Stupidly Busy 2002 Schindler 700A Traction Elevator @ Macy's Union Square in San Francisco, CA

(11/6/2021)

As mentioned in the last video here, the Macy's store in San Francisco has 2 Schindler elevators in addition to the main 6 Westinghouse elevators. One of them is dedicated to The Cheesecake factory, complete with a custom cab and express service. That one can stop on every floor in the building, but all of the floors except G and 8 are locked, making it just for The Cheesecake Factory. The other elevator is different. That one is dedicated to The Burger Bar restaurant on the 6th(or 5th, I don't remember lol) floor. However, since that place is not as busy, that elevator DOES stop at every floor unlike the other elevator. This causes this thing to be Stupidly busy all the time since people don't want to walk to the main elevators if they don't have too. As a matter of fact, out of the 3 days I was in San Francisco, this was broken for 2 of them!

This elevator is pretty much identical otherwise to The Cheesecake Factory elevator except it doesn't have the more unique cab. The analog indicator is pretty much burned out since this one is used so much. The funny thing is, you can actually take this one up to 8 right inside of The Cheesecake Factory, yet nobody realizes that which I find pretty funny.

This thing does run well, but it is so overworked that it breaks down constantly. They really should have thought of a better layout here, because this isn't going to work forever.

Brand: Schindler
Type: Bottom Drive Traction (700A)
Capacity: 3,500 LBS
Floors Served: 9 (LL, 1, G, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Landings Served: 9 (Same as above)
Door Type: Center Opening
Sets Of Doors: 2
Indicator: Segmented and Analog
Number Of Cars In Bank: 1
Fixture Type: Schindler MT
Phone: ADA-Compliant
Camera Used: iPhone 12 Pro

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[alpaljl]

Wow! I have been riding this elevator since it was installed new. Kinda hard to believe that. The cracked tile floor was replaced. I'm not sure why the 2R buttons are missing. That is the only floor that opens on the rear door. Considering how heavily this elevator gets used I am impressed to see how well it is holding up.

[Dana_Danarosana]

Seems like you caught it during an issue and that sucks when there's only one. My bldg. is like that... only one car serves the apts. on 6-10. I just spent an annoying week walking between the garage and my 9th fl. apt. It's fixed now. I hope it stays that way. 🎄🎅