Raw file: elevaTOUR and Urbex of Macy's River Ridge Mall the day before closing 

Thank you for documenting this. In a few years from now when department stores will be a thing of the past, this will be an amazing record of what used to be. With less than a day before closing, I'm really surprised at how clean the entire store looks. When our store closed the floors were caked in dirt and grime, since our store's cleaning contract ran out several months before we closed. Thank you again for this professional and detailed look at this store.

The hidden restaurant you discovered was a Sword & Kilt which was an upscale eatery operated by Thalhimer's which was the original anchor. The restaurant was closed and walled up when Thalhimer's was acquired by May Company and converted to Hecht's. The restaurant remained closed for the remainder of time the department store continues operations following the conversion to Macy's.

There was a time when department stores had restaurants. The long-gone Tri-City Mall here in Mesa, AZ had a new look JC Penney. I remember the former fenced in dining patio had its tables and chairs all stacked up after the restaurant was discontinued. The former new look JCP at the old Park Central still stands and is occupied by United Healthcare. The old patio is still there with the same vintage fencing. I know the Sears at dead Fiesta Mall used to have one too. I remember it having food in the 80s. Nordstrom continues to have cafes. The one at Scottsdale Fashion Square is always busy on weekends with hungry shoppers. It also smells really good there, too.

Very cool I'd say you got it documented well. I'm gonna have to ask my mom an sister about that restaurant they spent many weekends there in the 80's. Should have told her yea where part of a mall documentary crew. But regardless you got the good stuff the mechanical on the 3rd floor was cool.

I loved the "plant room" scene!

I'm surprised to see GAL fixtures on the freight elevator instead of Otis Lexan. Was the freight elevator installed with GAL?? Or did GAL replace old fixtures??

The Top floor is actually the penthouse. Instead of traditional rooftop HVAC units, they utilized the penthouse for HVAC equipment and Mechanical.

Very cool. I always thought there was more up stairs. So much unused realastate.

I am very proud of that you film the Macy's store. my favorite part was the Macy's was a restaurant that is just awesome. take care. :) if your are not subscribe to dieselducy go ahead and subscribe to his channel! and enable notifications!

Awesome Tour! It's a shame they cut you off like that

I'm confused, does the liquidation company have the authority to say no photography?

Did you mean to edit out the music? Or are you going to leave it in the raw clip only? Am I correct that a lot of freight elevators (maybe not newer ones) have simple controllers that only remember 1 call at a time? (I think in many cases they don't remember calls with the door open, that often will ring the alarm). Being asked to leave the whole store just because you were filming seems overkill (unless they knew you were in non-public areas, then I could see why, though they likely would have the right to ask you to leave either way). I wonder if they did that because of a particular reason, such as security concerns somehow related to the fast that the store is almost closed (or maybe privacy concerns, though that would be less of a problem if the store was closing). Thankfully I have never had trouble filming the elevators in Macy's stores, but I do know they often don't allow photography.

They probably didn’t want anyone videos or photos with the liquidation sale because of the item prices. I have never had an issue with a Macys with elevator videos or a livestream.

Many department stores in the past prior to food courts had a nice restaurant inside the store.

Amazing TOUR

It's a darn shame that you got kicked out at the end. :/

Songs that were playing in the video country song, want you back by cher lloyd, maps by maroon 5, hung up by madonna, what do you mean by justin bieber, this is your night by amber

Those women at the end... Seriously? They have nothing else better to do?

DieselDucy do a video for the motor sound for the Elmwood parking garage

I'd like to exactly where in (the rules) it says you can't do that.

Well the music still works I hear Maps by Maroon 5 at 6:56. VERY RUDE sales people at the end saying you can't film, BS, the store is closing, it's not like it's hurting anything. You should be allowed to film. When circuit city was closing the people were the same way.

I would have gone to another part of the store and started filming again

that's a nice freighter

Did NOT know there was a third floor...

Against the rules?... what rules are those?... that was too funny !!

This is pretty weird that a liquidation employee harassed you when they don't even own or work in the store.

ANDREW I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING PLEASE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO ABOUT 2007 AND JIMLIELEVATORS

The ending was funny

WGAF, the store was closing anyways. I would have said, “Have at it!”

cool vldeo

wow a Siemens system 3

This is why I film with my phone

#photographyisnotacrime

16:36 BUSTED

VERY RUDE EMPLOYEE HE/SHE SHOULD BE KICKED OUT THERE SHOULDNT BE A LIQUIDATION COMPANY IF MACY' CLOSES THEN THE LIQUIDATION COMPANY CLOSES TO IT IS SAFE THEN TO FILM.

should have been arrested for trespassing. who just walks into a store and head for the boiler room? entitlement minded yuppies