stairs are stairs are scarce. there are many ways to design stairs.ould like the planning department to track that because there are possible ways to treat it in an architectural way that is compatible an interesting. that does not affect the motion or the position the commissioner is taking on it. but i would like to pose it as a challenge looking ahead. commissioner antonini: i can certainly understand the d.r. requester her's -- the d.r. requester's concerns. it does not sound like there are a lot of options on this assuming that the stairs are not repairable. i have been in some of these buildings, and in recent days, i go very slowly down is a because they are very steep and you could have an accident really easily if you are not careful. i would think the run would be more gradual on the new stairs. i do not think there is too much we can do on this other than not take d.r. unless it is found out that there is a way to repair the existing stairs. >> the motion on the floor is to not take discretionary review and approve the project as proposed.

the stairs. is a possibility to construct these stairs to present code. this type of winding stairs, as you can see here, is constructed with limited space. you see this type of stair where you live where you are constricted with space, sometimes on the side of the building. in some cases, we have no choice but to reconstruct the stairs as this. but here, we have the opportunity to construct a safe stair. there is and issue whether the stairs would require replacement or repair. we have moved beyond this issue. we would like to get them to present date code. -- present day code. i felt we could do this without much resistance. we see the resistance being offered to buy the neighbors to the east and their opposition to their views being obstructed by illegal property line windows. you might be aware of that. i would say that we are not -- sorry -- we are not restricting their view dramatically. we are providing safe access and some of these views -- some of these windows are out farther were you w

i have not received any information on the back stairs. i am concerned about the lead paint because those exist. we have not been informed about anything regarding that. i do not know if we need to move out of the building or not when the back of it is demolished. i am in the dark about that problem. i concern is priorities. and doing the right thing. >> is there any other public comment? we will move into rebuttal. >> i do not have a rebuttal. i have to agree that it is a case of priorities and doing the right thing. this picture was taken today. the drawings they will use, i would think that a lot of things have changed in 10 years and perhaps -- this is a typical thing. why not take a new look at it. there may be new technology we can use. it is a typical measure, do the cheapest thing or nothing at all to her bathroom. this is how it is today. i am not against putting in the stairs but other things can be remedied first and should be. this is proper and the right and nice thing to do. >> the contract we have with our contractor include

in a smoke filled stair tower.nd you get into the stairway, the doors close which themselves. that's -- by themselves. that's why we don't let people put door stops. can't use door stops. the door closes and the stairway is pressurized. so rather than sucking any smoke in it's actually pushing smoke out of the stairway. >> in this building, the stairs go out past the plaza and down one more level down and then exit out around the perimeter on exit stairs, over on the corner of kearny and pine you'll see the exit stairs. so the exiting of the design of this building was well thought out. >> and an exit is something that takes you to the street. it just doesn't take you to the lobby. an exit has to get you to the public right-of-way. right sergeant? do we have any questions about building structure of a steel-framed blt? so the question is shouldn't all the fire protection ratings be uniform? >> the general concept is, you want to protect at a higher level, critical elements. the critical element is the column. >> ho

the stair going into the upper stair was added. in 1920, a garage was added to it. the house was probably lifted up to do that. this area down below was also modified. the point is that this building is not original to what it was. since this picture was taken shortly after i bought the house in 1995, the front stairs have deteriorated significantly so the have to be replaced. i went to the planning department to discuss replacing the stairs. right now, they do not meet any kind of code. they are too narrow. the handrails are too low. they are way too steep. the landings do not meet code. they are unsafe. i am an architect. i like to design things. i wanted to modify this stair so it would meet code and work better, and i think compliment the building better. at the time, when i had discussions with the preservation staff, i was told "if you are going to change the stair, even though is not original to the building, you have to go through an eir process. you have to go before this body to get a conditional use approval." which would take what might be a $30,000 proj

every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did not allow a gust to drive her to the louve. she did not pause to look at me when i went to the gallery wearing a new shirt. nor did she take meals to my families. sometimes this was the best. at the dinner table my parents argued. father had been unsuccessful in keeping the newspapers from others. she practiced less and less. germany

