High Tower Drive 1931. Garages below....apartments above....via elevator.
from my original post dated May 2010 (along with contemporary photos of the High Tower elevator).
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1229
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I accidentally came across a modern day equivalent of the High Tower elevator.
At first I noticed what looks like a bluish bridge crossing Silverwood Terrace (I've circled it in red).
google aerial
below: In this closer view, the mystery 'bridge' doesn't cross Silverwood Terrace after all....it traverses private property.
google aerial detail
So I grabbed a 'google observation car' and headed down Silverwood Terrace. I came across this tiny garage at 1750 Silverwood Terrace.
google street view
and just to the right of the garage is this separate entrance...
google street view
..at the base of this vertigo inducing elevator!
Pretty amazing isn't it. I was flabbergasted!
Wasn't there an easier way to reach this property? -like a road at the top-
Also, who plots out these ridiculous parcels of land?
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