Staircase Volute

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

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About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach literature, film studies, political science, and communication. I also volunteer with a Milwaukee homeless sanctuary, Repairers of the Breach, as chair of the Communications and Fund Development Committee.
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4 Responses to Staircase Volute

  1. Karen J Spivey says:
    January 8, 2015 at 8:03 am

    What an amazing picture of something we probably walk by every day and don’t notice!! You have the eye!! 🙂

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    • Katherine Wikoff says:
      January 8, 2015 at 10:55 am

      At first I titled this photo “Staircase.” But then I thought, “That thing must have a name.” So I poked around Google Images till I figured it out. Kind of fun knowing what the curlicue spiral thing at the end of the handrail is actually called.

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