but here it is this shows exactly where the shaping configuration of the stairs is. so we have a set of the most current inborn or sand born map's behind the planning department counter that will be happy to make or let you look at them and make copies of them there's a free copy machine. i've seen the old ones. not in the last year or two, do you know where they are? >> the series four books are on the sixth floor of the san francisco public library and early series are micro film also from the library. if you belong to a library in another jurisdiction like san jose or oakland they might have subscriptions for their area and that might extend -- they have maybe all california map's. >> do you know where the ariel services are and where. >> the planning department has three that are as of yet unconserved. >> what does that mean. >> we have not had the time or resources to digitize them. they're very large. more than this book here. they're about 32 inches square and cover the whole city in 1948 to 1950, somewhere in the mid 50s or 60's. >> to go on the resources tha

saddy staired at her feet. i saw this fancy woman once madison said. he put his arm around her sister and guided her along the path. she took all the feeling from a man's toes. she gave him a foot rub. when she got to the toes she put them in her mouth. saddy squinted at her brother. it's true. one by one she sucked them and they were dirty. but when she was done you know what? the man started hollering he says, i cannot feel my toes. he jumps up and waddels like a turkey. he didn't know he didn't have any toes anymore. madison grinned the woman was a witch much the fields were soft to the touch. all the way home madison told his sister about the witches and the world. when the saudi came to view he stopped talking the door was open the inside shadowy. there was no one in sight but he could hear his sister in law kth rin talking to blue flies. madison tucked his chin as if against the weather. something about the air felt dense. something felt like pushing against water on a flooded plain. well, a lot happens between now and the next morning i will sum

planning department to discuss replacing the stairs. right now, they do not meet any kind of code. they are too narrow. the handrails are too low. they are way too steep. the landings do not meet code. they are unsafe. i am an architect. i like to design things. i wanted to modify this stair so it would meet code and work better, and i think compliment the building better. at the time, when i had discussions with the preservation staff, i was told "if you are going to change the stair, even though is not original to the building, you have to go through an eir process. you have to go before this body to get a conditional use approval." which would take what might be a $30,000 project and turn it into an $80,000 project. it becomes economically a hardship for me to do that. i am here before you not to talk about the specifics of the proposed amendments, but just to in general talk about the process. i am an architect and i am a preservationist. i belong to the national trust for historic preservation. and i do support preservation of historic resources. but when everything becomes pr

how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure many of you have seen or heard regularly in the news. my father came from iran so every time i see those headlines and get an article in my e mail i have this moment of panic thinking about my family members in iran who mig

the stair going into the upper stair was added. in 1920, a garage was added to it. the house was probably lifted up to do that. this area down below was also modified. the point is that this building is not original to what it was. since this picture was taken shortly after i bought the house in 1995, the front stairs have deteriorated significantly so the have to be replaced.

stairs, as mentioned in any other scheme. in this case there is a southern external type about talk about in a moment about why we had to do that. on this second floor the yellow color is the assembly. we have dominated these steps, ramping down from a practicality standpoint and lowering this middle section to a floor section so that there is another ramp or, where there is currently a ramp in the middle, we have lowered that structurally so that it is all on one level to make the practical for usability and from the standpoint of accessibility. so, 4500 square feet of assembly space. 12,000 square feet of office space. one of the significant differences on this one is as you have this assembly space, there are more occupants in a requirement for more bathroom fixtures. one other thing is on the right here. have added a second means of egress from this space because we exceeded the allowable path. looking at a comparison to the previous space, but this blue space is much smaller. it all has to do with the trade up -- trade-o

the race includes 86 flights of stairs in the 80-year-old sky scraper. the winner made it to the observatory deck in 10 minutes, 28 seconds. i have actually done one of these races in boston. they're grueling! >> i'm sure they are. >> especially when people are passing you going up the stairs. and you're like oh, my god. >> guess from napping to stairclimbing. >>> it is getting a lot of attention on the internet, videos supposedly of ireland's version of the lock necessary monster. the foodage shows a creature swimming into the stream of a river with a winding and twisting motion: the creature is known as lagarfljotsormurinn. how did i do? >> pretty good. >> it's a river worm. well known in icelandic folklore first mentioned in 1345. lagarfljotsormurinn. >>> it is 4:57. he is making a name for himself. >> the bay area athlete stealing the show in new york. and a reality check for state lawmakers. the new measure to make sure they get things done on time this year. >>> a wanted man and a police officer both injured in the middle of the intersection in the

