Vertical Bridges: Poems and Photographs of City Steps

by Paola Corso

Book Overview

In Vertical Bridges: Poems and Photographs of City Steps, Paola Corso celebrates public stairways in her native Pittsburgh and around the world. Inspired by her Sicilian grandfather, a stonemason who built concrete steps, and her Calabrian grandfather and father, steelworkers who once climbed them to the mill, Corso is a storyteller. She shares memories of her family, the history behind Pittsburgh having more public staircases than any other city...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1989305059
• ISBN13: 9781989305058
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Six Gallery Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"