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This is at The Bay store on Sainte Catherine. I’ve been on those escalators many times throughout my life. Brings back fond memories of shopping with family and friends who are no longer with us. Cool video!

I have always had an appreciation for escalators. 9 years old and younger I really enjoyed riding them. Later my interest escalated to the historical and mechanical sides.

J'en reviens pas que ta vidéo a 2,500,000 vues. C'est vrai que ça satisfait l'esprit de regarder ce vieux escalier mobile au LaBaie du centre-ville.

Awesome!  1968 was a great  year!  Amazing those Otis'es have been in service 50+ years and still look great!  Love the chrome

A working piece of history! They NEED to keep that Escal-Aire operational as long as possible. It's a priceless artifact that needs to be preserved, and it's also a testament to the impeccable quality of design that the sixties were known for. This thing can and will work indefinitely as long as routine maintenance is continued...


PS. I vaguely recall riding escalators like these in Calgary's Chinook Centre as a kid in the early two-thousands, before the mall was renovated completely and much of the original works were replaced. They have a certain nostalgic charm about them that modern escalators cannot replicate. However, there is a gem of a time capsule located in the section of the mall that leads to the underground bowling alley. It still contains all the original decor from the time of the mall's opening in 1960 and is definitely worth checking out for anyone interested in antique mall architecture.

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Come for the escalators, stay for the scrrrrrap!

Great video and I loved the 70s Rene and Angela song in the background!!!

I love his enthusiasm

1968 Otis Escal-Aire Escalators at Hudson's Bay, Galeries d'Anjou in Montreal QC
7895 Galeries Anjou Blvd, Anjou, QC H1M 1W9, Canada

Notice that the landing plate on the Otis unit says "Escal-aire".  That was a now-rare model of Otis escalator which, as shown in the video, has a unique balustrade design: glass, but with regular reinforcement beams made of metal.  Perhaps this was an early style of glass balustrade, from when engineers didn't think that an all-glass structure would be strong enough for regular use.
A similar balustrade design may be found in some of the older stations of the Washington, DC Metrorail subway, on the escalators leading from the mezzanine to the platform (the longer escalators leading to the surface typically use an opaque balustrade).  I think those are Westinghouse units, though.

Most of the Bay stores I've been in have montgomeries, one elevator in the process of being modded by KONE.

I like old school

I would go looking around for more rare Canadian escalator's and shoot another video

The reason why both are different because they are both different brands and models the previous brand is a Schindler and the second is a Otis

Nice vid

I'm back!! 7,200,000 views? legendary status

2,600,000 plus views about a escalator?? this guy has talent, imagine the numbers he'd pull if he walked into a Adult book store filming and narrating??

I might have been there before