The stairs in the foyer of Rådhuset is my favourite stairs.
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The stairs in the foyer of Rådhuset is my favourite stairs. (This is the Fediverse, so I assume everyone has a favourite stairs.) Aside from the design, I like the way it frames Aarhus City Hall’s foundation stone.
I thought I knew it well, but only learnt this week that there’s a time capsule buried beneath it. A lead pipe with documents, coins and newspapers of the day. Laid in 1938. Little knowing that Nazis would be occupying the city before construction was finished.
@CiaraNi One take and I was lucky - not necessarily my favorite stairs, because there is too much poignancy to the whole building, but striking in its appearance nonetheless.
Main stairs at the Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
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@CiaraNi One take and I was lucky - not necessarily my favorite stairs, because there is too much poignancy to the whole building, but striking in its appearance nonetheless.
Main stairs at the Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
@CiaraNi And yes, current favorite staircase: back staircase in the Postsparkasse building in Vienna. I had to be a bit sneaky to take my photo.
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@CiaraNi And yes, current favorite staircase: back staircase in the Postsparkasse building in Vienna. I had to be a bit sneaky to take my photo.
@leonieke Great shot
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@leonieke Great shot
@CiaraNi Thanks!
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@CiaraNi One take and I was lucky - not necessarily my favorite stairs, because there is too much poignancy to the whole building, but striking in its appearance nonetheless.
Main stairs at the Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
@leonieke Great composition. Captures the atmosphere of that place - I visited it years ago and it still sticks with me.
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@leonieke Great composition. Captures the atmosphere of that place - I visited it years ago and it still sticks with me.
@CiaraNi Yes, it's been on my mind off and on as well: I left it feeling very subdued.
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@CiaraNi Yes, it's been on my mind off and on as well: I left it feeling very subdued.
@leonieke Subdued. That's it. It's a very particular kind of subdued, flat awfulness-residue.
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@leonieke Subdued. That's it. It's a very particular kind of subdued, flat awfulness-residue.
@CiaraNi That residue made me feel a bit dirty as well for looking at this horrible history with fascination.
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If you think I only have one photo of the stairs inside city hall, then you have another toot coming.
@CiaraNi oooh, I love the first one. But I bet keeping that handrail clean is a bit of a 'mare.
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The stairs in the foyer of Rådhuset is my favourite stairs. (This is the Fediverse, so I assume everyone has a favourite stairs.) Aside from the design, I like the way it frames Aarhus City Hall’s foundation stone.
I thought I knew it well, but only learnt this week that there’s a time capsule buried beneath it. A lead pipe with documents, coins and newspapers of the day. Laid in 1938. Little knowing that Nazis would be occupying the city before construction was finished.
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@CiaraNi oooh, I love the first one. But I bet keeping that handrail clean is a bit of a 'mare.
@cazmockett And it's always spotless in there, everywhere. Fair play to the cleaning staff.
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@blotosmetek That's quite a stairs!
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@cazmockett And it's always spotless in there, everywhere. Fair play to the cleaning staff.
@CiaraNi you almost feel like you need to go in there wearing cotton gloves
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@blotosmetek That's quite a stairs!
@CiaraNi I wish I had a better photo – unfortunately it's hard to get a take from below. The whole site is absolutely beatiful – a true contender to the more famous Gaudi's work, La Sagrada Familia, only much smaller (it is a city house). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3
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@CiaraNi One take and I was lucky - not necessarily my favorite stairs, because there is too much poignancy to the whole building, but striking in its appearance nonetheless.
Main stairs at the Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
Great shot - a chill runs down my spine after reading your description of the building’s history
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The stairs in the foyer of Rådhuset is my favourite stairs. (This is the Fediverse, so I assume everyone has a favourite stairs.) Aside from the design, I like the way it frames Aarhus City Hall’s foundation stone.
I thought I knew it well, but only learnt this week that there’s a time capsule buried beneath it. A lead pipe with documents, coins and newspapers of the day. Laid in 1938. Little knowing that Nazis would be occupying the city before construction was finished.
@CiaraNi
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@CiaraNi you almost feel like you need to go in there wearing cotton gloves
@cazmockett Funny enough, it doesn't feel like that when you are standing in the actual space. You feel respect for the surroundings, absolutely. Yet it's also a very 'lived-in' public space with people wandering in, out and about all the time. There are ordinary council offices, the council chamber, the registry office and often pop-up exhibitions in the foyer. And many visitors on sight-seeing visits. It's both a special and an everyday space at the same time. Quite an architectural feat!
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@CiaraNi I wish I had a better photo – unfortunately it's hard to get a take from below. The whole site is absolutely beatiful – a true contender to the more famous Gaudi's work, La Sagrada Familia, only much smaller (it is a city house). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3
#Gaudi@blotosmetek Looks like an amazing place.
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@CiaraNi
How about Pomo in Trondheim?@wolfgangcramer Great stairs, great shots!
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The stairs in the foyer of Rådhuset is my favourite stairs. (This is the Fediverse, so I assume everyone has a favourite stairs.) Aside from the design, I like the way it frames Aarhus City Hall’s foundation stone.
I thought I knew it well, but only learnt this week that there’s a time capsule buried beneath it. A lead pipe with documents, coins and newspapers of the day. Laid in 1938. Little knowing that Nazis would be occupying the city before construction was finished.
The art deco staircase at Herstmonceux Castle.
Or the Elizabethan staircase at Herstmonceux castle.
Or the Grinling Gibbons staircase at Herstmonceux Castle.
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