Bisbee Stairway
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Bisbee Stairway
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A beautiful metal staircase leads up through brick walls in Bisbee, Arizona, home of the Bisbee 1000.
Unique to Bisbee is a system of old and deteriorating stairways that course through its picturesque hills, affording views of the town's quaint houses and colorful gardens. The stairways originally followed the mule paths worn into the terrain during the heyday of Bisbee's copper mining past. To put men back to work during the Great Depression, the Work Projects Administration (WPA) had overseen building of the stairs over those same pathways.
Bisbee 1000 The Great Stair Climb is the only outdoor stair climb in the U.S. and is arguably one of the most unusual and challenging events in the world. The 4.5-mile course features nine staircases (over 1000 total steps) connected by winding roads, with a total course elevation gain/loss of about 1175 feet.
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September 3rd, 2020
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Comments (31)
Lesley Evered
I love the patterns on this stairway Jurgen but it looks very steep and far too enclosed ..not one for the feint hearted I think. Voted for in the Steps Minimalism contest
Jordan Hill
Congratulations your photograph has been featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' You are invited to post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive.
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS your SPECTACULAR image has been FEATURED on the HOME PAGE of SHOWCASING THE SOUTH GROUP. Please add this to the discussion 2021 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” L Thank you for participating in the group.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 3/03/2021! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits! l/f
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