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Secret Staircases

99% Invisible

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How to Find a Public Staircase

Mapping the stairs and making all the routes to connect them took Charles more than three years. By the end of it he had recorded routes that use 400 public staircases. These little slices of land often snake between houses and yards. It's exploring getting really close to someone's yard and house without actually trespassing. But not everyone loves that these stairs are public.

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