Double post. Same stuff. Why don't people search before they post? Link from March this year. posted by shockingbluamp at 9:57 PM on September 2, 2008
These are astounding, but I can't help but think that many of these stairs wouldn't work for toddlers, or the elderly, or the klutzy... posted by jb at 10:17 PM on September 2, 2008
Because stairs are uplifting, shockingbluamp! posted by Effigy2000 at 10:18 PM on September 2, 2008
I prefer escalator porn. posted by bwg at 10:28 PM on September 2, 2008
It's not a double; the other post just used the phrase "stair porn". posted by Tlogmer at 10:31 PM on September 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
"Spiral" staircase is a common misnomer, as they are almost always helical. posted by Tube at 10:35 PM on September 2, 2008
I prefer the stair porn as seen in A History of Violence. posted by puke & cry at 10:38 PM on September 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
These stairs are to look good in the architect's portfolio, not to serve the public. posted by Cranberry at 11:00 PM on September 2, 2008
I've never used alternating tread stairs before. Are they more difficult to walk on than normal stairs when you're distracted (reading a book or whatever)?
Apparently stair design is tricky. I was surprised to learn that each step's riser height needs to be the same because even a small difference in height will make people trip. posted by sdodd at 11:36 PM on September 2, 2008
Are they more difficult to walk on than normal stairs when you're distracted (reading a book or whatever)?
Well, they're way easier to climb (much less descend) than a ladder. posted by blasdelf at 12:09 AM on September 3, 2008
I prefer the stair porn as seen in A History of Violence.
That scene was disturbing, I'd prefer to have not seen it at all. posted by IvoShandor at 12:27 AM on September 3, 2008
I was surprised to learn that each step's riser height needs to be the same because even a small difference in height will make people trip.
One North Wales castle has a flight of stairs up to the main bedroom with a step with a different riser on purpose, to trip assassins... posted by alasdair at 1:40 AM on September 3, 2008
One North Wales castle has a flight of stairs up to the main bedroom with a step with a different riser on purpose, to trip assassins...
This was apparently standard in castle helical staircases that might need to be defended, they also all spiral the same way so that (for right handed people anyway) the defenders can maneuver theirs swords more easily. posted by atrazine at 3:12 AM on September 3, 2008
It's not porn unless it involves Slinkies. posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 3:47 AM on September 3, 2008
*sigh, pulls out soapbox*
I haven't seen a public "this is our headquarters" building in I-don't-know-how-long where stairs weren't used to create some sort of Grand Sweeping Entrance effect, and the ramp was put off in an inconvenient corner, if it was visible at all. It'd be nice if architects could find a less divisive way to make their buildings look cool. posted by spaceman_spiff at 4:31 AM on September 3, 2008 [1 favorite]
Whereas on the other hand, I work in one of those not-so-grand, not-so-public office buildings where the entrance leads directly to a bank of elevators and it took me a few weeks to figure out where the (very well-hidden) staircase was.
(But yeah, ADA-type accommodations are pretty weak still. Sorry, spaceman.) posted by kittyprecious at 5:30 AM on September 3, 2008
In the StairPorn site under the stair humor link, I'm surprised there was no mention of the wonderful French term, l'esprit de l'escalier, wit of the stairs, which means thinking of just the right thing to say but too late, as one is going down the stairs, "being wise after the event". Treppenwitz is the German version. posted by nickyskye at 8:58 AM on September 3, 2008 [1 favorite]
Still only a double in subject area, but not in actual links. posted by blue_beetle at 10:28 AM on September 3, 2008 [1 favorite]
"Treppenwitz" sounds like a great last name...for a comic.
Cool stairs. I like stairs too. As a kid, I was always dreaming of stairs. I love houses that have both front and back stairs. Alas, I have a knee issue that makes stairs less fun than they used to be. (I miss being 20-something, when I used to fly up and down stairways) posted by Goofyy at 10:31 AM on September 3, 2008
Back from the dead posted by rottytooth at 12:18 PM on September 3, 2008
In the StairPorn site under the stair humor link, I'm surprised there was no mention of the wonderful French term, l'esprit de l'escalier, wit of the stairs, which means thinking of just the right thing to say but too late, as one is going down the stairs, "being wise after the event". Treppenwitz is the German version.
It's the first thing listed on the main page linked by the OP, now -- someone took your hint.
@Blue_beetle -- sorry, I didn't mean to imply it was a double. Just that we had some prior stair porn, more good stuff. posted by beagle at 2:28 PM on September 3, 2008
I love this kinda stuff!
Thanks, beagle, for the link to my previous post. I did use the term "stair porn," but it's a different link. But ya know... there can never be enough stair porn. Of any definition.
The shover robot would love this. posted by Smedleyman at 4:19 PM on September 3, 2008
*waves to StairPorn blog owner, thanks for the headsup Pantengliopoli.
Sadly, how I came to know the term l'esprit d'escalier (or ''l'esprit de l'escalier, whichever) was by a bizarre double suicide. The owner, Theresa Duncan, of the blog called The Wit of the Staircase, killed herself and then so did her beloved, Jeremy Blake.
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