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frealfr t1_j28bt9h wrote

My member is curved.

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SB_90s t1_j28gcop wrote

Been to Japan and they have all sorts of weird, futuristic and cool stuff as part of their public infrastructure because it's not always built by the lowest bidder and/or to save cost, and money is actually spent to maintain it once they're in service. The lack of that mentality, as well as higher rates of unnecessary vandalism, is why a lot of Western countries can't have nice things like that in public.

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Evil_Chaos_DX t1_j28j9nq wrote

Today I learned that curved escalators exist.

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vicelordjohn t1_j28q8bn wrote

There's one of these in Vegas I've ridden a bunch.

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Batrachophilist t1_j28t3wu wrote

Have you seen those buildings in Japan? They have curved escalators. Curved. Escalators.

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p1ntx0s t1_j28x4vy wrote

I believe there aren't many of these in the world. The wynn casinos in Vegas and Boston both have one.

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GypsyButterflySpirit t1_j28x8lf wrote

Nice, thatā€™s different. Usually itā€™s mundane with it being straight up/down or flat.

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Emetthh t1_j28zny4 wrote

Im curious about what would an elevator engineer think, is this a simple change compares to normal elevators? Or are there hidden nightmares we dont know, like maintaining or manufacture

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OneFootTitan t1_j2903cj wrote

I guess mildly interesting is right, these are fun to see but fairly common

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FlashScooby t1_j296rus wrote

They have one of these at the Starbucks roastery in downtown chicago

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Lazip00k t1_j298p29 wrote

lemme guess yokohama? I might been there once, but I dont know its name

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JustkiddingIsuck t1_j29a2pb wrote

something about the person in front of them doesnt look quite right...

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OneFootTitan t1_j29b95z wrote

Replying to OvinceStPierre (#1,184,638)

I didn't choose my words well - not common as in they are everywhere, but "not *that* surprising to see" (from my perspective coming from Singapore previously), so mildly interesting is the right way to describe it. I do love the curved escalators though!

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hyren82 t1_j29cziv wrote

There's also one in NYC at the Bloomberg HQ

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tampora701 t1_j29e7a8 wrote

It's inevitable now. Show me the spiral escalator.

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Smirf_is_this t1_j29fr54 wrote

There's one in Chicago at the Starbucks Roaster

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CinnamonBlue t1_j29jwru wrote

The one in Time Square (Hong Kong) was installed nearly 30 years ago. Itā€™s still fun to see people trying to figure it out.

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More_Cowbell8 t1_j29k93q wrote

Why can't we have nice things like this in the states?

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OvinceStPierre t1_j29kzbx wrote

Replying to OneFootTitan (#1,185,037)

Location is extremely relevant. I was referring to escalators in Los Angeles (didn't clarify either). Currently Mitsubishi is the only manufacturer of curved escalators. Assuming they have a stronger presence in Singapore. Mitsubishi is trying to establish construction of more units in the US, still low compared to Otis, Kone, Thyssen, Schindler etc.. Thank you for elaborating.

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griffteepdx t1_j29liar wrote

Cool - is it ever working? Seems like it would break down often.

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OneFootTitan t1_j29pz9q wrote

My related mildly interesting escalator-related fact is that the word "escalate" in the sense of increasing rapidly or becoming more serious is a metaphorical back-formation from the word "escalator". Until the escalator was invented we just didn't have that word.

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riko77can t1_j29upxe wrote

North America struggles to keep the straight ones in service.

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THE_NAMELESS125 t1_j29y2ko wrote

Not impressed. Show me a curved elevator then I'll be impressed!

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AUTOMATIC_RULES t1_j29zg9h wrote

They got curve escalators at the Caesarā€™s Palace as well. First time for me this summer in Las Vegas.

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Kanejy t1_j2annov wrote

Their too futuristic

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808morgan t1_j2ao6oq wrote

The Roppongi station is super deep, it's not curved but they are so long you start to get nervous.

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Ship_Fucker69 t1_j2auovu wrote

My dumbass country fighting to make even looking stairs and these guys have curved escalators . Wow

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TheLizzardMan t1_j2ay58d wrote

WTF phone are you using!? All those lines in sharp ass focus. If it's an iPhone your about to make me consider switching for the first time.

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danielszajkowski t1_j2brzn0 wrote

Replying to THE_NAMELESS125 (#1,190,498)

We kinda have one in Canada. Well not exactly a curve, but it travels at an incline and then straight up.

The peace tower in Ottawa.

In 1981, a new inclined elevator was installed. It travels on a 10Ā° angle for the first 98 feet (30 m), shifting its position horizontally 12 feet 2.25 inches (3.715 m), and straight up for the 60 feet 9 inches (18.52 m) remainder of the climb. The elevator car stays level at all times during its movement because it has a gimbal-mounted double frame.

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justthisones t1_j2c4glj wrote

Replying to SB_90s (#1,177,763)

Lately Iā€™ve been watching bunch of walk videos from Japan, especially from Tokyo and what you said is extremely visible. Plenty of stuff thatā€™s absolute marvel to look at concidering the amount of people. Some of the busiest streets seem so ā€clearā€ and clean that you could almost lick the pavement. It looks almost impossible. Thereā€™s also loads of different type greenery and lights everywhere that are clearly being kept tidy too.

Here itā€™s so common that even decent projects are very quickly left to rot without proper maintenence. Itā€™s such a shame.

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tdfast t1_j2cg3zl wrote

Thereā€™s one at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver.

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jaxlee00 t1_j2dzanu wrote

Another at Shinsaibashi Big Step in Osaka

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