Stone Steps...

It is not our home... It must have been built sometime in the late 50’s or early 60’s because it has stone steps. When bungalows became a fad in Cebu in the mid or late 60’s, slowly in time outside stone steps were scraped off from house designs. Houses were either flat or 2 floors, maybe even higher, but without stone steps and porches anymore. I think that one of the most probable reasons is perhaps because lots are becoming more and more expensive these days and there are not enough spaces to include those things in the house designs. Or simply because maybe they have become passé and perhaps impractical. I don’t know…

I love stone steps and even porches. But today only old houses have them… and old houses like old people are slowly dying out from our sights. How sad! I wish heirs to these old houses should (if possible) try to maintain or if not preserve these heirlooms. There are still people (like me) who may not like living in old houses but are quite appreciative of their aesthetic values.