It is not hard to see why a spectral sculpture stopped Philippa Haydon dead in her tracks when it beckoned, from the window of a studio gallery, several years ago. Not only are its diaphanous billows ...

According to author Charles Fleming’s helpful and informative guidebook Secret Stairs, the hills of Silver Lake are laced with approximately 60 public staircases, dating back to the 1920s-40s, when LA ...

Requiring two stairs, as on lift, limits layout options for multi0-family buildings as compared to single stair, as shown at right. Pew Charitable Trust illustration. Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...