Stairway to …

Brattleboro’s big parking structure was an impressive thing both structurally and politically when it was built back in 2003. As a major New England tourist destination on the rise, we needed a place to put all the Volvos and BMWs sweeping in each weekend. And electric car chargers!
Time marches on, all too quickly in my opinion, and now the staircase on the side of the garage is falling apart and is about to be replaced. We do still get some of those tourists , but unfortunately the spot is better known as a hangout for people with nowhere else to go. 

Atop that crumbling staircase – 13 years, really? – some of those people truly do find Heaven, or at least a little baggie of something else that starts with “h” and makes you feel better about things for a while. I don’t think the new stairs will change that dynamic, but one can always hope.