It's no wonder that stepping on to one is like entering an A&E ward: bright orange handrails everywhere, fluorescent strip lighting, baby blue flooring and a fibreglass interior that erupts into mysterious bulges in awkward places.
It was, he remembers, "state of the art": a grand public building with elegant, deco curves to the custom-made furniture, handsome timber bookshelves and bright brass handrails up the stairs.
IN THE deconsecrated church of Saint-Esprit, jugglers toss fluorescent orange clubs in front of the former altar, trapeze artists soar under the gaze of stone saints and wobbly unicyclists use two lines of repurposed pews as handrails.
Low beds, high loos and handrails assist the frail.
Thousands of people flocked to take part in the spectacle, but no sooner had they stepped on to the bridge than it started shaking violently, forcing them to hold on to the handrails.
At Golders Green station which still looks much the same as when Yerkes's team built it in 1907 a small brown plaque near the electronic ticket gates notes the date the building opened, and that some original features remain, such as ornate timber handrails in the stairwells.
The handrails are made up of sugar and phosphate molecules, and the steps are composed of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
Obviously, sticking fingers which have been on handrails, sinkholes and shoelaces in your gob is unwise.
Now, returning visitors, who will be hustled through at a pace of only 30 people an hour, will find little changed, save for a raising of the handrails on the spiral staircase and the increased presence of rangers stationed throughout the statue.
Mauro has built an elevated wooden walkway with handrails to allow his customers to get into the deeper water without inconvenience.
Up near the same cliffs, an Apollo infrastructure of steel steps and handrails has been fixed in place.
