The elevator enthusiasts and their quest to preserve old lifts in Singapore

Lift enthusiast Wilson Tan takes photos of a lift at 53 Toa Payoh Lorong 5 on May 8, 2024. SINGAPORE: When most of us step into an elevator, we do not give a second thought to the design of its buttons, the speed at which it moves up or down, or how old it is.“For you to see a lift which has no doors, no mirrors, no windows … you feel like you’re going back to your childhood era,” said lift and history enthusiast Wilson Tan.

He recalled feeling wistful when the lift, which was installed in the 1970s, was replaced with a newer lift with windows. Lift enthusiast Wilson Tan photographed next to the oldest lift in Singapore, located at the former St Andrew's Mission Hospital, on Apr 29, 2024. In 2015, when he was 11, he started to take videos of old lifts around Singapore with his mother’s phone. He eventually set up his own YouTube channel to post these videos.

It is particularly special as it has no windows and only one sliding door, reminiscent of the lifts he had taken as a child.One night before the scheduled date, Mr Tan went to the block at 1am to take some photos and ride the lift for the last time. “After many weeks of stressing out on the Ang Mo Kio lift and also writing emails and sending texts … we are really very glad that the lift was being preserved,” said Mr Tan. “At least efforts paid off.”In April, NHB invited the media to see parts of the lift as they were being moved for storage at the National Museum of Singapore.

“The curators will assess the historical significance, the social and societal significance, and also the display potential of the object, and how relatable and how resonant the object is to the public and Singaporeans,” said Ms Chua.

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