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JE in Chicago Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3990 Good Answers: 144	Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/19/2016 5:39 PM
	I went here years ago. I'm sure a few other have as well. This photo shows how the staircase looked before the rails were added so those using it wouldn't be fearful. They also plastered the underside.. which is what I wanted to see. Impressive for anyone much less an unpaid contractor. __________________ High Tolerance is Beautiful
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#1 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 6:16 PM
	Is that staircase in the church in Albuquerque, NM? Or was that in Sante Fe built by a no named drifter, it was assembled with no fasteners. (Nails) __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Tom_Consulting Guru Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 2168 Good Answers: 71	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 7:10 PM
	I believe it's the one in Sante Fe...spent some good times there when I worked for a living. __________________ Tom - "Hoping my ship will come in before the dock rots!"
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#11 In reply to #2 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 7:14 AM
	We were in Sante Fe in June, but didn't get around to see it. I thought they partitioned it off now though. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#3 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 7:38 PM
	Stairway to nowhere in the Winchester house? __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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Usbport Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor Posts: 5363 Good Answers: 647	#4 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 8:23 PM
	Loretto Chapel, Sante Fe, NM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapel __________________ Whiskey, women -- and astrophysics. Because sometimes a problem can't be solved with just whiskey and women.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#5 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 8:27 PM
	The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe New Mexico, called the Miracle Staircase, builder credited with construction is François-Jean Rochas.... http://www.lorettochapel.com/staircase.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_New_Mexico __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 8:47 PM
	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41908725 __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#7 In reply to #5 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 9:41 PM
	Nice, but clearly not the same one as in the OP. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#8 In reply to #7 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 9:57 PM
	The one pictured by the OP is a scale model of this staircase as it would have looked 1877-1887 before the banisters were added.... https://dailyoddsandends.wordpress.com/tag/nailless/ __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#10 In reply to #8 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/19/2016 11:37 PM
	Huh? Different number of wraps altogether. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#12 In reply to #10 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 7:16 AM
	No, just a different camera angle. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#13 In reply to #12 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 10:06 AM
	Can't you even count? __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#14 In reply to #13 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 11:09 AM
	or you can't see the bottom coming around... for 2 revolutions... but I would say its there. This spiral stair case is only one of a kind. The later pictures has the railing, the early photo does not. The railing was added because they were afraid of people falling off. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#15 In reply to #13 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 2:16 PM
	Yes, at least one of us can. can't you follow a link? lol __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#16 In reply to #15 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 2:25 PM
	The pictures without the banister have been described as a model, which starts at a different place on the floor and has less turn than the as-constructed pictures with the banister. LOOK. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#18 In reply to #16 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 2:52 PM
	No, its a simulated picture, not a model. for being our resident cr4 grammar police, add reading to the list. here is an actual photo. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#17 In reply to #10 Re: Where? What's it called? and or How? 09/20/2016 2:25 PM
	__________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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dj95401 Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Saint Helens, Oregon Posts: 2216 Good Answers: 70	#9 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/19/2016 11:23 PM
	Could be the Stairway to Heaven __________________ Confucius once said, “ Ability will never catch up with the demand for it".
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James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#19 In reply to #9 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 4:01 PM
	Especially if the choir girls were wearing high heels that day, and the top one took a header. This is a most impressive work, and God Bless ol' Frenchy for creating it. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#20 In reply to #19 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 4:23 PM
	His heirs should have been paid for his work.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#21 In reply to #20 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 4:35 PM
	He had heirs?? I thought Frenchy's benefits were out of this world. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
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JE in Chicago Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3990 Good Answers: 144	#22 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 4:54 PM
	A little bonus for being on time and under budget would be in order as well. It's got to be my favorite piece of wood working antiquity Even thought the egyptian boat builders were well ahead of their time this was as close to mystic as the antikythera mechanism is to astounding. Ingenuity is historically present. ..oh wait? Who said it must be aliens? __________________ High Tolerance is Beautiful
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#23 In reply to #22 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 9:12 PM
	Not to mention all the tourism and revenue it has generated over the years.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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JE in Chicago Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3990 Good Answers: 144	#24 In reply to #23 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 11:02 PM
	not nearly as much as this ...spot. and it doesn't deserve two wooden nickles! __________________ High Tolerance is Beautiful
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dj95401 Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Saint Helens, Oregon Posts: 2216 Good Answers: 70	#25 In reply to #24 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 11:13 PM
	Oh, but it got your attention, huh? __________________ Confucius once said, “ Ability will never catch up with the demand for it".
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#26 In reply to #24 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/20/2016 11:16 PM
	That sounds about like the Oregon Vortex. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#27 In reply to #22 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/21/2016 9:26 AM
	Those ancient alien dudes are all potheads. I went to college with one of them, definitely a stoner. Some of their programs are a bit entertaining, but there is just so much that up with I will put. The ancient stone work at Puma Punku as having been formed by power tools and lasers, I can only say, totally debunked. That is unless the ancient Bolivians somehow used water powered saws (doubted). Stone hammers and softer metal tools as copper can work sandstone and Andesite, no problem. None of the ancient alien guys are geologists or any kind of authority on what stone is what. Here is the debunking link I found on first hit: no ancient aliens required or need apply __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#28 In reply to #27 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/21/2016 9:39 AM
	This guy cracks me up. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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JE in Chicago Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3990 Good Answers: 144	#29 In reply to #27 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/21/2016 1:24 PM
	You went to college with an ancient alien!? Dude! __________________ High Tolerance is Beautiful
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James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#30 In reply to #29 Re: Where? What's it called? And or How? 09/21/2016 1:30 PM
	OK, maybe he was just an old Mexican, sorry for the exaggeration. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
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