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I love the angle of the shot. Feels all twisty.
Lynne
Sat 07-01-2006
i think those arent bricks... i dont know the name in english but in portuguese are called "azulejos" or "mosaicos" maybe the translation is mosaic .
Jmack
Sat 07-01-2006
Shiny-type bricks! Whee.
Navi
Sat 07-01-2006
What IS the name for those high-glaze bricks? They aren't really "tile." Dunno . . . .
Lynne
Sat 07-01-2006
Wow, too bad such beauty is wasting away!
Peat Moss
Sat 07-01-2006
I think they might be just tile and grout, no? Like subway tile?

Dang Lynnie now you made me all twisty.....
Jude
Sat 07-01-2006
Seen in lots of institutions for ward and run areas. Tough low maintenance stuff. Concrete masonry type with a baked-on acrylic coating is usually referred to as "glazed block." Another kind is a kiln-fired ceramic finish usually referred to as "structural glazed tile." Guts and blood wipe right off.
autoguy
Sat 07-01-2006
Good grief. :-(
Jude
Sun 07-02-2006
Motts, how did you get the lighting at the stairs? It almost looks like bracked&blend but I believe you said on the forum that you didn't use that technique.
bas
Sun 07-02-2006
I mentioned I don't use HDR, a program that blends the shots together for you.
Motts
Sun 07-02-2006
But suddenly the yellow brick road turned and twisted. Forced to walk up the wall, to stay on and follow it, Dorothy and company knew their trip had now taken a bizarre turn of events...
Ladyhawke04008
Sun 07-02-2006
Lovely stairway shot; almost looks new.
Nancy
Mon 07-03-2006
Good ol Glazed Brick... This stuff will outlast anything and still look good...
Bill_Romjue
Mon 07-03-2006
this area looks almost brand new!
Joe
Tue 07-04-2006
Why is there brick shiny tile halfway up the wall going up the stairs? And the wall...?
Sam
Wed 07-05-2006
For dirty handprints - makes it easier to clean.
Lynne
Wed 07-05-2006
That makes sense, thanks Lynne. =)


You are SO my idol.
Sam
Wed 07-05-2006
Some schools do this for ease of cleaning as well. Imagine hundreds of grimey childrens hands touching a regular wall every day! The horror of the clean up! My Dad is the head of maintenance at a school system and this is always a problem at the elementary school. They repaint over Christmas break and over Summer break.
reddll
Wed 07-05-2006
Sam - Ack! Feet of clay! Feet of clay! =8-o
Lynne
Wed 07-05-2006
Every time i see it, i love your work more and more.
Viveka
Tue 07-18-2006
those shiny bricks really detract from the beauty of those stairs
Elevator hater
Wed 09-20-2006
...something "hopeful" about this shot...
Dixinites
Thu 12-14-2006
this takes me back to that cut class spot in jr high
gangsta jedi
Wed 03-14-2007
could this be that illusuve stairway to HEAVEN
nevernore
Tue 04-03-2007
Love the gleam off the glazed blocks and the angle!
Amazed
Fri 02-22-2008
it's mentel. a real person. a prison'ers life? im like her, if she touch'ez him again. oh dont try; if you know me. it is stated, are you? are you truly looking at me? one up and shes' on it, the .A>C>F what's a foot or a sock got to do with love?
shes' artsie
Mon 05-12-2008
they R 'tiles' on the wall and bricks , but the angle makes them look lke bricks =]
awesomeness =D
sarah
Mon 12-01-2008
They are glazed wall tiles!! LOL! oh and this pic is weird as it looks quite clean!!
John
Wed 04-22-2009
haha it reminds me of the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic :)
Tunny
Wed 12-15-2010
They aint tiles - they are bricks - I went to the site when it was being demolished . you walked to the bottom of a stairwell like this one and there was a mountain of those bricks and rubble - . loads of new houses being built there now , in " victorian style " . But there are 2 blocks still standing that " may" be left and converted
Juicy fruit
Sat 04-14-2012
Wow my school was like that, not just up the stairs, all round the school
lost soul
Sat 04-14-2012
Wow my school was like that, not just up the stairs, all round the school
lost soul
Sat 04-14-2012
Sorry :) don't know how that happen
lost soul
Sat 04-14-2012
Aw no,they ripped it down? I was really hoping to go since it's not too far from me.
natStarr
Mon 06-25-2012

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