Floridian Elevators's video: NEWLY MODERNIZED Westinghouse KONE Polaris Traction Elevators at 55 Public Square in Cleveland OH

Filmed on October 25th, 2023. Here we have a set of elevators that got modded very nicely with KONE Polaris a couple years ago. KONE did an EXCELLENT job with the modernization, the elevators are VERY fast and smooth and the Polaris interface is very smooth and responsive, and the new KONE voice is VERY CLEAR! However, despite the fact KONE did do a great job on this mod, I do not approve of it one bit. And that is because it replaced a VERY RARE Set of Elevators! 2 Banks of FULLY ORIGINAL Westinghouse Selectomatic Elevators with POP OUT Buttons! And despite the fact this building is 22 floors and over 65 years old, these elevators were STILL fully original UNTIL JUST 2 YEARS AGO when KONE modernized these during the buildings renovation into Apartments on the lower levels of the building. The Pop Out buttons are EXTREMELY RARE and VERY UNIQUE and because they actually light up, i think they're honestly cooler than Otis Pop Out, and because this building is over 20 floors and with how fast these elevators go, I'm DEFINITELY SUPER BUMMED OUT that I missed out on these! (Along with the nearby Rockefeller Building which is now boarded up and abandoned). On the positive side, I at least got to see one set of Pop Out Westinghouse Selectomatics (video link https://youtu.be/Tu8qaYdzfQc?si=pexlcBxp-UFA7eF-) at another building (which sadly enough those will be modded soon too), and I'm ddefinitely grateful I got to see those, but I am sad that I missed out on rest of the known ones Cleveland had up until very recently. Interestingly, only some of the elevators in each of the two banks here were modded while the other cars were decomissioned, but that doesn't change the fact that the Pop Outs here are gone and that those decomissioned cars will surely never run again. With that all being said though, I hope you guys enjoy the video, this one being of some Very Nice, albeit very tragically modded elevators. Installed in 1958. (Westinghouse Selectomatic with Pop Out buttons) Modernized in 2021-2022. (KONE Revolution Polaris mod with New Motors, New Controllers, Fixtures, New Lanterns, etc. Only the cabs and doors remain original, half of the elevators remain uuntouched but decommissioned). Speed: 800 FPM Camera details: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Mic: Built In