was considering different topics to develop in the adventures, however the latest news about the closure of three of the elevators of Valparaiso me shudder. already a couple of days ago had a breakthrough on this issue. I was leading a group of Frenchmen in the elevator Larraín, showing from the street because it only works in the rush hour. Was giving explanations and a lady approached me and told me to wait to tell me about something. I had to leave my passengers for a few seconds to meet the lady.
Lord, I told you that shows both of these lifts, you can do something for it to work again full time?? You see, we go up and down the scales and lift served us well.
I had to tell could not do anything. I would therefore have told him that he could do everything. However, only show the elevators and the city. Although people see in me someone who articulates things in this matter I'm so hands tied and as perplexed as the rest of the inhabitants of the city.
The text of the consultation Mrs reveals one of the dramas of the closure of lifts: the daily life of Buenos Aires who uses them as means of transport. This social tragedy is the least appreciated, least publicized. Given the grandeur of being considered monuments and heritage tourism events, the concern of the hill Mrs. Larraín is reduced to a detail. Dramatic but true.
The debacle of the elevators has been a crescendo, reflecting the lack of vision and management of all involved in its maintenance. But we must also be critical of ourselves, the inhabitants of the city still slept a deep sleep and hope that others solve problems that we should take into our own hands , organizing, searching for solutions, being restless and active and not passive.
Let us briefly review the status of elevators, as the tragedy of the closing of Monjas, Mariposa and Florida is only part of the delicate situation of years and are living our cable cars. Elevator
Baron ( Administration: City of Valparaiso ): closed several years ago by a problem in your machine. In the engine room had a simple but beautiful exhibition of old photographs of all elevators. The room has been ransacked and gone all photographs and old tools. The elevator and shows signs of neglect and their cars look graffiti. Elevator
Dairy ( Administration: Private ): Detained about two years ago by a fire in the base station realized one of their cars. Private elevator is the only city that belongs to Don Justo Maturana (or belonged not know if your situation has changed.) In the place of today's base station is a place to park cars. Elevator
Larraín ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) Operating from a few months ago only prime-time movement. Bad sign for the lifts were closed just opened only at times of high motion. Polanco Elevator
( Administration: City of Valparaiso ): Running on schedule continued, but her condition is critical and must often be stopped for repairs. That is the only lift as such makes a great tourist destination area. Elevator
Nuns ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) Recently Closed
Elevator Mariposa ( Administration: Comp. Of mechanical lifts Valpo .) Recently Closed
Florida Elevator ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .): Just shut
Elevator Holy Spirit ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) Operating and he looks healthy. Sector reaches the Open Air Museum, an area of \u200b\u200bgrowing interest. Elevator
Queen Victoria ( Administration: City of Valparaiso ): recently repaired and made operational. It is one of the entrances to one of the most touristy areas of the city. Concepción Elevator
( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) function and health. It is one of the elevators where you can see repairs and alterations in their cars. One of the most moving elevator has therefore reached the most touristy part of town. Elevator
Pear ( Administration: City of Valparaiso ): Operating . It is also access to an area of \u200b\u200bgreat interest. Elevator
San Augustine ( Administration: City of Valparaiso ): recently repaired but apparently it works only in times of great movement public. Elevator
Cordillera ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) not know if it's working, I can only say that every time I pass the place I see it stopped. This lift experienced a change in its base station completely out of care assets. Calle Serrano was subsequently amended under a historicist concept with its cobbled streets. This results is evidence of the horrible change in the base station of the lift. Elevator
Artillery ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) function and health. You can also appreciate the constant care of their stations and the entire site. Provides access to an area of \u200b\u200bgreat interest to tourists is the most visited by companies moving cruise passengers. In high season you can see the lines of people waiting for the elevator.
Villaseca Elevator ( Administration: Comp. In mechanical lifts Valpo .) Closed for work performed in the area of \u200b\u200bthe new port access. This work is completed and the elevator has not yet put into operation.
