Quotations
| “ | A flight of steps unequalled in magnificence, leads down the declivity to the shore and harbour | ” |
| “ | This expensive and useless toy, is likely to cost nearly forty thousand pounds. | ” |
| “ | One of the great sights of Odessa is the staircase street that extends from the harbor shore to the end of the fine boulevard at the top of the hill. Seeing it, don't you involuntarily wonder why such an idea is not oftener carried out? The very simplicity of the design gives it a monumental character; the effect is certainly dignified and majestic. It would be no small task to climb all those stairs. Twenty steps in each flight, ten flights to climb, we should be glad of the ten level landings for breathing space before we reached the top of the hill. | ” |
| “ | From the centre of the Boulevard, a staircase called the "escalier monstre" descends to the beach. The contractor for this work was ruined. It is an ill-conceived design if intended for ornament; its utility is more than doubtful and its execution defective, that its fall is already anticipated. An Odessa wag has prophesied that the Duc de Richelieu, whose statue is at the top, will be the first person to go down it. | ” |
| “ | Viewed from one side, the figure Duc de Richelieu Monument seems so miserable that wags claim that it seems to be saying "'Give money here'" | ” |
| “ | Seen from below the vast staircase, the Duc de Richelieu Monument "appeared crushed" and, the statue should have been of colossal dimensions or else it should have been placed elsewhere. | ” |
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