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

Monday, December 9, 2019

One South Church Avenue Tucson AZ

This is One South Church, the tallest building in Tucson, which is one of three tucson's skyscrapers. This is a class A office building whose security level is low to none, and it has Otis Elevonic 401 elevators from the 1980's with Lexan buttons. The security level is also the "I don't care if you film" kind of level


Low Rise Elevators

For the amount of floors it travels, these go 500 FPM. The capacity is 3000 lbs.

Speed: Fast (500 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
L - lobby
2 - offices
5 - offices
6 - offices
7 - offices
8 - offices
9 - offices

Type: Otis Elevonic 401 w/ Lexan fixtures

Capacity: 3000 LBS

High Rise Elevators

These elevators are the fastest in the city tied with 33 North Stone. These go 700 FPM and the capacity is 3500 lbs. In fact, these  are slightly bigger than the low rise elevators

Speed: Very Fast (700 FPM)

Power: Gearless Traction

Floors:
L - lobby
9 - offices
10 - offices
11 - offices
12 - offices
14 - offices
15 - offices
16 - offices
17 - offices
18 - offices
19 - offices
20 - offices
21 - offices
22 - offices

Type: Otis Elevonic 401 w/ Lexan fixtures

Capacity: 3500 LBS

Parking Garage Elevators

These elevators are hydraulic otis series 1 and they have the same capacity as the low rise elevators.

Speed: Slow

Power: Hydraulic

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

Type: Older Otis Series 1

Capacity: 3000 LBS

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