In my particular case, has been dramatic since I saw them fall one by one. It began with my Elevator circuits followed Baron and to Dairy. Then I had to move and now I have only Larraín Polanco in the area of \u200b\u200bArgentina Av. He also used to show Florida. No longer do I have.
A reflection on the elevator stopped, the idle time is deteriorating machinery and structures, making it even more complex and expensive to put into activity again. Each day that passes, the situation is complicated. A reflection on the lifts running: Most of those who are healthy or show are shortcuts to areas of interest, making the elevator in place of the appeal and therefore, taking large numbers of people.
This makes us realizing that the big problem with the elevators of Valparaiso is its commercial management. Apart, of course, when they suffer a breakdown in machinery and structures that are obvious problems of old age. If the elevator had been closed a good flow of passengers would not have been necessary to close and could have been promoting using their own resources. An elevator is a business and who manages it must constantly strive to get passengers and not rely on captive flow gives its sector. As an employer, who administers the elevators must use their creativity and their management capabilities rather than rely on the remote possibility, that the state will subsidize or give resources to keep your business.
This immediately reminds me of a project that worked very well and when being carried out, I thought it would serve as a precedent for future efforts. I refer to the project of "One Lift a neighborhood" that powered the Fundación Valparaíso. Before developing this point, allow me the freedom to declare, with Bible in hand, I have no connection with the Valparaiso Foundation, nor with its founder Todd Temkin, rather than a profound admiration for their management and constant concern for the public issues, and constantly at the forefront of heritage projects, always active and proactive. I say this to avoid the national natural distrust. I am quite independent and my opinion is only a more Buenos Aires.
Foundation commissioned a study with respect to lifts, providing the extreme situation in which they are at this time. Remember that the elevators of Valparaiso were named one of the 100 monuments of the world's most endangered by the NGO World Monuments Fund.
The study commissioned showed them the interesting conclusion that if the neighborhood which is potentiated by a lift, it immediately improved the goodwill of the place and as a side effect the lift improved its passenger movements. The Foundation implemented this theory in the neighborhood where the elevator reaches the Holy Spirit. Resources were obtained, paintings, became involved in their neighborhood and citizen participation, no speeches, but with proposals: design students competed to submit draft paintings of houses, residents chose the one that identified them and that we now have the neighborhood Bellavista, where is the Open Air Museum (also a bit left to die), the beautiful postcard of colorful houses and the Holy Spirit lift with a steady stream of passengers visiting the area up to the house of Neruda "La Sebastiana". Really clever Gringo, my congratulations.
This is precisely the way forward. The elevators are not alone. Are closely related to the neighborhood where they arrive, are part of the identity of the sector and if necessary to intervene, one must start by finding out what is happening in the area to which they belong. An example of this would be a lift Baron and Dairy. Today, both elevators go directly to Av multistorey conglomerate Argentina - Baron sector. There is also an area of \u200b\u200binterest and public space and walk Wheelwright Muelle Barón. Why do not involve these multistorey car in the recovery of its neighbors lifts??. Put large signs advertising their willingness, their attitude of good neighbors, etc.. This helps to position your brand and corporate identity generates the sector. It's marketing and property management and is adding two streams of customers to the doors of their businesses. By the way the lifts would be working with number of passengers, which would give them a better economic situation.
Today we have are the big news of discussions between City of Valparaiso, Regional Government, the National Monuments Council, Department of Heritage, etc. Some say one thing, the other replies, they all throw the ball and three lifts are closed and others are in danger of closing. Projects announced with pomp, ideas relating to lifts with Trolleybuses and Merval, ideas and more projects, and the only possible solution to their knees to ask the state to provide funds to care for the elevators.
Of the money that the Bank contributed to the care of the lifts, better not ask. That would give for another column, for an investigation and probably for auditing. Today
asset management must be built on creativity, it must be through commercial management, the development of the sites taking into account their identity and turn it into a product that resource. That proved the project "A Lift One Neighborhood."
15 elevators have property in Valparaiso is a luxury.
not caring, not power, abandon and close is a spree. Leo Silva
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