spiral staircase in Santa Fe
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In a message dated 1/7/02 10:57:28 PM Mountain Standard Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had (without much detail in there)
that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a staircase for some
nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of spiral steps.
I don't know why he left town so quickly. I don't think the diary said. The
tradition used to be that it was St. Joseph and he left when the staircase
was done. But the bare story was that the builder "disappeared without a
trace, and without asking for payment."
I wonder if he didn't get into some poker game trouble or offend some young
girl's daddy. It's a mystery.
Sandra
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starsuncloud@... writes:
> . What do you think of the story about the staircase? I keep tryingSeveral years ago, around 1990 or early 90's, someone was translating a
> to explain it and just can't figure out a logical explanation. Was it a
> true
> miracle? Are they telling the truth about the scientific experiments on the
> wood and the engineering of the staircase? It seems so fabulous.
>
Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had (without much detail in there)
that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a staircase for some
nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of spiral steps.
I don't know why he left town so quickly. I don't think the diary said. The
tradition used to be that it was St. Joseph and he left when the staircase
was done. But the bare story was that the builder "disappeared without a
trace, and without asking for payment."
I wonder if he didn't get into some poker game trouble or offend some young
girl's daddy. It's a mystery.
Sandra
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Jessica Kelly
we've been to see the staircase, too, and we also learned that a flemish man had
built the staircase. sure would like to know why he ran out (or was run out) of
town so fast!
Jessica Kelly
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built the staircase. sure would like to know why he ran out (or was run out) of
town so fast!
> Several years ago, around 1990 or early 90's, someone was translating a--
> Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had (without much detail in there)
> that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a staircase for some
> nuns...
Jessica Kelly
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"There would be no greater joy than to see a beautiful park
that our children and adults can go to and learn about the
oil and gas industry."
- Tony Sanchez, former Texas Parks & Wildlife Commissioner
[remember, it's all about oil...]
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The Mowery Family
Hey, that story was just a lifetime movie(I think). It starred the
principal investigator guy from CSI and Barbara Hershey. I started watching
the movie then switched for one reason or another. Maybe I will check
IMdb.com and see if it is there.
sistakammi
principal investigator guy from CSI and Barbara Hershey. I started watching
the movie then switched for one reason or another. Maybe I will check
IMdb.com and see if it is there.
sistakammi
----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:52 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] spiral staircase in Santa Fe
> In a message dated 1/7/02 10:57:28 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> starsuncloud@... writes:
>
>
> > . What do you think of the story about the staircase? I keep trying
> > to explain it and just can't figure out a logical explanation. Was it a
> > true
> > miracle? Are they telling the truth about the scientific experiments on
the
> > wood and the engineering of the staircase? It seems so fabulous.
> >
>
> Several years ago, around 1990 or early 90's, someone was translating a
> Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had (without much detail in
there)
> that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a staircase for some
> nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
>
> He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of spiral steps.
>
> I don't know why he left town so quickly. I don't think the diary said.
The
> tradition used to be that it was St. Joseph and he left when the staircase
> was done. But the bare story was that the builder "disappeared without a
> trace, and without asking for payment."
>
> I wonder if he didn't get into some poker game trouble or offend some
young
> girl's daddy. It's a mystery.
>
> Sandra
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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The Mowery Family
IMdb link about the movie
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0152588#comment
more staircase stuff - darn www.dogpile.com for being such a great search
engine
The Santa Fe Staircase
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I was in Santa Fe New Mexico doing research for The Strange. I was looking
for the mysterious Santa Fe Staircase and I found it inside a tiny chapel in
the heart of Santa Fe.
The staircase is strange because of two reasons. The first being the
strange man that built it. The second reason being that according to many
engineers and carpenters it is a marvel of engineering.
The story of the staircase is as follows. Inside the tiny chapel there is a
choir loft in the back. This loft is ten or twelve feet above the floor of
the chapel and when the place was new, the choir had to climb up a shaky
ladder to go up into the loft to sing. It was getting to the point where
many of the members were refusing to climb up the rickety ladder into the
loft to sing on sunday morning. The women of the church were distraught and
gathered one day to pray to God for a solution. Some days later, a
mysterious stranger came out of the desert. A man no one knew, yet he said
that God had sent him to build them a staircase. He set to work on it with
only a hammer and saw and nothing else, except for a giant tub of hot water.
What's so very strange about this spiral staircase is the fact that it was
built with only a hammer and saw and that there are no nails in the entire
work. I got as close as I could to this piece of craftsmanship to examine
it thoroughly. I can tell you first hand that I couldn't even find a single
peg. It looks as though it was carved out of one gigantic block of wood.
Another thing about the staircase is that it is absolutely beautiful. I
stood there in awe of the sheer aesthetic value of
this expertly crafted wonder. I wish I had one just like it in my home.
Some say the man who came out of the desert to build the spiral staircase
was none other than Jesus himself. The carpenter of carpenters. In fact
the descriptions that were written about the man say that he indeed looked
like Christ. Who knows? As soon as he had finished with it, he disappeared
without a trace and no one ever heard from him again. Some say that the man
was an angel sent from God.
Scientists, engineers and carpenters come from all over the world to examine
this spiral staircase. Many of them say that by all rights the staircase
shouldn't even be able to hold up it's own weight, much less hold the weight
of thousands of people climbing up and down its steps for well over a
hundred years.
