HImage - Fire Escapes

[Mike Lamb]

Hyde Park, Chicago. "You can't Hyde, and you can't Park."

[Jim Katen]

Good morning workout for someone. 

[Marc]

As someone who's never lived in a big northern city, can anyone just legally use those stairs or is it reserved for fire escape only?

[Jim Baird]

Would make a great setting for an action film chase scene.

[Mike Lamb]

I do not inspect fire escapes. They are only supposed to be used in emergencies and in Chicago, the owner of the property is supposed to submit a report from an architect or structural engineer as to their soundness every five years. The bottom set of the stairway is 10 feet off the ground or so – So people can't climb up from the alley – with a counterweight that when you step on the stairs they should hopefully slowly go down to grade.