Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This...
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8359°N 73.9239°W / 40.8359; -73.9239 The "Joker Stairs" (also known as the West 167th Street Step Stairs) is the colloquial name for a step street connecting...
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Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the...
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The Penrose stairs or Penrose steps, also dubbed the impossible staircase, is an impossible object created by Oscar Reutersvärd in 1937 and later independently...
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Look up stairs, stairwell, or upstairs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stairs are a set of steps. Stairs may also refer to: Stairs (surname), a list...
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The Haʻikū Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven or Haʻikū Ladder, is a steep, steel step structure that is currently being dismantled and removed...
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House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in November 1951. This print measures 47 cm × 24 cm (18+5⁄8 in × 9+3⁄8 in)...
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The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American comedy horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy...
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The Camondo Stairs (Turkish: Kamondo Merdivenleri) are Art Nouveau-style stairs in the Galata district of Istanbul, Turkey. The stairs, completed in the...
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escalier Champlain ("Champlain Stairs"), escalier du Quêteux ("Beggars' Stairs"), or escalier de la Basse-Ville ("Lower Town Stairs"), they were given their...
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Scala Sancta (redirect from Holy Stairs (Scala Sancta))
The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of...
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Gemonian Stairs (Latin: Scalae Gemoniae, Italian: Scale Gemonie) were a flight of steps located in the ancient city of Rome. Nicknamed the Stairs of Mourning...
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The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul...
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The Potemkin Stairs, Potemkin Steps (Ukrainian: Потьо́мкінські схо́ди, romanized: Potiomkinski skhody, Russian: Потёмкинская лестница), or, officially...
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Cantilevered stairs, or floating stairs, are a type of staircase. A cantilever is a beam, which is anchored at only one end. Thus cantilevered stairs have a...
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The Madonna of the Stairs (or Madonna of the Steps) is a relief sculpture by Michelangelo in the Casa Buonarroti, Florence. It was sculpted around 1490...
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"The Stairs" is a song by Australian rock band INXS that was released on its 1990 studio album X. A live performance of "The Stairs" from the band's July...
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Exorcist steps (redirect from Exorcist stairs)
77.0701639°W / 38.9055444; -77.0701639 The Exorcist steps are concrete stairs, continuing 36th Street, descending from the corner of Prospect St and 36th...
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Stairs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. Edison Stairs (1924–2010), Canadian politician Denis Stairs (engineer) (1889–1980)...
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John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs (January 19, 1848 – September 26, 1904) was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax...
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Gravity Stairs is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band Crowded House, released on 31 May 2024 through Lester Records and BMG Rights Management...
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Golden Stairs may refer to: The Golden Stairs, an 1870s painting by Edward Burne-Jones Golden Stairs (Helena Blavatsky), a set of guidelines to aspirants...
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The Eighteen Stairs is one of the five traditional style districts in Chongqing, located in the south of Yuzhong District. The name also refers to the...
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Scott Kannberg (redirect from Spiral Stairs)
(born August 30, 1966), known professionally as Scott Kannberg and Spiral Stairs, is an American musician best known for being a founding member of the indie-rock...
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The Meeting on the Turret Stairs (or Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs) is a watercolour painting from 1864 by Frederic William...
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Schroeder stairs (Schröder's stairs) is an optical illusion which is a two-dimensional drawing which may be perceived either as a drawing of a staircase...
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Boarding stairs, sometimes called a boarding ramp, or a gangway in the case of ships, are devices, designed to safety standards, which passengers and crew...
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UpStairs Lounge arson attack, sometimes called the UpStairs Lounge Fire, occurred on June 24, 1973, at a gay bar called the UpStairs (or Up Stairs) Lounge...
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Spanish Steps (redirect from Spanish Stairs)
Gueffier died in 1660, leaving part of his fortune for the construction of the stairs. The Roman-educated Cardinal Mazarin took a personal interest in the project...
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Wishing Stairs (Korean: 여고괴담 3: 여우계단; RR: Yeogogoedam 3: Yeowoogyedan; also known as Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs) is a 2003 South Korean horror...
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