There are so many great details on the older buildings and I'm always curious what is inside, especially what is on the other side of those crazy gothic stairs. Fortunately, one of the perks of working as an interior designer is that I am able to go into buildings if I am working on a project that requires it. I was actually able to go into one of the buildings I had photographed though I'll keep which one under wraps.
At one point this week, the phrase "If the dog-sized rats don't charge at us, I'd love to see the dungeon" came out of my mouth. The dungeon was a huge cavernous space at least 20 feet high that was actually a sub-basement, and I managed to not see a rat. I did see the dog-sized traps down there. These rats are apparently a secret legend around the downtown area and I'm pretty sure they were the reason the Starbucks glass food display mysteriously shattered one night though they deny it. My undergraduate degrees {yes, two} were in animal science and wildlife and fisheries conservation so critters don't generally bother me, just insects. I'm still glad I didn't see those rats though.
