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A 55-year-old Des Plaines man was ticketed for public intoxication June 28 after police said he was found in the stairwell of an apartment building in the 8800 block of Cumberland Avenue with a head injury due to a fall.
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Grace Kelly’s mysterious silhouette in another romantic Hitchcock thriller, To Catch a Thief, inspired Nicole Kidman’s foreboding, candlelit presence in the doorways and stairwells of the girls’ school.
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For example, the Grenfell building had only one stairwell.
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For example, the Grenfell building had only one stairwell.
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The floor plan of the kitchen — long and narrow and divided by a stairwell to the basement — was not going to work for this active family who was used to doing life around a big kitchen island.
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Hundreds of residents, many of whom were asleep when the blaze broke out, were forced to flee over the coming hours down a cramped, dark and smoky stairwell — the building’s only escape route.
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The BBC added that issues likely to be investigated include why fire alarms didn’t go off, why the building had few sprinklers, and the fact a building the size of Grenfell Tower had only one stairwell.
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Hundreds of other residents, many who had been asleep when the blaze broke out shortly before 1 a.m., were forced to flee down dark and smoky stairwells.
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First Known Use of stairwell
1920
STAIRWELL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of stairwell for English Language Learners
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: a space in a building where stairs are located
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