@ian_in_nyc: I filmed this on a new phone. I got the upgrade just for you guys, hope you like the better quality!

Macy’s :

Our historic wooden escalators are iconic in every way! 😍

ChangedOnceEvery7Days :

"The men were given shots of cognac, and the women were given smelling salts" How did we actually fumble that

greenbanana :

Department stores need to start handing out cognac and smelling salts again, we have lost our way

SPOOKY SON OF A BITCH :

NYCWizard333 :

OK, I didn’t realize how unfulfilling my Macy’s experience was without the cognac!

Sam Rose :

That escalated quickly

Reclaiming Cher :

All the Plus size girls who grew up in New York City know about this escalator because it is the escalator you take to get to the seventh floor, where the plus size section is.

Alice :

There used to be one in Sydney’s Wynyard train station but it got turned into an art installation in 2017. Now the station has metal escalators

Ruby Esmeralda Gauci :

Love this escalator! Bummed I missed the cognac 😂

Dwight Schrute :

Nooo I want the cognac

Jess :

See, now THIS is the stuff I want to see when I visit places. Thank you for sharing!

CD :

oh I rode that! I knew it was special

Tim M :

And it’s not just “one of them”. There are multiple floors that have them, mostly further up.

mrbolah :

We have wooden escalators in some Argentine Subway Stations (Line E). They look ancient

205schoolteacher :

I actually rode it ten years ago.

Spicy Chai Ginger :

Dang it we were there in 2019 and visited Macys and didn’t look around enough. Would have been amazing to see!

Unicornfire :

to cool ty

Doyledesignphilly :

this is very cool. Thanks

AJ :

Me spending an afternoon at Macys

FlyingPheasantOfficial :

In London, they hired people to travel the escalators on the underground to show it was safe to others

Courtney Vigna :

I went to Macy’s last year specifically to see these! I don’t know why but they are so fascinating to me.

Dekokobobo :

People were so weak

michael_mallory_ :

Are there any others in NY?

Mochi :

I saw them in person but I have a fear of escalators so when I saw it it was shocking but I was too scared to get on them