once outside, we were immediately unable to locate the stairs, as we had taken the elevators to get on deck three. there were dim emergency lights indicating the stairs, and we climbed six familiars to our room on deck nine to get to our room without light. somehow we did manage to get to our rooms, holding the guardrails, very much exhausted and panicked. as we were getting to our room, there were constant announcements of the same message. "ladies and gentlemen, everything is under control at this point and it seems to be a generator failure. please stay calm and wait for further instructions and be cooperative." what caught our attention was that all of the announcements were made on behalf of the captain and never once did we hear the captain speak. however, there was a sense of panic in the announcer's voice that kept making the announcement. finally, we did manage to get our door unlocked using our card key after several failed attempts. the room had no light and it was extremely dark. i stumbled upon a few things that had fallen on the floor. at that time, my husband decided to

people were sitting on the stairs closer to deck four. we went ahead and stood closer to a lifeboat. at this point there were three or four crew members trying to keep the crowd away from the boats. there is no communication as to when they would allow us to get on the lifeboat or what we are supposed to do. the time now is 10:30 p.m. and one of the crew members came and practically gave us the same instructions urging us to go back to our rooms and wait for further instructions and everything is under control. >> divya sharma, accident survivor. this is c-span radio's "washington today." >> with more on the hearing before the house transportation and infrastructure committee we are joined by keith lang. he's following the newspaper for the hill newspaper. thank you very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this hearing on the heels of the accident off the coast of italy on the costa concordia. what about the u.s. cruise line industry. any safety concerns overall? >> there were a lot of assurances given in today's hearing f

he staired hard. the voices around him falling silent. one man said quietly, is that what you're waiting for? what does it mean, sir? he held up a hand, said nothing, waited. he saw now a second speck. a second lantern like two small eyes in the dark staring out toward him in the cold moonli t moonlight. he felt a great burst of energy, climbed the horse. it means, gentlemen, you have best advice your men here to stand away. with all respect of you, sir, this is not a fight you won. you could have several hundred soldiers landing on your shore. two lights. the signal that the british are coming this way by water. the moonlight opened the roads in front of him. a wide bright path. the hor took his command and did not hesitate. together they pushed past farmhouses, each hearing the quick shout to ride and be ready. doors opened, window curtains were pulled back. farmers and villagers coming away from the sharp call with the great force of soldiers was marching their way. as he passed, each house rolled in the light. mus kedz were pulled dow

to have fire escapes if they can show reasonable standard for why they cannot put in a conforming stairy. fire escapes are essentially providing a legal second stairway. it's not quite a second stairway. that's 60 to 70 degrees. the fire department does to the agree and the more hazardous. >> if it was built, we allow you to maintain them. >> speaking of maintenance. we will get to maintenance later. we have people that do fire escape maintenance. going back to talking about the elements, we have access to the fire escape and then we have a fire escape balcony, they need a balcony to get access. you don't climb out directly on to a ladder. for one and 2 family dwellings, but there are very few of them. we had an exception under there for no balconies. they are almost always required >> jomes are not allowed. they are pole ladders and they open up into a vertical ladder, their product lists doesn't require a balcony. we made a decision that is not even close to provide equivalency to a stairway. how many people. >> yeah, we have a question over here >> what year was this law changes and

