This is a Westinghouse traction elevator at my favorite building in Chicago, IL.. the Carbon and Carbide building! Its a gorgeous Art Deco building (like many in Chicago), that has now been converted to the Hard Rock hotel. I was in this building 10 years ago before it was a hotel and it still looks exactly the same. There are 2 high-rise elevators serving the skinny tower part (23-37), 3 elevators that serve 1-22, and 3 that serve 1-9. Kind of a unique arrangement. 37 needs a key to access. These were modernized when the hotel was opened.. the old elevators were much cooler!

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1. IMO floor passing chimes can be annoying in high rise buildings. Imagine working in the empire state building if the elevators did that :)
2. @DylanR99 I didn't have time.
3. In this video, why did you choose not to choose L1 and L2?
4. When I go to the Hard Rock Hotel, I will try L1 and L2 because you weren't able to get to the basement levels. Is that okay, mschafe132?
5. Yep and they were pretty neat. I took pictures of them a long long time ago but I can't find them anymore.
6. Were these originally select-o-matic with those huge lobby indicators?
7. whats the speed of this elevator?