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"First of all," says [Stepanek], "the building had no foundation." It had been built, as many were, with redwood-heart boards laid across sand. "But everything had shifted just enough over time that I knew if we didn't make a solid foundation the doors would eventually not swing evenly and the windows could pop out."
"With every professional attention to the letter of the codes, Mr. Meroney discovered the answer for us," says Stepanek. "We were allowed to build a matching staircase over the original. That way, if the historically valuable one was ever needed, it was still there." Today, that side door on [Dolores] suggests the romance of European staircases leading to worlds unseen from the street.See the full content of this document
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History in Stone
Destiny may seem a strange concept when discussing buildings, but the structure on the northeast corner of Ocean and Dolores is living out a privileged ordination. Steadily fo...
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