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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel previously wrote about the stairwell and the non-public hallway on the sixth floor of the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
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John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Crew members rushed about, tending to the set’s various optical illusions, which included an Escher-like maze of stairwells, some real, some painted on a matte board, and two performers, playing Chinese folk music, who on closer inspection turned out to be a pair of paper cutouts.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Custom dégradé wallpaper covers the stairwell.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
That stretch -- which ties a record set in 2015 -- was ended when a 38-year-old man was shot and killed in the stairwell of a city-run apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday night.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
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John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Crew members rushed about, tending to the set’s various optical illusions, which included an Escher-like maze of stairwells, some real, some painted on a matte board, and two performers, playing Chinese folk music, who on closer inspection turned out to be a pair of paper cutouts.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Custom dégradé wallpaper covers the stairwell.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
That stretch -- which ties a record set in 2015 -- was ended when a 38-year-old man was shot and killed in the stairwell of a city-run apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday night.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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