'Sustainable' stairways, Italy vs. suburban Seattle

Crosscut writer and land-use attorney Chuck Wolfe captures the contrast through his camera lens.
by / February 24, 2010
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Crosscut writer and land-use attorney Chuck Wolfe captures the contrast through his camera lens.

Italian stairways in Conversano, Vernazza, and between Atrani and Ravello meet their distant cousin, the 'ꀜgreened up'ꀝ suburban escalator, at Bellevue Square. What will they say to one another? Which is Led Zepplin'ꀙs 'ꀜStairway to Heaven,'ꀝ and why?

  

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Chuck Wolfe

Chuck Wolfe

Chuck Wolfe provides a unique perspective about cities as a London-based urbanist writer, photographer, land use consultant and former Seattle land use and environmental attorney.