This under-escalator guard rail is a nice design touch, though I would think more a requirement of New York City Building Codes than a Mercedes-Benz Manhattan Escalator Outfitting necessity. Anyone taking a minor shortcut underneath would surely duck their head, wouldn’t they? Denying access to the under-escalator Fire Sprinkler makes some sense too. But by…
[youtube=http://youtu.be/8lQ54LiNskU] This two-story Target® in King of Prussia, PA, provides a down escalator for carts to assist customers in getting their purchases to ground level inside and outside parking. Though very well signed in many respects the mechanism still gives pause to the uninitiated. See it in operation here, and various other aspects in the…
If a cart escalator was fun for adult use and experimentation, imagine how inviting as a children’s amusement park ride substitute? Though kids would surely love it, Target® warns “No-No” at the escalator gates. This Target Carts-No-Kids Escalator Warning guarded a 2-story Target offering public parking both indoors and out on the first level in…
With a separate Cart Escalator immediately adjacent, this escalator for humans was clearly marked with a No-Carts Escalator Warning. If you didn’t get the hint from the signage, barricades blocked the way and prevented such use. The human and cart escalators served a 2-story Target® in King of Prussia, PA, providing access to ground level indoor and…
“Out on a Ledge” usually implies risk, but little merchandising risk here with this Macy’s Mannequins On a Ledge visual merchandising. Macy’s billboards a cross-section of wares to entertain the eye of shoppers sliding past on the escalators. Escalator trips are as boring as elevator trips unless inflight entertainment like this is provided. And even…