Ray Spaxman passed on “Seventeen astounding staircases from all around the world.”
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These tiled stairs run up a total of 163 steps at 16th and Moraga Street in San Francisco. Over 300 neighborhoods joined in to create the spectacle, leading to an absolutely beautiful result.
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Between walls at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. These steps were fantastically painted for a Salvador Dali exhibition in 2005.
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Syrian students painted a fantastic pattern on the longest staircase in their town with some very vibrant colors. They hoped that the display would produce joyful feelings in the locals who were undergoing hardships.
There is a Facebook group called ‘Friends of Public Stairs’ that has great pix from all over the world. Closer to home, it would be great if the Park Board would bring public stairs to the perpetually muddy slope of China Creek North Park
https://www.change.org/p/vancouver-park-board-the-case-for-stairs-at-china-creek-north-park