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Whatever Happened to Fire Escapes
An article on Practical Engineering examines why fire escapes, once a defining feature of American city buildings, have largely disappeared from new construction. The piece traces the shift toward enclosed stairwells, elevators, and modern building codes that made external iron stairs obsolete, and looks at what replaced them as safety standards evolved.
Why now: Readers are discussing the history and disappearance of fire escapes as building codes and urban design changed.
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