The floor covering makes the downstairs unit private, but adds 40 square feet for upstairs parties. Welcome to How They Pulled It Off, where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect ...

I discovered my first East Bay stairway long before I moved to Oakland while I was walking a friend’s dog on a warm spring evening in early 2015. On Oakview Drive, a quiet cul-de-sac in the city’s ...

The Echo Park Historical Society held its quarterly meeting Wednesday evening. The speaker was Charles Fleming, a friend and author of Secret Stairs, among other titles. I thought I knew where to find ...