Mysterious L.A. staircase

[ubcphilco]

appears to be left over from a demo and rebuild project. probably not mentioned on the contract drawings so it was left. I work construction and see thid type of thing often. interesting though!

[HOWZZ3]

shut the fuck up and show us

[MsBooda77]

very strange and very cool.........thanks

[alikaalex]

Looks like there's a little gap at the top of the stairs on the left. Did you see where it goes?

[AbsolutPequeno]

It's possible that it belonged to the old Bunker Hill neighborhood pre-Urbanization. I wish they would've been smart enough to keep the old Downtown L.A. intact. So much interesting history.

[poppaluv]

surprised no one thought you were a terrorist.

[MooPotPie]

I remember Bunker Hill in it's last days. What a stunningly UGLY city you have there today. I can hardly wait for the Final Phase of Bunker Hill Redevelopment….the EARTHQUAKE.

[ZeekWolfe1]

I've lived in LA all my life...which is quite a while...but this is new to me. This city is so large that you can never see it all. In some places the LA metropolitan area is 100 miles across. Geographers refer to Tokyo, Mexico D.F., and Los Angeles as "mega cities." Come for a vist and you'll see why.

[jaime58ify]

Interesting piece. I grew up going to downtown L. A., in the 70's, & 80's.

[KuyaBillRomjue]

Strange they would tear down the area and renew the area with new buildings, and leave the stairway there. Interesting video, makes you wonder why they left those there. Kind of sad so many posts are mean spirited on here, no reason for that...

[GoRockQuads]

Wow-a staircase. Why the fuck does anybody care? Why the fuck am I even watching this?

[keensweep]

It would be interesting to know how long that has been abandoned with no maintenance. That is a good example of what will happen to cities if we ever leave them. Nature taking them back seems to happen fast.

[mgalaviz052]

who cares whats going on out on the streets let see the stairs LMAO!!! PLEASE start the video from the stairs we waited a long time just to see the Mystery Stairs"

[ThExRiZzLe]

your fabulously weird bitch!

[monkpkey]

A road less traveled :D

[suoganraistrick]

it reminds of one of the cartoons from animatrix

[juandigz]

nice abandoned stairway. please keep let me know when you post the unused ropeswing from the 80's video

[lharrod]

Back in 2002-2003, I ate at Cole's several times. (Being familiar with downtown L.A., I'm sure you know Cole's.) One time I went to the bathroom in the basement, took a wrong turn and suddenly I find myself in a vast, dark cavern. I was standing on railroad tracks. The rails stretched across the length of the cavern, into walls. I later learned that they are remnants of the old trolley system. There are actually old abandoned tracks and depots all over downtown.

[ShitFromShinolla]

If I was there at that staircase I would feel all cozy and I'd get that feeling like I have to make a poop, I felt that at the end when you turned the camera around to show how desolate it is there.

[MrHorseman666]

everybody has bought a car and no-one`s been using the stairs for a while????:))))

[stoogeswoman]

FYI - update - I am now WORKING right across the street from the steps, so I see them every day - and two years later, they look exactly the same!

[ruizj2006]

i've been to those stairs at night, had a photoshoot there and i remember wondering, whats the deal with those stairs.

[onel4graffiti]

that was my wtf of a day

[OrdosSiegeTank]

Ghost whispers "Shhhhh" at 3:41

[magicmiesh]

I can't believe you have made a video about a disused staircase. What next a disused signpost pointing nowhere. You LA folk need to get out of town more, maybe the country (there is no concrete there).

[killer6468]

@magicmiesh If you find it so stupid, why did you click on a video called "Mysterious L.A. staircase", watch it then write a comment?

[magicmiesh]

@killer6468 I didn't say stupid so don't put words in my mouth and how was I supposed to know what it was until I HAD watched it. The only thing mysterious about the staircase is why anyone would think it was mysterious. Nuff said.

[TheFirstBloodyNation]

That is the way to wonderland...

[turboslag]

It was disappointing that you didn't climb the steps though !!

[denny906]

The Los Angeles city center has gotten a lot cleaner and safer during the past twelve years of massive construction of skyscrapers, thousands of housing units and hundreds of restaurants. Nighlife thrives here now, something unheard of only a few years ago.

[PrestoWind]

extremely interesting...I love stuff like this

[Tecun85]

Very very interesting, I will have to do some research on this one. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I'll also have to go there one of these days, see it for myself that way I can better identify it.  I'll post my results, if I ever get to the bottom of this. Thumbs up...PS: love the Stooges too

[firebird960]

@stoogeswoman are u from phoenix?

[stoogeswoman]

@firebird960, no, got relatives there though. :-)

[trufiend138]

wish u would have gotten closer to steps and pick up its leftover- loose material..i can tell alot that way...

[stoogeswoman]

@trufiend138, the stairs themselves weren't crumbling, so there wasn't any loose material (other than grass and dirt) to pick up. (Couple of dead birds at the top, though!)

[TubeSurferGeek]

Hmmm... no hand rails, nor any evidence of any hand rails. As well, the steps are very short and shallow. Are you sure this wasn't designed to be a grass covered "art piece" or something other architectural decoration?

