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Text Summary of Short Hills Lift Galore: August 2021

Macy's

This Macy's location has a basic standard Schindler HXPress which in 2018 completely replaced a 2011 generic lift which replaced a 1965 OTIS with "Series LX". This lift scores 3.6 stars on the General Chicago Lift Character Report & has a wooden car. It has slightly jolty acceleration & leveling, but going down it's as smooth as a traction lift with barely noticeable stops.

Nordstrom

These lifts are beautiful Schindler American M-Series cars which replaced plain cars back in 2009. Originally installed in 1997 as high speed gearless traction units, typical for a Nordstrom, these boast the same configuration as the King of Prussia Mall in Upper Merion Township, PA & the Somerset Collection in MI & boast a high top speed of 310' per minute. These have very smooth but forceful acceleration & get up to speed in only 2 & a half seconds. These have very fast deceleration & leveling as well. The trip only takes under 10 seconds to get from the top floor to the bottom floor & vice-versa. These definitely have their fair share of faults, but thankfully none were experienced during this trip. This configuration is typical for a Nordstrom. These are great lifts, scoring 3.7 stars on the General Chicago Lift Character Report.

Green Carpark

These lifts are Westinghouse cars installed during the mid-1980s. These have dry-powered belt-driven hydraulic pump units. These are jolty going up, but you can barely feel them going down & they are noticeably slower. The alarms on these lifts work unlike the yellow carpark across the shopping centre.
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Location: Short Hills, Millburn, NJ, USA

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