#escalators

Bronze Escalator Terminals ~ Original Penn Station, NYC

spied some kids laying an ambush

doodles. idk if i will finish but i will think about them

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The Crystal Mall has been purchased by General Dynamics, a war contractor that our government pays to build nuclear submarines & jets for us so that we can go terrorize some other country instead of feeding the hungry here at home. Anyway, General Dynamics says most mall operations will end at the end of March, but a few businesses will be accommodated past that point.

Those brushes on the side of an escalator are not for cleaning your shoes. They are safety brushes. They help push your feet, clothes, bags, or laces a little away from the skirt area, which is the side panel next to the moving steps. That side area is there because the escalator needs a fixed wall around the moving steps and inner machinery, and the steps also need a tiny gap so they can move smoothly without rubbing and getting stuck. If that side panel was not there, the moving parts would be more exposed, which would be much less safe. And if there was no small gap, the steps could scrape the sides, causing friction, damage, or jams. So the gap is necessary, but the brushes help remind people not to stand too close to it.

Bentalls Department Store Kingston-upon-Thames 1946