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Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center

Stairwell: Trapped In The World Trade Center was written, produced and directed by New York City filmmaker Jonathan M. Parisen.


Crash bar

Following the events of the Victoria Hall disaster in Sunderland, England in 1883 in which more than 180 children died because a door had been bolted at the bottom of a stairwell, the British government began legal moves to enforce minimum standards for building safety.

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

The album was recorded at Wave Lab Studios in Tucson, Arizona, except the beginning of "John Saw That Number", which was recorded in a stairwell at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern; and "At Last", which was tracked at Toronto's Iguana studio.

Manhattan Design

Seibert and partner Alan Goodman wanted the "TV" redesigned, and Olinsky took a large version of the "M" into the studio stairwell, spray painted a graffiti-style "TV" on it, and presented it, paint drips and all, to the network.

Regent Centre Interchange

The car park stairwell also features a mural called Have You Paid and Displayed? created by Nic Armstrong.

Ruthmere Mansion

In the hallway are a doll collection, a grandfather clock and art hanging on the walls and stairwell, including The Lost Profile by William Morris Hunt, a portrait of the painters' wife, and a self-portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse.

William Rockhill Nelson

In one legendary encounter, Kansas City Mayor Joseph J. Davenport was thrown down a stairwell at the Star building by editors (including William Allen White) when he was believed to have physically threatened Nelson.


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