valparaiso, ascensor florida

Ascensor Florida presents a fairly typical specimen of the type. It is less elevated than some--low enough to sustain a footbridge over it--but, as the video shows, the yellow cabs are intimately visible from a variety of viewpoints along its inclined path. Many of the other ascensors embedded in the urban fabric maintain their presence only from above and below, so Florida is riper than most for amateur cinematography. The stairway at the ascensor's flank--more for descent than ascent--represents standard accoutrement. Regardless of their ascensorial association, stairs reinforce their fabric's domesticity by serving as steeply inclined pedestrian streets. Often, front doors open directly to each landing.