - parking garage 2
P1 - parking garage 1
1 - lobby

Type: Schindler-Haughton

Management Suite & Parking Garage Elevator

Speed: Medium (250 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
P2 - parking garage 2
P1 - parking garage 1
1 - lobby
2 - management suite

Type: Schindler-Haughton

Low Rise Elevators

Speed: Fast (500 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby
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

Type: Schindler-Haughton (now modernised w/ Otis CompassPlus)

Low Mid Rise Elevators

Speed: Very Fast (700 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby
15 - offices
16 - offices
17 - offices
18 - offices
19 - offices
20 - offices
21 - offices
22 - offices
23 - offices
24 - offices
25 - offices

Type: Schindler-Haughton (in the process of modernisation into Otis CompassPlus)

Mid High Rise Elevators

Speed: High Speed (1000 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby
26 - offices
27 - offices
28 - offices
29 - offices
30 - offices
31 - offices
32 - offices
33 - offices
34 - offices
35 - offices
36 - offices

Type: Schindler-Haughton

High Rise Elevators

Speed: High Speed (1200 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
1 - lobby
37 - offices
38 - offices
39 - offices
40 - offices
41 - offices
42 - offices
43 - offices
44 - offices
45 - offices
46 - offices
47 - offices and access to penthouse elevators

Type: Schindler-Haughton

Penthouse Elevators

Speed: Medium (350 FPM)

Power: Geared Traction

Floors:
47 - offices and access to main elevators
48 - penthouse offices
49 - penthouse offices
50 - penthouse offices
51 - penthouse offices
52 - penthouse offices
53 - penthouse offices

Type: Schindler-Haughton (modernised w/ Innovation Prestige)

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