i watched an interesting special the other night about the mysteries surrounding the building of the Loretto Staircase. the question was posed, but never answered. could the staircase be duplicated today, with our modern advances?
Hmmm, what an interesting question. I haven’t the faintest idea. Can you supply a graphic so we can get an idea? If not, just a discription will work.
For more information, try this link:
“http://www.csicop.org/si/9811/i-files.html”
The Prince: “Did you kill Jahamaraj Jah?”
Lady: “Yes.”
The Prince: “My Gods! Why?”
Lady: “His existence offended me.”
Oops - I guess I don’t know enough as to how to make a link properly. Oh well, you can copy and paste.
The Prince: “Did you kill Jahamaraj Jah?”
Lady: “Yes.”
The Prince: “My Gods! Why?”
Lady: “His existence offended me.”
Okay, it’s my twin sister asking this. But, why can’t anyone respond with an answer that makes any sense? It’s a legitimate query.
Hi twin - I guess I missed the link some gentlman sent you to. I suggest you try it for the information. love, b
Well, ms. smarty pants, if you’ll go to the link graciously provided by Anthracite, you’ll find the answer to your “twin sister”'s inane query.
Peace,
mangeorge
I only know two things;
I know what I need to know
And
I know what I want to know
Mangeorge, 2000
And for a less skeptical viewpoint, try:
“http://www.nmia.com/~paulos/loretto.html”
The Prince: “Did you kill Jahamaraj Jah?”
Lady: “Yes.”
The Prince: “My Gods! Why?”
Lady: “His existence offended me.”
Wow. And they named it after ME.
“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo
I think I saw the same special. But didn’t it say near the end that they now have a pretty good idea of who did the staircase? (I don’t remember his name.) As I recall, he constructed it instead of working on some other project which he was being paid for. A pretty good reason to remain anonymous.
The program even showed newspaper clippings of reports of his death.
“No,” he replied, and smiled seraphically, as was his wont.
Look, honey, we can supply answers to the most obscure questions in the universe but you’re gonna have to give us more than an hour and a half.
What are we, LensCrafters now?
Gypsy: Tom, I don’t get you.
Tom Servo: Nobody does. I’m the wind, baby.
we tried both web addresses listed in the responses to your query & found no one home! Would there be a recommended introduction to this subject for one who missed the broadcast? & hi d
& we just found a site w/ the right info to start an investigation- Brittanica.com…many promising clues! hey beej!!
Hi -just came across this. I did visit New Mexico some years ago, and I read about this staircase. I even saw it. It is quite exceptional, being self-supporting. The brochure I read makes an interesting claim-that the wood used is not native to N. America. Has this been proven?
Here’s the staircase in full color-- I took this picture when I visited in 1998. Strangely enough, the building is now privately owned-- I wonder what would have prompted the church to sell it. When I was there the room was quite crowded and there was a really loud audio program playing-- it kind of ruined the church-like ambience.
But it’s still worth a visit (and the buck or two admission fee) if you’re ever in Santa Fe.
malden
Oh, it doesn’t have a support pole? So much for that building in Toronto that claims to have the world’s first such staircase, then.
There is a hidden support that attaches to the balcony, and when it was originally built it had no railing, that was added later. I think (but I’m not entirely sure) I read and saw this in Smithsonian, but it may have been on the the broadcast special.
Well, whether or not it’s a miracle, it’s quite a graceful piece of architecture at any rate.