Last week, I was scouting office space in a building in Queens. My guide brought me to this totally unassuming elevator:
Really, I have to show you this as I encountered it:
There are lots of characters, including a king
WOW. It’s like Willy Wonka built an elevator to the land of Oz! Easily the coolest elevator I’ve ever been on in New York:
Each is poking through its own hole:
The elevator is a last remnant from when the former Macy’s warehouse building catered to a more artsy clientele. In fact, the entire lobby was once decked out in matching accoutrements, most of which have been removed as part of a conversion to more traditional office space. Thankfully, the new owners decided to keep the unusual elevator in the back corner.
Here’s a full panorama looking toward the rear of the elevator (that’s a railing beneath the mirror)
I’m a big fan of anything that makes my day a little more surreal, and this is the last thing I was expecting on the other side of those bland white elevator doors. If anyone knows who the artist was, please let me know!
Lining the ceiling are these great monster heads made out of mechanical bits
Really, I have to show you this as I encountered it:
