Adults, however, take their stair climbing seriously, and their methods of approach fall into three distinct groups. I think they have a little bit of mountain goat bred in them. But we newcomers need artificial respiration before we reach the top. Scattered Over City Pittsburgh's 447 flights of side hill steps are not limited to any one section of the city, as the city's post-war plan to replace wooden stairs with concrete shows. Long flights of stairs connect Benton Ave to Aquatic Way in Lawrenceville, Lincoln Ave to Washington Blvd in the East End, Irvine St to Sylvan Ave in Greenfield, West Liberty Ave to Pioneer Ave in Beechview, and in over a hundred other places throughout the city.
Repairs cost hundreds of dollars each month.
And for the duration, many flights of steps will be closed because lumber priorities have prevented the city from buying enough lumber for repair work.