tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post8355259151275974522..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Steps from Here to There -- and NowhereGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-70781215083206817912008-06-21T20:39:00.000-07:002008-06-21T20:39:00.000-07:00zhoen -- I'd like either to own that fanciful stai...zhoen -- I'd like either to own that fanciful stairway to climb every day, perhaps to greet the sun or maybe the moon. On the other hand, wouldn't it be grand to live atop one of those huge storage tanks, accessible only by the staircase that spirals up the side. Welcome!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-69531221062511645652008-06-21T15:16:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:16:00.000-07:00The last stair-art is amazing. The whole series is...The last stair-art is amazing. The whole series is grandly sweeping. <BR/><BR/>I keep thinking of Winnie-the-Pooh thump, thump, thumping down the stairs.<BR/><BR/>Or how about Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise'?Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-34639189110861830312008-06-11T20:43:00.000-07:002008-06-11T20:43:00.000-07:00Granny: How cool! Thanks for sharing the stair p...Granny: How cool! Thanks for sharing the stair pictures!David Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911659395199515350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-77984755100751025302008-06-11T18:58:00.000-07:002008-06-11T18:58:00.000-07:00Cat-A -- I'll be glad to take it up in person lat...Cat-A -- I'll be glad to take it up in person later this summer!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-86659242889900342812008-06-11T15:27:00.000-07:002008-06-11T15:27:00.000-07:00Since the "bridge to nowhere" got scrapped, maybe ...Since the "bridge to nowhere" got scrapped, maybe Alaskans who favored it would like your staircase to nowhere! ;><BR/><BR/>Great pictures, GJ.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-1998216925010364662008-06-11T13:00:00.000-07:002008-06-11T13:00:00.000-07:00qd -- Ponderosa Park is quite full of quirky thing...qd -- Ponderosa Park is quite full of quirky things to photograph. I'd love to spend a couple of days wandering about there.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-71791103142581004092008-06-11T12:59:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:59:00.000-07:00boonie -- you are so right about steep & narrow st...boonie -- you are so right about steep & narrow stairways in downtown Prescott -- I've seen several of them. Thanks for more musical education!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-14330336404576576332008-06-11T12:48:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:48:00.000-07:00I'm glad you showed a spiral stairway going up the...I'm glad you showed a spiral stairway going up the storage cylinder. I've always loved those things.<BR/><BR/>As long as we're remembering old broadway songs, how about "Up a Steep and Narrow Stairway," from the "Chorus Line."<BR/><BR/>I'll bet there are a couple of those in downtown Prescott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-1355937120593704442008-06-11T12:24:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:24:00.000-07:00What a coincidence. I was just in Prescott last ...What a coincidence. I was just in Prescott last weekend taking photos of stairs and pathways I saw in Ponderosa Park. Nothing compared to yours of course but still kind of funny.quilteddogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810124179760201886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-53640659340525134622008-06-11T11:31:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:31:00.000-07:00Oh dear, Stitch -- my age is really showing! The t...Oh dear, Stitch -- my age is really showing! The tune running through my head is "Stairway to the Stars:, a Glenn Miller hit; the Bing Crosby item is "Pennies from Heaven". Took a bit of time with The Google to get my head straightened out!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-61869600303741046062008-06-11T10:55:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:55:00.000-07:00Wonderful flight of fanciful steps.Stairway to Hea...Wonderful flight of fanciful steps.<BR/>Stairway to Heaven was a Led Zep song, later re-hashed (and I use that word advisedly) by Rolf Harris.<BR/>All together now...stitchworthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827825336666824765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-73454366905426573552008-06-11T10:25:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:25:00.000-07:00steve -- actually, after looking more closely at t...steve -- actually, after looking more closely at the timber, I would guess that it never saw a choochoo but was installed new from the garden center or lumber yard. <BR/><BR/>anon av -- I find only the faux RR tie steps to be in the ordinary category; never before had I seen stairs incorporated into a hillside driveway which is why I took the pix. As for the stairs up the tanks, I've always wanted to climb them whenever I saw them, tho they seemed somehow a bit mysterious and scary.<BR/><BR/>windy -- thank you kindly. Glad you enjoyed.<BR/><BR/>mark -- certainly I remember that one. Bing? As for the fanciful flight, I would put it on the deck of my mighty schooner.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-85950286929143610862008-06-11T09:57:00.000-07:002008-06-11T09:57:00.000-07:00"Stairway to heaven" do you know of the song? The..."Stairway to heaven" do you know of the song? <BR/>The last one is a work of art. I must build one some day, from which to overlook my domain...<BR/>Mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-35548335111669190152008-06-11T07:20:00.000-07:002008-06-11T07:20:00.000-07:00Great blog!Great blog!Changes in the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06942797186537814864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-89650131520843071212008-06-11T07:06:00.000-07:002008-06-11T07:06:00.000-07:00Wow, Granny J, your photos make ordinary stairs/st...Wow, Granny J, your photos make ordinary stairs/steps look so elegant.<BR/><BR/>Kudos to you!<BR/><BR/>~Anon in AV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-18429759468474008352008-06-11T00:25:00.000-07:002008-06-11T00:25:00.000-07:00Using old railroad ties is kind of neat, but I won...Using old railroad ties is kind of neat, but I wonder how long before the wood needs replacing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com