the chairs were around the perimeter for Very Good Reasons
I'm trying to think of a reason for that, and I can't. Was the floor rotten in the middle or something?
Ding ding ding... When you can stand in the doorway and see that the floor kind of has a concave look to it, you take a chair as close to the wall as possible.
It even had the "Men's" stairs at one end that were normal height and the "Women's" entrance on the other end with really low stairs.
Huh. I had never heard of this concept before, but that sounds kind of nifty.
It was, really - until you had to go up three flights of the "Women's" stairs and your muscles reminded you that you were used to normal-sized steps. Of course, the Men's were extra steep. Thankfully there *were* some normal ones in the middle!
It was really a cool building. It's pretty spiffy now that it's been totally redone, but I miss the charm of the ancient one.
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Date: 2009-09-10 03:51 am (UTC)I'm trying to think of a reason for that, and I can't. Was the floor rotten in the middle or something?
Ding ding ding... When you can stand in the doorway and see that the floor kind of has a concave look to it, you take a chair as close to the wall as possible.
It even had the "Men's" stairs at one end that were normal height and the "Women's" entrance on the other end with really low stairs.
Huh. I had never heard of this concept before, but that sounds kind of nifty.
It was, really - until you had to go up three flights of the "Women's" stairs and your muscles reminded you that you were used to normal-sized steps. Of course, the Men's were extra steep. Thankfully there *were* some normal ones in the middle!
It was really a cool building. It's pretty spiffy now that it's been totally redone, but I miss the charm of the ancient one.