 Those supporting dismantling the staircase claimed such a procedure would cost over $2 million.In early August 2007, Avi Schick, Governor Eliot Spitzer's redevelopment chief, outlined plans to remove the stairs from their concrete structure for eventual use in the World Trade Center Memorial museum.All 38 steps would be inlaid into the side of the staircase leading from the visitor's center to the underground museum.