Exploring an ABANDONED $7,000,000 Futuristic Glass Penthouse

Exploring an ABANDONED $7,000,000 Futuristic Glass Penthouse | Abandoned Skyscraper

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4 ай бұрын

In today’s exploration we’re venturing to the south to check out an abandoned $7,000,000 glass penthouse. The building it self was originally constructed in 1916 but a fire forced the workers to demolish the building and start over from scratch finishing the 17 story skyscraper in 1918. Later on in 1976 a famous architect designed the glass penthouse on the very top of the building. Not alot of people liked this design because it really just doesn’t match the rest of the structure with one critic calling it an eyesore and that it resembles a darth vador helmet or villains lair. But not all locals dislike this place. Some have stated that they used to love going to the art shows in the penthouse, as well as some people who even had their weddings at the very top. Hopefully one day this entire building can be brought back to life in some way. But as of now there are signs of homeless and vandals that have made their way inside. So join me today and let’s see what’s left.
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@cantthinkofone6995 4 ай бұрын

I went to a wedding in that penthouse years back. It used to be so nice. The entire building was recently purchased and is set to be renovated.

@bobbiepadgett3188 4 ай бұрын

What city is this located in?

@donnamoseley3581 4 ай бұрын

That’s great! Such a beautiful Art Deco building!

@leerabinovitz5841 4 ай бұрын

Where is this

@coastalparasail 4 ай бұрын

Where is this located?

@laurafisher1832 4 ай бұрын

Where is this located ?

@vintagegeek 4 ай бұрын

When you got to the 14th floor I instantly recognized that big office as a former radio control room…that large desk is where the console would have been placed. So of course I had to find what station it was just to satisfy my curiosity and I finally found it…a rock station in the 90s called 96 RXR. Anyway, just wanted to share since it took some time to find that! Great video!!

@ChrisHardyWorld 4 ай бұрын

Yup, I worked at the station in 1988 & 89 - we used to have station meetings up in the penthouse. Great acoustics up there!

@Gunnin4You 2 ай бұрын

Ha! It was giving me Frasier vibes!

@MikeBates-ov5gf 2 ай бұрын

Facility manager here. It’s not a dog cage. I have cages everywhere in my facilities. We lock stuff up because people steal.

@justinsanchez1274 2 ай бұрын

I was just about to say it's probably used as storage areas

@mattjames4126 2 ай бұрын

The wood means the phone/network comms were there, don’t want random people to have access.

@ryryy1980 Ай бұрын

Nahhh dude it was for dogs bro. Didn't you see the buckets of water. What else would a cage fence be doing there. Chall uuuot man...

@someguy3414 6 күн бұрын

Came to the comments section to say this lol a dog cage? Wtf lol

@sheilastahl633 4 ай бұрын

I was lucky to be able to visit for a function years ago and it was the best event in Augusta. The view was like none other. The structure is still a masterful structure.

@neuraloscillation 4 ай бұрын

I used to work in this building 😄, very interesting to see some of the areas that I was never able to go into.

@gaylemiller3763 4 ай бұрын

When??

@biostax 4 ай бұрын

Cages are used for storage units

@user-zg6zm6iu7d 4 ай бұрын

This was the Penthouse that State Senator Eugene Holly had designed by IM Pei. Holly had ties with the Shah of Iran back then. He and his partners were convicted of various banking issues and lost it all !!

@thomasdickason3884 4 ай бұрын

Cages/ enclosures on the higher levels are lease demarcation areas rented out to telephone / radio / tv network companies and used to securely house comms power filters etc. for antennas on the exterior.

@someguy9778 4 ай бұрын

100%

@Circleofcocytus 3 ай бұрын

I don't know why it drove me so crazy, but every time he suggested that the cages were for dogs or that the buckets of water were for dogs I wanted to just scream at the video. It's like no, obviously an abandoned building was not keeping dogs in the basement. This isn't like some secondary site for the umbrella corporation.

@adamm.1367 2 ай бұрын

I wish urban "explorers" like this would just shut up during their videos and then narrate in post after doing a touch of research. Guy routinely says the most inaccurate and false stuff in his videos ...dog cages smh

@bgreen2856 4 ай бұрын

As a child of the 60s I've been in many buildings like this, makes me so sad to see this one so torn up. Remember a time when a elevator had an operator.. Those were the days my friend.......

@DMWBN3 4 ай бұрын

I’m in England & we’ve done great buildings. Was in a 30’s block where I live recently & the lift has an ashtray in it. Times have changed eh!? 😊

@bevcamren1316 3 ай бұрын

60s fun

@jilliemak2024 4 ай бұрын

Nice video~ That penthouse was designed by I. M. Pei--the same architect who is perhaps best known for the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris.

