Anyone who has seen the German hit show ‘Babylon Berlin’ that takes place in Weimar Era Germany has no doubt noticed the weird elevator in the police precinct. This is a Paternoster Lift which is actually a series of open boxes moving on a continuous circuit allowing passengers to hop on an off. Although an ingenious system, almost all of these are gone due to safety concerns and only a few remain. I had the very good luck that my cousin’s son knew of a functional one located in the wonderful Flemings Selection Hotel in Frankfurt. The concierge was kind enough to turn it on so we could take a rare ride on a piece of living architectural Art Deco history with a steampunk/dieselpunk feel!
We have one in Budapest too!
In Hamburg there are two that I know off: financial building (Gänsemarkt) and Local District Office (Bezirksamt) Eimsbüttel close to metro station Hoheluft.
Both are horryfiying while the first should be the oldest.
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Anyone who has seen the German hit show ‘Babylon Berlin’ that takes place in Weimar Era Germany has no doubt noticed the weird elevator in the police precinct. This is a Paternoster Lift which is actually a series of open boxes moving on a continuous circuit allowing passengers to hop on an off. Although an ingenious system, almost all of these are gone due to safety concerns and only a few remain. I had the very good luck that my cousin’s son knew of a functional one located in the wonderful Flemings Selection Hotel in Frankfurt. The concierge was kind enough to turn it on so we could take a rare ride on a piece of living architectural Art Deco history with a steampunk/dieselpunk feel!
We have one in Budapest too!
In Hamburg there are two that I know off: financial building (Gänsemarkt) and Local District Office (Bezirksamt) Eimsbüttel close to metro station Hoheluft.
Both are horryfiying while the first should be the oldest.