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Stabroek Market Spiral Stairways is in danger
Dear Editor,
I wish to register my dismay over an untenable and deplorable situation in the Stabroek Market, a heritage building.
On a recent visit there, I observed the lower part of the twirling stairway, by the eastern main gate, being used to expose or showcase vendors goods especially sunshades. That practice destroys the aesthetics of that iconic structure. The beauty of the stairway in its entirety cannot be captured. Presently, the bottom of the stairway is so cogged up to the point where access to go up becomes difficult. Certainly, that would not be permitted in any other country that supports tourism and respect for heritage structures.
The situation should not be allowed to continue; vendors should not be allowed to operate without limits within the ambit of the market. It is my view that such a rare and beautiful stairway on a national heritage building should rightly have a clearance of four feet around its base (bottom).
I trust that my concern is treated with the urgency it demands.
Wade McPherson
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