@Madmarsha 4 ай бұрын

When I read that, I was shocked to be honest. I was not expecting such a name to be associated with this place.

@mycroftholmes7863 4 ай бұрын

Glass pyramid has also been described as an eyesore

@jimjordan5630 4 ай бұрын

@@MadmarshaThis is not the only place in Augusta that he designed.

@violamateo-on8pc 4 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised to find out it was designed by Pei. It has quality written all over it! The white marble is especially beautiful. But I can't fathom that someone with the $$ to live in such a gorgeous place would have such awful furniture!

@rutheliz75 4 ай бұрын

@@violamateo-on8pc The furnishing choices are better understood if viewed when the place was new. Sometimes the contemporary background highlights the style and quality of the furniture .

@CherylAnderson0 4 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of heights but I get physical symptoms of tingling all over my body and this video gave me the same response after you got up to the glass room then really bad on the top roof. I do hope the restoration works out on the building. Next time I visit my aunt I’m going to go see it.

@ruthbazley3468 4 ай бұрын

My partner has the same reaction he says it feels like he is fighting the compulsion to jump off rather than feeling afraid of the height ..... weird!

@HelloThisIsAva 4 ай бұрын

@@ruthbazley3468I feel that! I would love to be able to fly if I knew I wouldn’t die from jumping 😂 maybe I was a bird in my last life lol

@Backinthedaypics 4 ай бұрын

I could hardly watch it ~Felt like I was going to fall. How the hell did those workers build that thing on the outside.

@WLM596 Ай бұрын

I get those same feelings

@jeanettewhite2144 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I would be too frightened to live in something that high up and all glass 😮

@wizzytrend 2 күн бұрын

me too!!

@Mandy-nw6dv 4 ай бұрын

The basement is normally for the engineers and equipment, pump room, and all that. Hence, the cage's. They would have been locked. Love your podcast. Thank you for sharing 💙

@dawnpowell2465 4 ай бұрын

That basement... I think the 'cages' might be storage units for tenants needing storage space. Possible?

@ambam1182 4 ай бұрын

Yea that's what I was going to say. I've see a lot of movies where they had storage in the basements like that in big buildings.

@jamesm4992 4 ай бұрын

Agreed... chain link storage spaces were common in old high-rise apartment buildings also. My aunt lived in one when I was young and I remember when we would go into her storage space on the 21st floor it was cool to see what everybody had.

@MotherBiscuitLover 4 ай бұрын

If they were storage spaces I'd expect to see rows of them. I Suspect the cages either once housed High Voltage stuff, or they were tool lockers for maintenance men. It's pretty common in industrial settings for there to be a tool crib that only a few people have a key to.

@savage.4.24 4 ай бұрын

Tele communication or computer servers most likely. At&t southwestern bell rented basement room all across the states till the 2010s when storagegot larger and computers got smaller.

@DeniseWilliams-mu7ex 4 ай бұрын

That was my first thought too.

@mo9-76 4 ай бұрын

Hey 👋 Bigbankz so great to see you as you discover another adventure! Interesting awkward site, thanks for sharing. Love the Scripture verse always, stay blessed brother!👍🏻

@Maybe1Someday 4 ай бұрын

This building is so beautiful. The age being 100 yeras old, I love it. One of the coolest penthouses Ive seen. I wouldnt want it as a main house because Im afraid of heights. Having a studio and a bedroom to have a creative area. Wake up scared of heights and amplify the creativity

@sdemon5567 4 ай бұрын

Unbelievably Awesome!!

@maryc6628 4 ай бұрын

Great video enjoyed it, keep on showing us more abandoned houses

@cinnylac 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE your videos. I always try to imagine the family spending time together enjoying life

@stevenklingler9376 4 ай бұрын

DUDE! You took one for the team, opening that fridge! 😱

@andrewb4584 4 ай бұрын

After many years in that business... That 14th floor looks like a radio station or audio production facility. If you walked out that catwalk, I'd guess you have an equipment penthouse out there with a transmitter. The big "desk" you saw looks like your main control room. The smaller rooms with equally large desks are where you'd do audio work. The carpeted walls are for sound deadening. With family in North Augusta SC, and seeing an antenna array up there, I'm betting they transmitted from the top of that building. It's probably the highest thing around. Big boxes with conduit on the walls carried your audio signal around the room/building. Just my thought as a guy who worked in a half dozen studios like that through undergrad... Some might have even been in worse shape.... Those chain link fence things are frequently used in large buildings to secure telecom or building control areas. There were telecom patch panels on the top "building" floor access. No dogs, just telecom.

