[miketoronto]

I thought this would be interesting.

Here are some videos of elevator rides up some of the tallest towers and buildings in the world.

Feel free to add more videos.
Check out the Eiffel Tower one. That is one ride I think would be a little scary because you can just see right through the steel frame. Enjoy :)

Tokyo Tower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQYSz1PbGXw

CN Tower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_O0b4hPhE

Montreal Tower Funnicular
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH93eMxaPO4

Space Needle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tKt5qmNj5k


Empire State Building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9cUbews_8

Eiffel Tower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJkPKutHnY&mode=related&search=

[TNTK]

Cool vids. I liked the CN tower the best.

[CGII]

I almost shat my pants riding up the Tower of The America's elvator in San Antonio.

[Distill3d]

I almost shat my pants riding up the Tower of The America's elvator in San Antonio.

i almost pissed my pants coming down the elevator at the Space Needle in Seattle when i was 12.

[texcolo]

I did not know that the Montreal thingy had a funicular thingy.

That was kewl.

[STLgasm]

Here's the St. Louis Gateway Arch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mamANXb3E4s

[kznyc2k]

I liked the Eiffel Tower one the best. The way how the X braces kept getting smaller and smaller really made you feel that you were getting UP there.

[Paintballer1708]

Very cool videos. I liked the CN Tower one the best. It was an amazing sight when i was there when you rise up over the city's skyline and there is an awesome view out over the city.

[initiald]

Not one of the tallest buildings (only 30 floors) but this is my ride up the Shinjuku NS Building back in May.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p0Z8JXLCTH0

[MolsonExport]

Great idea for a thread. Wish I had a video camera, as I have been up many towers:
Montreal-Olympic stadium
Montreal-Place Ville Marie (rooftop club)
Toronto-CN tower
Vancouver-Harbour View
Calgary-Calgary tower
Niagara Falls-Skylon
New York-Empire State Building
New York-World Trade Centre
Boston-Prudential building
Seattle-Space Needle
Sydney, Australia-Sydney Tower
Seoul, Korea-Seoul Tower

[miketoronto]

Thats a good list Molson :)


I have only been up the

CN TOWER, Toronto
Terminal Tower, Cleveland
John Hancock Tower, Boston
John Hancock Centre, Chicago
Sears Tower, Chicago
Penobscott Building, Detroit
Renaissance Centre, Detroit
Buffalo City Hall, Buffalo
Empire State Building, NYC
Peace Tower, Ottawa
Olympic Tower, Montreal
City Hall, Philadelphia

and thats it.

[Distill3d]

New York-World Trade Centre

that would be one for the ages...

[CGII]

Boston:Bunker Hill Memorial
Chicago:John Hancock Center
Chicago:Sears Tower
New York:ESB
San Antonio:Tower Of The Americas
San Francisco:Coit Tower

[Alpha]

Cool is also the elevator ride to the observation deck of Berlin Radio Tower.

[jaydee]

I've been to the top of these:

Landmark Tower, Yokohama
Tokyo Metropolitan Office, Tokyo
Sunshine 60, Tokyo
Fuji TV, Tokyo (okay, not very tall, but it's an unusual building)
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo (For people who don't like heights, the elevator ride isn't fun)
Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

And this one is not tall at all, but the scariest elevator ride! Marine Tower in Yokohama. Went up on a windy day, and that thing just swayed back and forth so much! I wish I had a video of it, though I did have my digital camera with me.

[Stu]

Pyongyang from a TV Tower with weird music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMZdUYNOL3E

[-GR2NY-]

Thats a good list Molson :)


I have only been up the

CN TOWER, Toronto
Terminal Tower, Cleveland
John Hancock Tower, Boston
John Hancock Centre, Chicago
Sears Tower, Chicago
Penobscott Building, Detroit
Renaissance Centre, Detroit
Buffalo City Hall, Buffalo
Empire State Building, NYC
Peace Tower, Ottawa
Olympic Tower, Montreal
City Hall, Philadelphia

and thats it.

You poor thing! :(

[JManc]

i just remember the elevator in the world trade center being insanely fast.

[PuyoPiyo]

Some of you guys surely touched alot! All I remember which I had been elevated up on:

Space Needle, Seattle (about 4 times in my life)
Stratosphere, Las Vegas
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo
Sunshine 60, Tokyo

At least they are not so low rise hehe...

Great video =) I would like to check out the Stratosphere, I remember when me and my dad was standing on the observation deck, my dad got scared when the riding go down front of the windows! It was funny. Also when you plan to go to Stratosphere for the roller coaster, I am telling you, that roller coaster is NOT a roller coaster! It is like you are riding and viewing around Las Vegas, not much else.

[Alpha]

Nevertheless such videos are only possible at a few towers and buildings as the elevator in most buildings and towers runs inside the tower and has no window, which allows a lookout.

[High Pointer]

My current list, from what I can remember...

Berlin Fernsehturm (only a week ago!)
München Olympiastadion
MAIN TOWER, Frankfurt
Empire State Building
World Trade Center (x2)
Prudential Center, Boston
Space Needle, Seattle
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus OH
CN tower

Nice vids--will have to check them out later!

[cactuspunk]

Atlanta Marriott Marquis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeNNw779sq4

[Corbin Dalus]

Yea, regarding the World Trade Cener Towers, I've been up the express elevator to the top floor and that sucker halls! Sad I'll never be able to return to that as I've always wanted to take my wife there.

[towerguy3]

When the BurjDubai is finished will there be a scenic elevator to the top? That would be unbelievable!

How about for the Bow Tower in Calgary when it's done (810 ft)?

[Chicago103]

The elevator rides up Chicago's tallest buildings are rather ordinary as they are internal elevators. In the Hancock its just a ride up with a recording saying how fast the elevators are and talking about the observatory/restaurant/lounge. In the Sears Tower its also pretty ordinary with just the numbers going up and a tv screen with a touristy video showing some birds talking about the tower on the way up and down.

There arent any tall buildings of significant height with scenic elevators in Chicago, the closest thing I can think of is an Embassy Suites Hotel and the Thompson Center.

[PeterG]

Just watching the CN Tower footage and the nicey nice guy talking - I remember in the lifts up from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower to the top, the lift operator just stood in one corner reading a newspaper, pressing buttons and looking completely unattached from the job.