more than 700 runners made the 86 story stair climb. i'm out of breath just saying it. that ends on the famous observation deck. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist todd san tows with your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning, lynn. basically the length of a cruise ship you're running straight up. >> but that is faster. you're running up and why i have an elevator. >> and passing people might be interest on the stairs. >>> if you're run in eastern pennsylvania and northern new jersey, slick spots out there. not big time snow yesterday but as we are talking about that one-inch coating enough to wipe off your car this morning too. so leave extra time for those areas. i-80 slick early on. a few areas, take a closer look in there dealing with a few light flurries. the real change this weekend that line of clouds there north of the border there is a frontal boundary in there moving to the south and trigger snow showers in and around chicago and lake effect as you work into tomorrow and the weekend that brings muc

as you progress down the stair, we want to keep in mind where we are.t is a place where we are broadcasting sports. it is a fun space. it is a space that is not a sleek, modern office. some of the touches is there is a scoreboard. you see the scoreboard that pays homage to the advance where we are broadcasting but it gives you an -- up-to-date scores of what is happening, what will be on tv, what is planning live in the studio. -- playing live in the studio. as we wrap down the staircase, this is something that is in the west coast, so we wanted to go straight through. a lot of the inspiration is based on the great outdoors. what you see here is black lines, representative of cable, steel rods that come down. that idea out of walking down next to a waterfall is something we wanted to mimic. as you walk down the staircase, there's the sharing of the lights, the material that you can rub your hands next year. on the right side, you will see our interpretation of what it would feel like to walk next to a waterfall. you have a reconstituted would wall. if y

that burglar forced him at gun point and shot him as he deincidented the stairs. -- descended the stairs. >> reporter: even though the bullet entered the back of the man's neck and exited through his face, he was still able to dial 911. a few hours later officers spotted bradford steven holup, dressed in camouflage as he jumped in a car a few blocks away and they arrested him. police can't slay if holup is responsible for any of the other burglaries. neighbors are beefing up security, unwilling to take any chances. >> it was disturbing to say the least. i have a 21-year-old and 23-year-old who are out that time of the night and come home. we also live right around the corner. >> reporter: in towson, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> police found one of the victim's credit cards in holup's pockets. he is being held on attempted murder and burglary. >>> anne arundel police said one man tried to run over security and police at the anne arundel -- -- arundel mills mall. he police officers tried to stop him. collins didn't hit anyone or anything. he was eventually stopped and arrested in severn. >>>

i like the fact they painted these stairs red. >> right. >> giving it some presence. harvey, you were saying you like this. >> i like the graphic expression to these things. there was some disagreement. >> i am not wildly about this. >> alan. >> i think all of the recessed openings are examples of things with won't see much more of, because the owners have so many problems with transients sleeping in them and that sort of thing. >> interesting you should bring that up. >> let's go to that area of our slideshow, because we only have ten minutes left and we want to cover that. you are right, richard, people are putting grates and grills everywhere. these must a propertiline wall that is not perpendicular. >> it's not columbus avenue and it's typical of every door on the street. >> this, just one of my favorite pieces of serendipitous--this is art. >> i don't think it's serendipitous. someone really carefully-- >> they didn't think how to accentuate the entryway. the meters are all replace, all brand new electrical meters and whoever, ran them over the main entry and ter

. >> how is the width of the stairs, the fire escape? >> okay. we've got a question. how do we determine the width with of the fire escape stairs >> i think it's 18 inches >> ladders shall not be let's than 18 inches >> if someone was applying for a permit. we would like at the occupant load and how many people are going to have to use this, and the building code has a table for calculating. i think we would look at home people would using it. >> every fire escape balcony 18 inches. >> i wanted to talk to the about the stand pipe. >> tell us what we got here. >> this is a dry stamp pipe. typically, the fire engine would stop here and hook up here. so on any floor, whichever floor, we can have water. like i say, this is even better than going to the building. our guy does a good job and makes sure the balcony is stable. it's so much nicer to be outside. you yell at the guy. we need more water and pressure. in my eyes, it's a better system. this one here is dry. some of them are wet. >> what's the difference between wet and dry? >> wet would be connected to the water sy