@ClearlyDigital 4 ай бұрын

This. Exactly this. Also, hi from another radio guy. 🙂

@cheapjoe 4 ай бұрын

Used to be a station 96.3 WRXR that broadcasted out of there. I ran overnights on the weekend back in the early 90's.

@andrewb4584 4 ай бұрын

@@cheapjoe Thanks for confirming.. I can smell the stale broadcast rooms, tractor fed paper playlists, and cart machines in my sleep... Back before radio died.... Glad I got to experience it before it became completely faceless.

@denisemiddleton2278 2 ай бұрын

Dang! interesting!

@lauramccament1381 4 ай бұрын

Yes it would be very interesting to see how they furnished it. Very cool explore, thanks.

@robinseymer 4 ай бұрын

Great views!! Kitchen is hideous. Love the roof shots. Keep doing what you do Bigbanks!! Love your videos!

@chaseGallcher 4 ай бұрын

Why doesn’t anyone ever say the damn city it’s in!! It’s only asked 50 times. The guy should tell us to make it more interesting. Maybe a little back story about the place

@TheArbz 4 ай бұрын

Where the F is this place

@midiwall 4 ай бұрын

With 520k views and climbing, I'd say that the chances would be good that "many" people would show up. Most hopefully just curious, some not. If someone really wants to know where this is, there are plenty of clues in the video to figure it out. And, there are plenty of videos here on YT about how to go about doing that. 😎

@kole0429 4 ай бұрын

Augusta

@jamiemiesler322 2 ай бұрын

That’s EXACTLY what I kept trying to figure out. Why explore a place yet not mention the state, city??

@joshuasjericho3915 2 ай бұрын

I ❤ totally agree! Name the city & state! Geeze! I hate 😒 when people do exploring like this & give zero history & no names! This isn't a "top secret" for fuck sake!

@jenniferkesler4766 4 ай бұрын

I really liked being able to see this building from the basement up! Cool format! ❤

@SharonJones-ql8oy 4 ай бұрын

Loving every minute of it 😊

@rayraap3905 4 ай бұрын

I don’t think that penthouse was to be used as residential. It was for special events.

@Eric-cm9ri 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was probably used for mischievous purposes.

@kole0429 4 ай бұрын

it obviously was

@Natis305 3 ай бұрын

You’re right! I lived in Augusta and was always told it was just an office building. Definitely not a residence.

@kennycombs4475 4 ай бұрын

14th floor looks like it might have been a radio station by the looks of the walls and the desks

@ChrisHardyWorld 4 ай бұрын

Indeed it was - I worked there in the late 80s! WRXR - the HOME of rock & roll (or so they said).

@debflorosdebluvsjewelry5714 4 ай бұрын

A new favorite!!! Such a cool abandoned place!

@melissahansen480 4 ай бұрын

So cool, you have it going on!!

@TheDuffs411axions 3 ай бұрын

That "dog cage" you found just before arriving at the pent house was a networking cage. The board mounted on the wall is where they'd have hung devices and/or installed an equipment rack.

@susanpugh5265 4 ай бұрын

Wasn't much up there,& the kitchen was a laugh! Thank you for sharing this adventure with us! You're awesome!

@satinblackcat 4 ай бұрын

I think it was a secret bachelor pad for naughty time for a high ranking executive that must have had the top floors where the offices get nicer.

@lordeverybody872 4 ай бұрын

The kitchen, that was a drink prep area the burner was for a pot of coffee or tea

@lizarrrdbeth 4 ай бұрын

The drone shots are awesome! I think the building is cool!

@AmbientWalking 4 ай бұрын

Wow! This is amazing!

@roxannerdrake3624 4 ай бұрын

Ever wonder if anyone who's ever owned these abandoned homes, watches these videos, and runs across their old home???

@AMT-cx7jw 4 ай бұрын

This was a senators penthouse, i think he died...

@daltonreese-qp7ii 2 ай бұрын

most of them are long gone😵

@Shadowman... 4 ай бұрын

Holy crap, those high altitude drone shots where having me holding onto my desk. That place looks so fragile like its going to shatter off the side of the building.

@jodyscharfenberg8201 4 ай бұрын

Very Awesome!!

@paulson6270 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, I just caught the end of the live so going to watch this again. Stay safe always. Thanks for sharing.

