It turns out this access to the lower area was a one time glitch and you will have to use the console and the developers code that is provided in the tool set to do this sightseeing.
To update my research into keeping Anachronox running on modern machines, i found that it will not run on some configurations of XP SP3, i think there is one update that messes with the Nvida settings, anyway, i had to revert to an older driver for FX 175.19 and an FX 5500 card, and also had to roll back NET to version 2.0, and use nHancer version 2.4.5
but it is worth it, the level design and the scenery and the dialog and game play continue to amaze me, making this one of the best adventure games or best games in any genre ever made. I have learned in my research that there were three titles originally planned and the scripts were completed and they lie within the vaults of Eidos. The total cost of the first title, this game that we do have, was $7,000,000 in 2001 dollars. And it shows, the places you visit and play in just get better and better, and with all the variations the replay value is very high as well. Remarkable work on so many levels.
