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Spiral of the supreme court

Among the interesting architectural features of the Washington D.C Court Building are two, self-supporting, elliptical marble staircases. Whether Cass Gilbert, the building’s architect, chose to include them for practical reasons or simply for their visual beauty is not known.

 

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www.supremecourt.gov/about/Spiral_Staircases.pdf

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Uploaded on May 28, 2017
Taken on May 17, 2016