As much as i love being able to do a little circle of all the fields when it is in pygros, It doesn't make it to much fun for the civs when cops are always going to be patrolling the areas because of how close they are.
A majority of people wanted it, plus they added a sign so cops cannot just stay on stairs and quick peek the roof.
With the new staircase you can still very much so watch the funnel of cops that come up the stairs from the roof.