The wooden escalators are truly a blast from the past for me. I grew up in Houston in the 1980's, and the Foley's department store downtown was one of the old-

The wooden escalators are truly a blast from the past for me. I grew up in Houston in the 1980's, and the Foley's department store downtown was one of the old-school, many floor department stores that used to be more common. (Like the old Wanamaker's in Philadelphia.) I distinctly remember riding the escalators all the way to the top, and the top few floors having these seemingly rickety narrow wood escalators. I see the fire safety risks, but am still glad to have had the opportunity to see it firsthand.