For a 500-metre stretch, staircases and the stumpy remains of walls disappear into the sea.
Metal was protruding from handrails on the staircases, and the elevators often did not work.
The condo has a decidedly downtown feel, with two loft balconies, reached by two different staircases.
The airport, which called in extra workers, doesn't own mobile staircases, the state agency said.
The palace contains around 1, 100 rooms, 100 staircases and 3 miles (5 km) of corridors.
We then began our descent back to the river, scrambling down natural staircases sculpted in an ancient seabed.
With its sweeping arches, staircases and domes, it's both elegant and distinguished.
Among Ms. Jin's favorite modifications are the twin glass staircases that bracket a grand piano on the main floor of the penthouse.
Because there is no need to design around the human form there are no ramps, no elevators and no fire escape staircases.
Several safety features have been included in the design, such as separate staircases for firefighters and blast-resistant glaze on the lobby glass.
Staircases in each of the five bedrooms lead up to a roof terrace, which encases a Jacuzzi, life-size chess board and dining area.
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The suspect fled the platform, down two separate staircases, one down to the token booth area and the second down to Queens Boulevard.
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In the main living areas, dramatic walnut wall units reach up from the second to the third floors in front of open metal staircases.
The mock-up has steel seats in typical coach, business- and first-class layouts on both decks plus replicas of the 555-passenger jet's staircases and cargo containers.
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After climbing five spiral staircases to reach the top of the tower - the highest point visitors can reach - Mr Price had a further 56m to climb.
It comes in peace: visitors are invited to enter, in small groups, and climb one of several staircases, which lead to great views of Central Park.
Mr Kynaston lingers over the City's fabric: staircases of Honduran mahogany, panelling of the best English oak and windowsills of Portland stone in the merchant banks.
Cascading velvet curtains, marquee lights, distressed hardwood and grand staircases set the illusion of an elegant 1920s theatre, while multiple stages spotlighting feather-headressed burlesque dancers complete the vintage spectacle.
By comparison with the crypts, staircases and pillared halls of Knossos, the other half-dozen Minoan palaces that have been excavated around Crete are dull ground-plans in stone.
It is virtually a parallel city, an underworld Plati where bunkers located behind sliding staircases, hidden trapdoors and even inside a pizza oven are linked by endless tunnels.
Picture the opening session of the summit held on an outdoor patio, set slightly below the main hotel building, with a pair of curved staircases flanking the stage.
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The plot ratios for condominiums in Japan's main cities are likewise being doubled to eight-to-one, and staircases, corridors and balconies will no longer be counted as floor space.
To prepare for trials, she followed police into tenement shooting galleries, scaled rickety staircases in dilapidated buildings and fought off the stench of squalor to talk to reluctant witnesses.
If a word could describe the yachts that skim into harbor at these events it might be "glimmering": pearlescent hulls, onyx floors and marble staircases, exotic woods varnished to a fare-thee-well.
Its 54 rooms line a rabbit warren of dark-wood-paneled corridors and spiraling staircases I had to ask the staff for directions on several occasions that give the place an air of rakish glamour.
From there 12 vertiginous staircases lead to the top level - the centre of the universe, since Angkor Wat is a model of Mount Meru which in Hindu mythology represents the cosmos.
"We're having to come down from above - make our way down rather than make our way up, with the collapsed staircases that are in a lot of them, " Mr Jewell explained.
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The jungle itself appears to have given birth to the Pura Samuan Tiga, a sprawl of monumental gateways, staircases, and pavilions for joyous dance performances, sacrificial cockfights and the solemn placement of offerings.
There is, at the moment, no convenient way to leave a tall building if the emergency staircases are on fire and the fire brigade has not arrived or its ladders will not reach.
"There used to be two staircases and I remember at one point standing here and thinking 'we've knocked all this down and we're still not sure we can make this work', " he said.
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