Speaking of spiral staircases

[poppy]

Here is a spiral staircase that's always been a part of my growing up memory in my home town.



It's directly across from the court house on Main St.  Never saw anyone ever use it even though there is a door out onto the porch.  Just assumed that it was a fancy fire escape.



The vine was a lot smaller when I was a kid.  It's now about 7" in dia.



I think it's pretty unusual to see this kind of wrought iron work this far north.  The treads are wood (not original) and are about 2' wide.

[NM_Shooter]

How is that thing even growing?  !!!!!

[Redoverfarm]

My MIL has a grape vine that is about that big at the base.  It is growing out of a 1' square in the concrete near her house.  You can tell that 3/4 of the vine is dead but it continued to survive with about 60' of vine covering 1/4 of the side of the house.  I keep reminding my self to get a start from it to plant at the house.  Must be a good harty variety to survive that way for the last 40-50 years.  Oh Yeah it does make good wine.

[kyounge1956]

How is that thing even growing?  !!!!!

Roots in the sewer line?

[jb52761]

Cool staircase....and that is a Trumpet vine...and along with Cher and cockroaches, they will be around after a nuclear holocaust...some folks concider them a weed...I have one here that is all the way to the top of a fully mature oak tree...quite invasive, once a stem touches the ground, it will self -root and travel wherever it can.....jb

[poppy]

Thanks jb, now I know what kind of vine it is. 

It's too bad they painted that old brick building that it is attached to.  The original would have made for a better photo; oh well. 

[Don_P]

I had asked the pro here when you posted the pics and she also said it was a trumpet vine. Ever hear it called cow itch vine?