Actually you have to use a key card in order to get in so in order to go up there is if you stay there or on what ElevatingBoston said is "But I walked in behind someone". It's just not fair that it is not open to the public.
My parents own 2 timeshares through Marriott. I think the $45,000 investment is good enough let me up there if they were to give me a hard time. It's essentially a security issue. They used to let me go up when I wanted (give me a keycard and then have me return it) but I recently asked and they said "old security procedures were not followed properly and you can't go up there." I was like are you kidding me? My parents own 2 timeshares through you. They said sorry. So now I just trespass.
They are not the originals and they are not even in the same location as the originals. I've found the tower's original plans in Boston's archives. The tower's original elevators from 1915 when the building was used as an office tower were a bank of 3 in a row in the front of the tower. Marriott gutted the entire building in 1997 and relocated the elevators to the center as part of the renovations.
@@ElevatingBoston I went here. According to the front desk person, there are only 3 elevators in the building (the bank of 2 going to 19, and the 1 going to 26). No service or freight elevators. So it is likely safe to say the original elevators are gone.
@@upanddownadventures Yes, that's correct. The original elevators were in the corner of the building and they needed that space for hotel rooms, so they were completely removed and shafts filled in.
