Spanish Steps, Kalorama, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, none of the huffing and puffing, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53335651417
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Captured with the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-S lens and Phase One IQ4-150 Achromatic Back, polarizer+590nm (red) filter.
Washington DC is not a city of many notable inclines, and so lacks the proliferation of “step streets” found in places like Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and The Bronx. Most famous are Georgetown’s Exorcist Steps (so named for the fatal effect they have on members of that profession), and, shown here, Kalorama’s Spanish Steps, which occupy 22nd St NW between S and Decatur.
@mattblaze@federate.social That is an amazingly fancy set of steps. :blobCat_aww:
Most of the Pittsburgh step streets are just wide enough for two to pass each other. Many snake back and forth like mountain roads. But they do have handrails.
