They blocked off the doorways with sand bags, moved chunks of earth with tractors and stopped the flow down the stairwells using blocks of concrete.
At that point, Mr. Pistorius slammed the door so hard a piece of the doorway broke off and hit Ms. Taylor-Memmory's leg, injuring her enough to require surgery.
When he was 13, McGinnis crammed into the cozy Douglass Park Family Center gym on the city's east side, where 50 or more players jockeyed for playing time, watched the games from a stage on one side of the gym and cooled off in the doorway.
There are dangers, he acknowledges, with some buyers "close to breaking their necks" when they try to take their shoes off standing in the doorway.
Then I took up position in an armchair opposite the doorway, turned off the light, and just sat there.
When he arrived at his mother's flat, the doorway was cordoned off and ambulances were on the street.
Mrs. Potgieter's little girl, Chene, dances in the doorway, showing off the gap where a baby tooth used to be.
"This bloke had come and knocked him down in the doorway and pinched his things off him.
Cut off the ends of the shims that extend beyond the doorway with a saw.
At the doorway, patrons kick snow off their boots and are greeted by Maggie or one of her waitresses handing out Santa Claus hats, reindeer antlers and books of Christmas carols.
