Spokane skywalk staircase comes down

If a skywalk staircase comes down and no one’s around to see it, does it make a sound? Okay, there were plenty of people to see it slowly get dismantled at the corner of Main Avenue and Howard Street, but we were a little disappointed that nobody chained themselves to it, like you see in those history preservation movies.

Anyway, here’s the a scene of the missing staircase:

And another:

For a bit of background, read our earlier coverage on why the staircase came down . Not to spoil it or anything, but the staircase was kind of in the way.