the older stairs some have concrete. those are areas that will need maintenance. >> especially where concrete or stone abuts wood ask they have different shrinkage rates. you will see a crack that needs to be addressed calked or flashed. >> spend money on the waterproofing details because if you spend that little investment in extra waterproofing and better flashing it's a gift that deep keeps on giving it's something you will not spend later. we took rotting pin flashings off the buildings. >> galvanizing lasts a long time but it will get old. we use copper and steel. the price is neg ot a big investment. >> reasonable maintenance spend the money on appropriate materials. and pay attention to panlt. all the expense in paints is in the prep and the application. it's not in the cost of the paint itself. don't look for cheap paint. we will save 5 bucks a gallon after you spend thouz annasands you get cheap paint. >> i have a brick chimney. i tried to raise the chimney back to the roof diaphragms. what experience you have o

and climbed seven flights of stairs to room 708. she approached the room with the manager who unlocked the door after numerous attempts to get the occupant to do so. she entered the studio apartment and saw the suspect line on the bed to the left of the door. his arms were behind his head. she saw the wooden handle of a gun on the floor was littered with clothing and garbage. she approached the bed with her gun drawn. she picked up his weapon and back away from the suspect. she backed approximately 10 feet while never taking her eyes off of the suspect. fearing a physical confrontation, she placed the unloaded large caliber revolvers with a 9 inch barrel on a chair behind her while keeping her eyes on the suspect. the suspect jumped up from the bed and screamed that he was part of the secret service, part of the cia. he repeatedly stated that she was going to shoot her -- him today. he ignored her verbal commands to get down on the floor. the officer called for a code three backup unit and attempted to calm the suspect. she instruct

they're making their way down the stairs. this is a free concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of "i left my heart in san francisco." bennett debuted the song at the fairmont hotel in 1961 here in san francisco. he recorded the original version of it the following year. the plan for this concert this afternoon is to have various groups from the san francisco boys choir to the san francisco symphony, to beach blanket babylon perform, definite renditions of this song. then the idea is at the end of it all, everyone will join in and sing along with tony bennett and sing the original version of the song together. earlier today we talked with the mayor and asked him about the goal of this tribute. here's what he said. >> we have an opportunity to present him with accolades of 50 years of wonderful song mastery, not only the song but i think our city is shining at this moment. it's valentine's day. what can you do? >> reporter: if you come back out here live, i don't know if you can hear us now, right now looki

which was a bordello, you would have come in through this door and then you would have gone up the stairsd when you got to the top of the stairs, there would have been a counter there and you would have checked in at that point. we're now in the interior of what would have been the dixie hotel, the operations floor. at one time this was just a series of hotel rooms with a long hall and there were also living quarters for rita ainsworth, the proprietor of the dixie. she sent her daughter off to the exclusive catholic school and she didn't want her to know what she did for a living. she didn't know until she was in high school that her mother ran a bordello. she had an efficient system set up t privacy in that there was a system of locks and bells. and when a patron came in to go st oto onethe room doors were locked until he was safely inside the room with the girl. and this was to -- in order that no other people might come out of the hotel room when he was going in. so that these people did not see each other and didn't have to acknowledge each other's presence in the hotel. tom james was

> right but look at that. >> 94 flights. >> you know what i get winded carrying the laundry up my stairs at home right? other people are like yes >> i understand absolutely. >> coming up wjz eyewitness news at 4, death toll rises and criminal probe widens. >>> confiscated items at discounted prices bwi travelers may find their own items taken by airport security >> it is a gorgeous monday afternoon sun and a few clouds get your updated first warning weather forecast. >> wjz 13 is always on, on wjz.com instant updates and first warning weather all the time click wjz.com >>> i mean what can we say we don't have words. >> trying to come up with new words how warm and amazing this winter has been >> i know. >> once again, colder air briefly over the weekend. >>> this must be what it is like when you live like in california, the weather is always consistent and nice so they must just say another beautiful day. >> it is more like that it really is you haven't seen much of winter take a look today, where we topped out 60s once again, way above average our average 48 degrees, hit 64, we started

and when you got to the top of the stories, -- top of the stairs, there would have been a counter there and you would have checked in at that point. we're now in the interior of what would have been the dixie hotel, the operations floor. at one time this was just a series of hotel rooms with a long hall and there were also living quarters for rita haynesworth, the