A photo essay.
They’re there, meaning they’re ’round.
They’re square, and other shapes.
They’re fair, because they’re shapely.
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They’re bare, because they’re used.
They’re rare, for being both grand and useful.
They’re stairs—some of New Haven’s grander examples—and they’re worthy of stares.
They’re Where?
1, 4, 8. Yale University Art Gallery.
2. Ives Main Library.
3. Yale School of Architecture.
5, 7. Woolsey Hall.
6. City Hall.
Written and photographed by Dan Mims.