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I went to the new 25 Billion dollar #HudsonYards complex, on the very far West Side of Manhatran yesterday. Essentially it is a suburban mall without parking. Very crowded, but seemingly few shoppers. Wonder what will happen when the novelty wears off.— Frank Didik (@FrankDidik) April 1, 2019
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That would be because the bottom portion of the tower is very heavy and very strong. From there, the railing walls, functioning as light but sturdy structural beams intended to resist forces acting on the structure, including gravity, and keep it stable, extend out and into the air. They prevent the peculiar structure from dangerously sagging or tipping. Most of us want to get home construction over as soon as possible. We worry about the expense and complain about the inconvenience. But for Sarah Winchester, construction was a way of life. For 38 years, she had construction going 24 hours a day at her home in San Jose, Calif. Update July 2018: The tower has recently been damaged by an explosion caused by vandals. The base structure wasn’t damaged, so city council is looking to improve the tower. There are plans to make it even higher, and it’s said they may construct a new tower somewhere in 2019. Never stop building, the medium told Mrs. Winchester, or you will die. We can't know exactly how she interpreted this advice; she might have thought the spirits would get her if she stopped, or she might have seen continuous construction as a path to eternal life.There are so many buildings and projects I wish I saw being made. So, for those who are interested, I hope it will turn out to have been worth heading up onto the High Line to catch a glimpse of the complex geometry being pieced together like an incredible jigsaw puzzle.’ Walking up this set of stairs may not actually get you anywhere, but it sure would be good exercise. Olafur Eliasson’s sculpture, entitled Rewriting, is a route to nothingness in the middle of a Munich office building’s interior courtyard. Circular Spiral Staircase by Peter Coffin Stephen Ross, chairman of Hudson Yards developer Related Companies, added: ‘An extraordinary amount of work by artisans and craftsmen has gone into reaching this day and we are excited to invite New Yorkers and visitors alike to watch its rise over the upcoming months. You can see the room where Sarah Winchester died on the tour, as well as the Daisy Room, where Mrs. Winchester was trapped for several hours after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. According to legend, Mrs. Winchester slept in a different room each night so that the ghosts couldn't find her, but unfortunately, the servants couldn't find her either after the earthquake.
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Stairs aren’t just a functional way to get from one place to another as far as contemporary artist Rachel Whiteread is concerned. She takes casts of industrial staircases and turns them into hulking white abstracted sculpture, giving the negative space a physical presence. Olafur Eliasson’s Courtyard StairwayTaylor, Troy. "The Winchester Mystery House." Ghosts of the Prairie. (March 26, 2008) http://www.prairieghosts.com/winchester.html Like Eliasson’s Rewriting, this spiral staircase by artist Peter Coffin won’t get you anywhere at all – and in fact, you’d have a hard time even climbing the steps, given the impossible angles. But the sculpture is more concerned with the beauty of the staircase’s shell-like shape. Saatchi Gallery says “Through his humorous constructions, Coffin bridges art history and everyday experience, subverting the preconceptions of both.” Cedar Stairs by Ursula Von Rydingsvard Mrs. Winchester also had an obsession with the number "13." Many things installed in the home feature 13 of something: 13 window panes, 13 wall panels, 13 sections of flooring, 13 stairs in each staircase. There are 13 bathrooms, sinks have 13 drain holes and the séance room has 13 coat hooks. The sculpture, which is made of steel and is over 30 feet tall, is a staircase in the shape of a double helix. The bottom of the steps has a small opening, so you can actually climb the stairs yourself. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Stairway To Nowhere
Stairway to nowhere (higher level) | TeachingEnglish Stairway to nowhere (higher level) | TeachingEnglish
How is it as an actual aesthetic experience? Very weird, and quite unpleasant, I am happy to report. Looking up from its cramped ground floor, where a panel glows bright blue (a bit like that strange orb President Trump and company touched in Saudi Arabia), you see row after row of the copper-plated steel that lines the staircases, resembling a high-end corporate headquarters or shopping center. It appears to have been specifically designed to induce intense amounts of dread and alienation. As far as staircase art goes, ‘Floating Staircase’ by Ursula Von Rydingsvard is actually quite functional, albeit extremely heavy and bulky. But once again, function is simply not the point. The artist, who grew up in post-World War II refugee camps in Germany in which nearly every surface was made of wood, finds a sense of humanity in the most mundane objects. “The way in which I manipulate the cedar is very important to me, but I have a feeling that I even learned from things that I never saw. Working with it and looking at it feels familiar,” she told PBS. Stairway at the Center of the World The 45m-tall, beehive-like structure features a structural steel frame shipped in from Italy and finished in a polished copper colour. HowStuffWorks.com.
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