shindler elevator and observation deck at the foshay hotel in minneapolis,mn

[stevesmith891]

SLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWW DOWN!!!

[gynecrologist]

I worked night security in the Foshay for a few years in the late 90's/early 2000s, I took breaks up on the observation deck. Nice when it was foggy and you couldn't see any other bldgs. When I was working there the elevator(s) would break down regularly and they often had to custom make pieces to repair them as the original parts were no longer available. I believe everything was updated when or before it became the W.

[Elevator5519]

There's another elevator there that goes to 4 floors.

[escalatorgeek881]

It's sad that observation decks are closing down, and it seems like (according to the key card reader in the elevator) that this one is restricted to hotel guests. The post 9/11 era is really taking it's shape. It's not our fault that this living in fear thing happened, it's the lax security and the open cockpits on the airplanes before 9/11 that caused the attacks, and the government blames it on us. The fault was not from unsecured high-rise buildings, but the airplanes.

[Elevator5519]

It's not restricted to hotel guests, it's open to the public.

[maalit72]

the brand is Schindler