steps of abandonia

Any derelict building comes with it’s own colourful history, unique architecture, and reasons for being abandoned. Each site has it’s own character, a sort of structural personality, which makes it truly distinctive from other empty buildings. However, there is often a singular element that links these decaying dwellings, a feature that is also as distinctive in character as the building itself, which are the steps. The stairs and escalators used to shuffle the residents, employees, patrons and revellers between floors are always left behind & found in varying states of disrepair. Some are straight, some are spiralled, some were made to move, but all steps were once used by inhabitants to traverse throughout the floors of each building. These wooden, concrete, and metal steps of abandonia were once the most utilised component of the premises and now, though the buildings are no longer in use, they remain as the only functional facet of these once-bustling venues. Most doors, windows, and even roofs of these dwellings have disappeared, but the steps always remain, and the sight of them can be a striking reminder of the past.