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steel framing leaning at angles overhead and graffiti covering every wall

a common sight across Yubari's residential streetscapes as single-occupancy decay presses against the buildings that remain

first as a tuberculosis sanitorium and later as a geriatric facility

and the staircase has sat undisturbed since

every surface filmed with dust and marked by rust

Stairs Down Size:L steel framing leaning at anglesConcrete stairs descend into the lower levels of the Former Standard Brickworks, each step layered with dust and debris from decades of disuse. The site closed permanently in August 1988 after more than a century of brick and tile production under a succession of operators. Part of the Box Hill Brickworks series.