[stoogeswoman]

@TubeSurferGeek, ha ha, well, in downtown L.A. I wouldn't be surprised! but it looks so old and decrepit I doubt it. (Plus no one's asking for money to look at it - but don't give them ideas!!)

[kick0u7thejams]

So your telling me..you can appear and disappear at the same time?

[stoogeswoman]

@kick0u7thejams - did I do that? how clever of me!

[kAvEeNo]

was that whole video suppose to be a visual trip??? like you were going through 3d tunnels?

[stoogeswoman]

@kAvEeNo ... uh ... no ... no tunnels ... (though I have been in the original subway tunnel under the Subway Terminal Building).

[palucha66]

went here last night thanks to you! great vid

[stoogeswoman]

@palucha66, that's great! Did it look pretty much the same? I haven't been back downtown for several months.

[palucha66]

@stoogeswoman yes it still looks the same. Took us sometime to find it but it was great..

[gbh1989]

Bunker Hill was originally home to the city’s leading families, as well as the best examples of Victorian Period homes and lofty mansions. By the early 1960s the very Hill itself and its beautiful structures were rapidly torn down. All the buildings were removed as well as 40 feet of the hill. The city got rid of the historic section so we could have a urban core. This was one of the worst travesties of architectural history in California

[thegstaCc]

nice very interesting

[TYMMCHN]

Bunker hill, now home to high rise offices, was the home to LAs early mansions and fancy hotels. There was an article about a steam "pump", which was really an engine attached to a pump, found in a flooded basement in a building on spring street. Why do you think they called it Spring Street??! It is in a hilly area, and the stairs were probably city property, never demoolished during the "upgrades".

[trje246]

stairs @ 2:20 - for those with slow internet connection or impatient.

Interesting up load, nature finds a way doesn't it. it would get along just fine without us around. lol

[randog69]

wow, what a great find. 

[DaygoJer]

Why didn't they keep the stairs?? And

Open up that wall?? Cuz then people won't have to walk all the way around or something. Would be easier to get to places if they fixed that area

[soSUBURBIA]

That was the old stairway that led to Arturo Bandini's hotel!

[stoogeswoman]

@soSUBURBIA, really? do you have any more info about that?

[soSUBURBIA]

@stoogeswoman Wasn't the hotel Arturo was staying at on Bunker Hill? Pretty sure this was it.

[llorensl]

When I was a kid in the early eighties, my fater drove me around Bunker Hill. Scary. Bad neighborhood. This was once a wealthy part of town and no doubt these stairs led to a mansion or were part of some old sidewalk. The old timers would tell me how nice L.A. used to be and I can only imagine. The orange groves, oil derricks, craftsman homes, but you can't stop progress.

[blackballplayer]

Typical L.A. architecture and planning...keep us guessing.

[bettygoodbody]

if they let folks use it and someone got injured because the steps were not good they could be sued, so they just threw some dirt and seeds down. it goes to shoddy workmanship of the contractors, but that is our gain for now, one day it will be deep below the surface level of the ground.

[bettygoodbody]

did you find this yourself one day, walking around?

[3runAz]

extremely interesting, thanks for the post dude:)

[stoogeswoman]

@3runAz, you're welcome! (but I'm a dudette! :-) )

[ReddoJyuusan]

That's some pretty sweet stuff.

[illtakepoint]

when i was a kid in the 60's, my dad took us to see Bunker Hill as they were tearing out the last of the old houses up there. i remember walking up a flight of wide stairs to get to the top......maybe these same steps ?

[STONEDBOMBER]

that woud be a sick bmx spot

[MIC1mtnmtn]

in what way

[STONEDBOMBER]

what do u meen in what way?

[akerockstar]

cool video...thanks for sharing. so do the stairs lead to nothing...can't quite tell in the video...or can you walk up them and continue on???

[D2daA2daV2daI2daD]

really interesting thanks 4 post

[cooldan11]

really your amazed about some steps

[BenjaminTapia1]

hey thats the bridge that leads into the bonaventure hotel right?

[BenjaminTapia1]

oh and dang that staircase gives me the chills. i gotta check it out one day, is it still there today?

[stoogeswoman]

Oh yeah, it's still there, I only just discovered it a few months ago! And yes, it leads to the Bonaventure, if you were to go *down* it from Bunker Hill and then across the 2nd level skyway.

[hammerofuglytruth]

It's a left over from days gone bye. There is a lot of history on that hill. I can remember as a kid one of the old houses that was decaying away in the early 70's. Hard to believe at the turn of last century this was one of the most opulent places in the country with all kinds of mansions and fancy hotels.

[dothebedn]

why doesnt someone clean it?

[stoogeswoman]

I get the impression they've just dumped dirt and grass seed over it and are letting nature take its course.

[stoogeswoman]

Yeah, I found an old photo of a parking garage that used to be there in the '40's, and there's a staircase in the correct position which might be this one. I may never know for sure, though!

[Brandon6542]

thanks for posting, didnt think there was anything left,

[stoogeswoman]

You're welcome! I'm still not 100% sure what it's left from, but it still gives me a kick to see it!