Szablyár Péter: Step by step - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)
Vertical immobility - the maid's backstairs
goo Ft We have been making and using stairs to ascend and descend since, perhaps, we first began to walk on two legs. The incredibly simple structure of the staircase plays a huge role in our daily lives. It is perhaps owing to its ancient structure that there is something a little bit mystical about a staircase. It always leads somewhere, its rhythmic elements taking us upward or permitting us to descend. Its twentieth-century version - the escalator - slithers into the depths, or elevates us to the street or to a higher level, giving us a view from an elevated perspective. Let's take a walk and explore the world of Budapest’s staircases. You’ll see the city's stairs in a completely fresh new light, and you'll miss the ones that once were there but are now gone forever.