@OgYokYok 4 ай бұрын

That 14th floor looks like a recording studio with a room for the show, the producer, and an editing room.

@ksavage681 Ай бұрын

Yes it was, even the big window to see into the next room is radio station.

@Mszahnclass95 4 ай бұрын

That js a huge building ,this a alittle different than your usual abandoned home .Thank you fir taking all us with you big bankz

@dianalira4390 18 күн бұрын

I would settle for that amazing desk!!!!😮

@Enjoyinglifeonedayatatime Ай бұрын

I think the “dog cage” may have been a storage shed. In apartments sometimes you will see those and they store everything from Christmas trees to bikes.

@maryloudelossantos1624 2 ай бұрын

Great coverage! Wow! Wowie! I'm blown away! I am speechless! You guys are so daring, I'm impressed! As a viewer, it was difficult for me to watch since i have a phobia for heights. Glad you both have made it to the very top, I so proud of you! two. This is one-of-a-kind! Thank you for sharing such one superbly remarkable video. You are the best ever!

@conniemartin5087 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Tour.

@angelashelley4040 4 ай бұрын

Love your videos ❤❤❤

@joelli_cornish_maid 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I watch your explores from the UK. Thank you for all that you do.

@katecallender2099 4 ай бұрын

The chained linked areas in the basement are most likely individual storage spaces for offices.

@donnamoseley3581 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@rdually 4 ай бұрын

yes not for animals lol

@Ryan0751 4 ай бұрын

Storage or equipment cages. Not dogs lol.

@lfieldss 4 ай бұрын

It's clearly a Saw movie scenario

@SheenaAaron-fo9bs 4 ай бұрын

Exactly! Chain link = Dog cage? Bless his heart! He also said closet = bedroom lol SMH🤣

@maryhirsch2909 4 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@sueanderson5917 4 ай бұрын

Way cool. Thanks for climbing all those stairs!

@loualiberti4781 17 күн бұрын

Great Explore !!

@pacificoceantsunami8497 4 ай бұрын

Very cool! I live here in Augusta and never was inside, thanks for the view!

@petrobull2560 4 ай бұрын

Great video!👍

@kevinkarwaski9729 4 ай бұрын

Cool location good filming 🎥 thx g

@TommyAlanRaines 4 ай бұрын

Very cool building, hopefully it will get completely redone.

@karenshepler7128 4 ай бұрын

What a place as different. For me know thank you But beautiful view but would not want it .Thanks again for sharing. Take care.

@kayk3756 4 ай бұрын

Awesome 🤩 👏👏👏

@summersells4380 2 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing

@craigtrent2410 4 ай бұрын

awesome video 🙌🙌🙌

@dianeconnelly819 4 ай бұрын

Very nice!

@RyanGreene-lx7hh 4 ай бұрын

In middle school (the early 2000’s), we took a field trip to that building and got to see the penthouse. Even rode the private glass elevator. It looked more open and office like back then. Didn’t look like an area anyone had lived in. The other elevator doors etc. are original to that building from like 1913-1914. The whole building (all that we saw) looked really nice and I believe they would rent the penthouse to groups for meetings and things back then. Such a shame to see that building in such bad shape now. Just like lots of other places in Augusta.

@oofmylife9736 4 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff man. I’ve been wanting to do this type of thing with some friends of mine. It’s truly amazing to see and look into the history of these buildings. I’m from Oklahoma also, and if I’d ever get be chance I’d love to get some advice/safety precautions and best practices for going about what you do. Love the content!

@user-jz3qq5gr6g 4 ай бұрын

Hi fromCanada. Great video.Thanks for sharing your adventures

@loriburnham966 4 ай бұрын

Hello good Sunday i am a new subscriber !! Love your vedios thank u 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@RawOlympia 4 ай бұрын

so inspired!

@gman1010 2 ай бұрын

Great channel ❤

@bgundercover 4 ай бұрын

The fencing you saw are for secure storage or some type of equipment. The one about 19:30 had plywood on the wall and looked IT or phone equipment used to be there.

@user-uo7yz7rz4x 4 ай бұрын

HEY, BIG BANKZ, AWESOME VIDEO AS ALWAYS ❤❤ THANKS FOR SHARING 🩵🩵👍👍💯💯 STAY SAFE AND WELL, GOD BLESS YOU 🙏

@user-th2ko4rq1j 4 ай бұрын

Yep 96RXR radio at the top back in the 90s Seems like there was a YMCA in the basement before also Pretty sure there is/was a pool down there I appreciate you guys respectfully documenting this old building in my home town. Was built back when America built good stuff with pride. Sadly those days are gone it seems.

