I usually take the stairs up, but elevator down, if it's more than 4 stories or so. Stairs down do not always agree with my knees... Our downtown library did something really stupid when they built the place: there were no public stairs originally, even though it's only 5 stories tall. They bowed to public pressure, and changed an emergency staircase to public. It's just cool that there was sufficient demand that they responded!

This next Saturday is a new race in town-- up the stairs of our tallest building. 29 stories, racing against the clock. If the entry fee wasn't so steep, I'd almost cetainly do it. Still might, anyway...