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I found this sign at the British Museum. It lets the patrons know how many steps it will be. The elderly can then better judge for themselves if they can handle this amount of steps or should take the lift. When you can't see the end of the stair case, you need other affordances, in this case, a sign.
The long trudge up these steps gets you from Morley Low Railway Station up to the Miners Arms.
for some older pictures
a wise man once said: "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." martin luther king jr. is legit enough, right?
millennium park is all about face. protruding out of chicago, illinois and dangling it boldly into lake michigan, the city takes pride of the park. machismo and taxpayer money at its best. tourists and residents flock here. the most popular displays are the two water structures that have videos of faces projected upon them. they blink, hide small smiles, one wrinkles his nose to shake out a sneeze-- but every ten minutes, the faces pucker and a stream of water shoots from their mouths. the kids go nuts and cavort like nonsense.
i watched this boy ready himself for a backflip-- blast off! he ate massive pavement. a little girl with cornrows stopped mid-skip to quip out a precocious "damn, son!" but before i could reach him, he was squatting back down for another try.
today i'm tired of saving face. i'll be honest: i'm scared. but there's no room in my heart for fear. i'm ready to take off, flip over, go higher, get deeper. its an adventure guaranteed to get your head shaken, mouth in the pavement. but it's all about first steps.
2009. millennium park. chicago, illinois.
Thurs. the 21st out for Morning Walkabout. Just a few clicks in North Park Blocks. Then the rain came.
It was a foggy November morning here in Oregon City. I really had no preconceived ideas as to what I would photograph, I just knew it would involve fog. I kinda thought I might head up to the bluff above our home, that has an old pioneer cemetery at the very rear of a protected woodland, that can be kind of cool on a foggy morning. The easiest way to get up there on foot is to climb this old concrete staircase of over 150 steps.. A staircase I have on many occasions prior to this referred to as the "Stairway to Heaven", because of the beautiful Natural woodland it leads to above. This woodland is what I think Eden would look like. But, on this day, these Heavenly Steps would appear Heavenly because the Good-Lord wanted them too. Not because they lead to a beautiful slice of Heaven above, but because of the natural beauty that make up this beautiful set of stairs. Needless to say, I did not make it past the stairs. I clicked off several shots at the base. I clicked off a few more at mid span, and immediately went home to process...
Dedicated to my Daughter, Brittany
The Northern Central Railway's 2PM excursion arrives at the historic depot in Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Engineer Steve eases his locomotive to the mark which will put the coach platforms exactly where the Conductors have positioned the steps. Shortly, the passengers will disembark and will have 30 minutes to tour the museum inside the depot, or perhaps buy some refreshments from a vendor who has set up his ice cream truck in the nearby parking lot.
The NCRy trains no longer run with the locomotive leading on the run north from New Freedom to Hanover Junction. For the first few weeks of operation, the railroad tried that, but they found that the switching operations necessary to get the train configured for the southbound run just took too much time and required too many people to ensure the safety of the passengers. Now, the trains back up on the northbound run, so when they arrive at the junction, there's no switching to do at all. This allows the crew to focus on locomotive service, and permits the patrons to view and take photos around the train without risk of injury.
After dinner, Mike and I decided to take a nighttime stroll through Rome's historic center. Following a stop at the legendary Trevi Fountain, we headed to the famed Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) at Piazza di Spagna. But when we arrived, we discovered the steps were blocked off by a plexiglass fence that barred access. So disappointing! But we still snapped a few quick photos to commemorate our visit. I tried to take an iPhone pic over the top of the fence, but I wasn't tall enough to get the top of the Trinità dei Monti towers in the frame...
Steps near the 2016 Canalway Cavalcade in Little Venice
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