Native English speakers, could you please help me with these issues?

Question

Which is correct:

a) "I walked down the staircase, but even IN THE MIDDLE of it, I looked back to get another glimpse of the building."

Orb) "I walked down the staircase, but even IN THE MIDST of it, I looked back to get another glimpse of the building."

Answer 1

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I descended the staircase but paused halfway to look back for another glimpse of the building.

Answer 2

First of all, your use of "even" makes no sense.  You are making the sentence unnecessarily clumsy.

Answer 3

Difficult to be in the middle or midst of a staircase unless it has collapsed -  "I walked down the stairs and when I was halfway I turned to get another glimpse of the building."

Answer 4

"As I walked down the staircase I paused half way to take another glance at the building."

If you were 'in the middle or midst of a staircase, you'd actually be imbedded in it - you'd have fallen through it and were stuck mid-way.