I've been waiting for these stairs my entire life. These numbered stairs lead to the second floor of Tatte in Cambridge, a favorite breakfast spot for Renee and me. I've never noticed the numbers on the stairs before, but we've also never eaten upstairs before today.
Anyways, on the numbering. I'm not sure when it started, or why it never stopped, but I usually count stairs in my head when going up or down a flight. It's automatic. I don't think I do it every time, but it's frequent enough that I'm fully aware of it.
After taking these up and down, though, I have to say I preferred unnumbered stairs. Seeing the numbers seemed to jumble up the counting in my head, which was unexpected.
photo posted by matt in Monday, May 29, 2023