From a broad street-level plaza, a grand staircase leads down to the museum's main entrance, while another connects the plaza with the river.

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The grand staircase is made of plywood, bolts and beams are visible throughout, the floors are all concrete, and sprayed-on stencils of playwright's silhouettes decorate the sheetrock walls.

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The mansion's grand staircase had long since been removed, but the dark wood moldings, carved wood details and plasterwork survived in many of the rooms, as do gilded ornamental flowers and leaves.

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She was probably never more herself than when descending the grand staircase at London's Palace Theatre, where she played for two unbroken years, with huge pink plumes bobbing on her head and 20 feet of ostrich feathers slithering behind her.

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Cameron on the Grand Staircase.

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In addition to a grand stone staircase and entry foyer, highlights are a gilded music salon, banquet room, billiard room and gym.

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Like many Moscow apartments, it did not look much from the outside - a heavy, grey-steel security door, a scruffy communal entrance hall, a grand old staircase with a cast-iron banister spoiled by multiple layers of shiny, off-blue institutional paint.

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The House of Culture's once-grand foyer and staircase were also completely deserted and falling to pieces.

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Beyond the creative decor, the home has high ceilings, a grand foyer and staircase, a master suite with his-and-her baths and closets, a fireplace and lounge area.

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Grand additions in the public spaces make a big impression, including a spiral staircase, solarium and new library, boasting a fireplace, sofas, bookshelves and game tables.

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