These elevators were famous before the Hampton Inn was built on top, but it has gained even more attention since the hotel opened. Maybe after this pandemic is over I wouldn't mind spending a few nights here at this hotel then I could get all the elevators on video.
@@stlelevators you know just for the heck of it it probably wouldn't hurt to ask. The only downside of the elevators in the hotel is that the guest floors are locked off with the card reader now. Andrew was there meeting up with someone to go film elevators around Roanoke and they had a card reader on the elevators.
Very interesting video! I noticed most of these things when I stayed at that Hampton but there were a few things I missed. Glad somebody else thought this garage was weird and interesting aside from the elevators.
Thanks! That was the idea for it. The first time I went to Roanoke, I had a lot of unanswered questions and curiosities about this place and that's what inspired me to make this video.
Thanks! Honestly, that very reason is why I decided to make this video. For years I as well wondered what that ramp was for (and some other things in the garage). When I went to Roanoke for the first time, I explored these garages a lot to answer these questions of mine. It just took me a while to go out and actually make these lol
These types of construction projects where a building is built on top of an existing parking garage is both interesting and ingenious use of space. I find it especially interesting as there are 2 such buildings within a couple blocks of me... and I happen to live in one. My particular apartment building was built in 1985 and was built on top of a parking garage and drive-thru bank from 1951. Apartments are on floors 6-10 and there are 3 floors of offices underneath us. Just up the street, Holiday Inn built a 3 story suite atrium above their 6 story parking garage/shopping mall adjacent to their 16 story hotel tower. The atrium has an additional indoor pool & glass elevator serving just those floors (8-10). This nice video you've shared with us from Roanoke shows the construction of just such a project very well done. Thanks for the nice tour.
Great video! This parking garage has a similar lay out to The Schiller Street Parking Garage in Elmhurst, Illinois. Dover elevators with some Thyssenkrupp modifications to them. I’ve always wondered for years if that one side of the garage with the stair well has had the rear elevator based on how the windows were showing. On the southeast corner.
Just because of how big and confusing this garage is. This reminds me of the Pine Street Ramp in Green Bay Wisconsin because that ramp feels very confusing too. Even though i have seen both ramos plenty of times.
I already have one more of these videos made up, I just want to see how they perform before putting the time into more. (These take a while to make and film)
the hotel elevators should serve level 4 of the parking garage. one end of that elevator ride MUST BE the hotel. 7 button would be unlocked with the card reader. you could do level 4 to or from the hotel or level G to or from the hotel.