If you're ever in Santa Fe, I urge you to visit the tiny chapel and witness
for yourself this beautiful and mysterious wonder and, while you there, go
to a nearby restaurant and dine on the best southwestern cuisine you ever
tasted!
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0152588#comment
more staircase stuff - darn www.dogpile.com for being such a great search
engine
The Santa Fe Staircase
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----
I was in Santa Fe New Mexico doing research for The Strange. I was looking
for the mysterious Santa Fe Staircase and I found it inside a tiny chapel in
the heart of Santa Fe.
The staircase is strange because of two reasons. The first being the
strange man that built it. The second reason being that according to many
engineers and carpenters it is a marvel of engineering.
The story of the staircase is as follows. Inside the tiny chapel there is a
choir loft in the back. This loft is ten or twelve feet above the floor of
the chapel and when the place was new, the choir had to climb up a shaky
ladder to go up into the loft to sing. It was getting to the point where
many of the members were refusing to climb up the rickety ladder into the
loft to sing on sunday morning. The women of the church were distraught and
gathered one day to pray to God for a solution. Some days later, a
mysterious stranger came out of the desert. A man no one knew, yet he said
that God had sent him to build them a staircase. He set to work on it with
only a hammer and saw and nothing else, except for a giant tub of hot water.
What's so very strange about this spiral staircase is the fact that it was
built with only a hammer and saw and that there are no nails in the entire
work. I got as close as I could to this piece of craftsmanship to examine
it thoroughly. I can tell you first hand that I couldn't even find a single
peg. It looks as though it was carved out of one gigantic block of wood.
Another thing about the staircase is that it is absolutely beautiful. I
stood there in awe of the sheer aesthetic value of
this expertly crafted wonder. I wish I had one just like it in my home.
Some say the man who came out of the desert to build the spiral staircase
was none other than Jesus himself. The carpenter of carpenters. In fact
the descriptions that were written about the man say that he indeed looked
like Christ. Who knows? As soon as he had finished with it, he disappeared
without a trace and no one ever heard from him again. Some say that the man
was an angel sent from God.
Scientists, engineers and carpenters come from all over the world to examine
this spiral staircase. Many of them say that by all rights the staircase
shouldn't even be able to hold up it's own weight, much less hold the weight
of thousands of people climbing up and down its steps for well over a
hundred years.
If you're ever in Santa Fe, I urge you to visit the tiny chapel and witness
for yourself this beautiful and mysterious wonder and, while you there, go
to a nearby restaurant and dine on the best southwestern cuisine you ever
tasted!
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] spiral staircase in Santa Fe
> Hey, that story was just a lifetime movie(I think). It starred the
> principal investigator guy from CSI and Barbara Hershey. I started
watching
> the movie then switched for one reason or another. Maybe I will check
> IMdb.com and see if it is there.
>
> sistakammi
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SandraDodd@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:52 PM
> Subject: [AlwaysLearning] spiral staircase in Santa Fe
>
>
> > In a message dated 1/7/02 10:57:28 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> > starsuncloud@... writes:
> >
> >
> > > . What do you think of the story about the staircase? I keep trying
> > > to explain it and just can't figure out a logical explanation. Was it
a
> > > true
> > > miracle? Are they telling the truth about the scientific experiments
on
> the
> > > wood and the engineering of the staircase? It seems so fabulous.
> > >
> >
> > Several years ago, around 1990 or early 90's, someone was translating a
> > Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had (without much detail in
> there)
> > that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a staircase for some
> > nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
> >
> > He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of spiral steps.
> >
> > I don't know why he left town so quickly. I don't think the diary said.
> The
> > tradition used to be that it was St. Joseph and he left when the
staircase
> > was done. But the bare story was that the builder "disappeared without a
> > trace, and without asking for payment."
> >
> > I wonder if he didn't get into some poker game trouble or offend some
> young
> > girl's daddy. It's a mystery.
> >
> > Sandra
> >
> >
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> >
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meghan anderson
Several years ago, around 1990 or early 90's, someone
was translating a
Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had
(without much detail in
there)
that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a
staircase for
some
nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of
spiral steps.
<<<<Hey, that story was just a lifetime movie(I
think). It starred the
principal investigator guy from CSI and Barbara
Hershey. I started
watching
the movie then switched for one reason or another.
Maybe I will check
IMdb.com and see if it is there.
sistakammi>>>>
That's funny! I was thinking when I read Sandra's
post, "I know that story. I watched a movie about that
at my mom's house". I can't remember the name of it
though.
Meghan
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was translating a
Flemish guy's 19th century journal, and he had
(without much detail in
there)
that he had stayed in Santa Fe for while and built a
staircase for
some
nuns. Bummer; mystery solved.
He didn't make them a handrail, just make a set of
spiral steps.
<<<<Hey, that story was just a lifetime movie(I
think). It starred the
principal investigator guy from CSI and Barbara
Hershey. I started
watching
the movie then switched for one reason or another.
Maybe I will check
IMdb.com and see if it is there.
sistakammi>>>>
That's funny! I was thinking when I read Sandra's
post, "I know that story. I watched a movie about that
at my mom's house". I can't remember the name of it
though.
Meghan
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