Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Subscribers to this channel know we like old things. And we collect those old things. But unless you collect something really small, like stamps, or coins, or matchbooks, or diamonds, space can become a problem. My brother's model car collection takes up a lot of space. His REAL car collection takes up a LOT of space. But pity the guy or gal who collects escalators. Man, that's gotta be tough. Yeah, I'm kidding. How could you possibly collect escalators? Well... if you COULD, here is one you would really want. A vintage WOODEN escalator.
Yes, when I was a boy you still saw these great wooden escalators in stores like Hudson's in downtown Detroit. Stores then were made of wood and marble and all seemed to be trimmed in gold. Well, Hudson's and Gimbels and Marshall Fields and The Broadway and The May Company are long gone, but here at Macy's in New York City they still have several of these wooden escalators. Worth a visit!
Here we go up. This Macy's was built in 1902. It's their oldest surviving store--their flagship store--and is the largest department store in the United States. It got these wooden escalators in 1927.
And here we go down. This is the Macy's from the movie "Miracle on 34th Street" because, you know, it is ON 34th Street in Manhattan, at 34th and Broadway. Paging Kris Kringle.
New York, New York. This is a place with lots and lots of history. Tin Pan Alley. Times Square. Ellis Island. The Empire State Building. Canyons of steel. And pizza. And subways.
Oh, and this is there too. Like an escalator, you can't collect it. But they do have a shop full of souvenirs about it--and those you CAN collect.
Subscribers to this channel know we like old things. And we collect those old things. But unless you collect something really small, like stamps, or coins, or matchbooks, or diamonds, space can become a problem. My brother's model car collection takes up a lot of space. His REAL car collection takes up a LOT of space. But pity the guy or gal who collects escalators. Man, that's gotta be tough. Yeah, I'm kidding. How could you possibly collect escalators? Well... if you COULD, here is one you would really want. A vintage WOODEN escalator.
Yes, when I was a boy you still saw these great wooden escalators in stores like Hudson's in downtown Detroit. Stores then were made of wood and marble and all seemed to be trimmed in gold. Well, Hudson's and Gimbels and Marshall Fields and The Broadway and The May Company are long gone, but here at Macy's in New York City they still have several of these wooden escalators. Worth a visit!
Here we go up. This Macy's was built in 1902. It's their oldest surviving store--their flagship store--and is the largest department store in the United States. It got these wooden escalators in 1927.
And here we go down. This is the Macy's from the movie "Miracle on 34th Street" because, you know, it is ON 34th Street in Manhattan, at 34th and Broadway. Paging Kris Kringle.
New York, New York. This is a place with lots and lots of history. Tin Pan Alley. Times Square. Ellis Island. The Empire State Building. Canyons of steel. And pizza. And subways.
Oh, and this is there too. Like an escalator, you can't collect it. But they do have a shop full of souvenirs about it--and those you CAN collect.
