BEAUTIFUL 1987 Otis Elevonic 401 Traction Elevators at The Lexington Financial Center, Lexington, KY

Filmed June 2019.
It's been a while since I've seen a Elevonic 401 system!!! I'm VERY Glad that I FINALLY got the chance to ride one of my favorite elevator models ever once again!!!! Located at the tallest building in Lexington, lies these BEAUTIFUL Otis Elevonic 401 Elevators with CHROME BRASS Series 1 Fixtures, REALLY NICE and COOL Curved Doors, a NICE, TALL Mirrored and Fake Wood Cab, and 80s "Las Vegas style" lighting!!! Not to mention, these also feature everyone's FAVORITE Grandma Voice, that also GREETS you into the building, as well as certain banking levels as well!!!! VERY VERY COOL!!! (Although not the most talkative 401s I've seen, that title goes to Columbia Center Seattle and Canada Place Parking Vancouver) These also feature the Smooth, albeit VERY FUN Ride Quality Elevonic 401s have to offer!!! Overall, just a VERY FUN and BEAUTIFUL Elevator System with a good amount of character, that was VERY AHEAD of its' time being that Otis was able to pull off fully computerized elevators more than 30, in fact, almost 40 YEARS ago!!!! That all being said, enjoy the video of these VERY BEAUTIFUL, High Rise Otis Elevonic 401 Elevators with Older Otis Series 1 fixtures, in Lexington's tallest building, going up at a Speed of around 800-1000 FPM!!!
Installed: 1987

[@erikmagnuson974]

Grandma voice

[@BluegrassElevators]

I love that Grandma voice!

[@alpaljl]

Nice to see another Elevonic find! Gotta love the grandma voice also. These run great.

[@Anatole2201]

Yay we have another grandma Otis. I bet they custom recorded the welcome message. As grandma gets rarer I think we will be seeing her move into more people’s home. I was recently told why the 401s are getting modded and that is because of the fact they have 3 on board mini controllers and if any chip fails on them the whole elevator breaks. And with them having 30 year old chips failure is pretty common. These seem like they are well maintained. Now I want to go here lol.

[@FloridianElevators]

Yeah, I was told by Andrew the reason why so many 401s are being modded os because they're too proprietary, they are becoming hard to get parts for, and since most of them are installed in High Rise Class A Office Buildings and 4 and 5 Star Hotels, the buildings need to modernize as they can't have 30-35 year old or older elevator systems if they want to retain their status. Almost all of the few High Rise Office Buildings I've seen that still have their original elevators from before the 80s have gone down to being Class B Buildings.

[@FloridianElevators]

If you want to see another Chatty Grandma Otis, check out my videos of the Pan Pacific Parking in Vancouver and also Columbia Center Seattle

[@hilo2-est3-elev]

Was the pulsed buzzer for nudge mode at 1:43 a glitch or is that normal?

[@ELEVrjATOR]

Those doors!

[@suejoshappy]

These things look great. Otis quality at its finest. I would say these are more like 1200 FPM though

[@tkefan29]

Ohhhh you young'uns with your fancy Gen2s and destination dispatch... Back in my day we had reliable, high quality Otis lifts that were so much fun to ride. -Grandma Otis

[@daganiojacob18]

low pitch floor passing chime!

[@blueauraretriever]

nice

[@DuckDoesStuff_KY]

I wonder if these are still original as of 2024

[@realandrewcinque22]

Installed when

[@hauerscinemapad981]

I also wanna note that’s the fastest elevator in Kentucky

[@FloridianElevators]

Oh really? Wow. I thought I rode some in Louisville that were faster than these, but I guess not.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

YOOOOOOO!! SOOO LIT!! Otis E401 Series 1 California!! Commonly used in California!! Did you film the Griffin Gate by Marriott where Jason aka Airtranlover had his hilarious reaction cause he thought that there was the a fire there cause the fire alarm went off suddenly?? 😂😂😂😂

[@FloridianElevators]

No I didn't lol

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

I guess the reason why these elevators are really really fast is because people are usually busy in this building

[@jdrailfan5424]

@ 1:43 it did the same from my school

[@charliep2240]

I hope they don’t mod it because I love elevonic 401

[@charliep2240]

Are they getting modded!!!!!!

[@elevatorsfromfrance_official]

Amazing elevators !! I hope they will never mod these beauties !

[@AdazElevatorz]

Is there a desk here?

[@FloridianElevators]

Yes, in the lobby. I started my video on the 2nd floor

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

1200 fpm otis elevatorsp

[@hauerscinemapad981]

You should try going on the 30th floor you get a good view there

[@FloridianElevators]

I didn't want to risk getting busted.

[@hauerscinemapad981]

Oh these are easier to access than central bank
And the Lady at the desk let me do it

[@FloridianElevators]

@@hauerscinemapad981 There was a guy at the desk when I filmed this

[@hauerscinemapad981]

Well that’s weird

[@arttitithamnarak912]

What is EZ ?

[@FloridianElevators]

Express Zone