Cliff Stairway

There is a secret way to get up to High King Auz‘s private house from the beach.

 

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Table of Contents:

  1. Introduction & Dimensions
  2. Hidden Observation Ports
  3. Conceptual Sketch (Images Begin)
  4. Location & Dimensions
  5. Clay Model
  6. Color Scheme
  7. Waterfall Shape
  8. Inspiration
  9. Arch from Yard to Staircase
  10. Switchbacks Concept
  11. The Delta at the Bottom
  12. 2022 Update:  Minecraft 1:1 Build in Progress
  13. Scale-model in Minecraft

 

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Introduction & Dimensions:

This is the staircase leading down inside the 1.25-mile tall cliff serving as the border between the outermost edge of the Governor’s Mansion property to the beach far below.  It was built inside the cliff-face itself; to tastefully mask its view from the onlookers on the beach and yachts.  With 16 straightaways (sections) of steps, each being 1/4 of a mile long, this is a 4-mile-long walkway at a 10° slope.

Its steps are pale-tan stone slabs ~1.5′ from front to back, and ~9′ wide, ~1′ tall.

Inspiration:  England’s White Cliffs of Dover

 

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Hidden Observation Ports:

Like one-way glass; polarized windows, each section of this step-way offers impressive views out over the beach and main lake of Inisfree, and no one outside or down below will be able to make out the glass or outlines of these viewing ports, for they are perfectly camouflaged to look like the rest of the tan sand-colored wall that is their surrounding cliff-face.

 

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Conceptual Sketch:

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Location & Dimensions:

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Clay-model:

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Color Scheme:

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Waterfall Shape:

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Inspiration:

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Arch from Yard to Staircase:

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Switchbacks Concept:

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The Delta at the Bottom:

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2022 Update:  Minecraft 1:1 Build in Progress

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Scale-model in Minecraft

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