stairwell
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We’re hunkered down in a dark stairwell on the side of a hotel facing a busy street in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
We have to imagine, for instance, Ron DiFrancesco riding a broken slab of drywall down a flaming stairwell and becoming the last known person to escape the South Tower before it collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Firefighters said it hit the building's stairwell, potentially avoiding more casualties.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
On weekends, sometimes a jazz band performs behind the stairwell and revelers dance in the eaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
He’s nearly to the first stairwell when a screech startles him.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
He whistles in the car, on the street, and up and down stairwells, where he appreciates the “great acoustics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
"They pulled many residents out of the building via windows, doors, stuck in stairwells, stuck in elevator shafts."
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Splitting into two groups, the police ran up either side of the building seeking to catch dealers in the stairwells.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
That’s all on top of the strict fire-prevention standards already required of mid-rise apartment buildings: alarm systems, fire-rated walls around stairwells, doors that are set to close automatically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025
I found stairwells leading down as well as up.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