@biancabutler523 4 ай бұрын

Love your videos! I think when there is a building like that they need areas where they can lock up personal items… And I believe that’s what you’re seeing in those areas where they have what looks like animal cages. Most buildings like that have places where people can put things for storage if not in a room, they create spaces with chain-link panels and lock. You always go to the best places Banks Thanks!!!!!!

@kimberlymacandog7616 4 ай бұрын

I am having Meet JOE BLACK movie vibes. A movie that was disturbing to me, yet still hypnotically in the BEST OF WAYS!

@1weazy291 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting!

@tariqsw69 Ай бұрын

Ooooo I’ve been hereee it’s crazy I recognized it off first glance I remember when I lived in Augusta and was walking down the strip and saw that penthouse on top of the old building and was so intrigued!!

@margaritapadron7364 4 ай бұрын

Currently watching.....all those poor plants. Great job!!!!

@LauraLancealot 4 ай бұрын

I hear all glass penthouse = My first thought. Think of the plants you could have in that place !

@fraxinus7399 4 ай бұрын

@LauraLancealot Same! You live in a greenhouse basicaly, my dream!

@donnamoseley3581 4 ай бұрын

Interesting video! That would be a nope for me to stand on that roof😂🤷‍♀️ 7 million & the kitchen is sooooo disappointing! Love the lobby & the floor you were on with the cool urns & stuff on the doors! Very Art Deco!

@TrevorBrass 4 ай бұрын

Very awesome urbex!

@shaunauvaa6615 4 ай бұрын

Your the man bigbanks that was wicked

@italianlifestyle7911 4 ай бұрын

Mighty impressive place🧐

@feraguindin 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ very big house n beautiful ❤️😍

@Finny_finn_finn 4 ай бұрын

I know it's ugly in the current condition and location...but...imagine this at the top of a building in Miami or honolulu...even Seattle...get a designer to modernize it...enlarge the bathroom and add a real kitchen...that would make an incredible vacation rental...it definitely needs some design changes but in the right location it would have incredible potential

@kennethsonier1766 Ай бұрын

Good morning from Cape Cod 🌞 HOLY CRAP!! This was absolutely awesome! I can't imagine what your legs felt like after climbing 19 flights of stairs 😂 thanks for bringing this awesome video to us 👍✌️🇺🇲

@mackenzieholmes12 2 ай бұрын

I live in Augusta, thanks for posting I have never been in there but heard it's being renovated.

@joangravel2436 4 ай бұрын

Thanks awesome place

@mxdmxn0 4 ай бұрын

love this building. haven’t attempted to go in there. but it was recently just purchased and they are actually filming a movie soon there and the penthouse will be used as a lair:)

@rebeccageiger9110 Ай бұрын

I hope they have a lot of glass cleaner/paint remover for the panes

@peterbroderson6080 Ай бұрын

A small and uninteresting space of that much money, it would seem! Thanks for the tour.

@mariabekos3484 4 ай бұрын

Awesome

@lisanusbaumer5073 4 ай бұрын

Great video loved watching enjoyed it you take time doing these you are amazing at everything you do

@dellaelwan5232 4 ай бұрын

Very nice!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉❤❤❤

@cincyzoe 4 ай бұрын

Great building to repurpose as apartments. Lots of windows! I hope the building is saved for something useful. The penthouse? Yuck. But thanks for making the climb up to it. 😊

@Susan7139 Ай бұрын

Just my thoughts on what you thought were dog cages. They are more than likely storage units. Alot of larger buildings had fenced off areas that you can get and lock to keep your stuff locked up in.

@michaelnieves8821 4 ай бұрын

I like your new music!

@beverlymcgue514 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.. I can't believe the things that are left behind or the cost things might of been.. big waste of money...to me// happens when you live a sheltered life. again thank you stay safe

@redrocker1550 4 ай бұрын

What city is this?

@susanwallace1817 4 ай бұрын

I remember when this was built. I always wondered what it looked like on the inside.

@dianewristen 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU

@dougholmes6631 4 ай бұрын

I was out of breathe just watching you ascend that building.

@SharonJones-ql8oy 4 ай бұрын

😱No Way.....just watching this is making my stomach flip flop. Up On the Roof Noooooo. I can't 🫣

@jeaniemcdonald1301 4 ай бұрын

While you were in the basement, you asked if animals were kept down there. Probably not. Those areas were used/rented to the upper floor offices and or apartments as storage space. Also, areas down there were also for maintenance people and equipment.