Mysteries of Mob Quad

At first glance, this picture probably looks like something you get when you press the shutter by accident. But I took it on purpose, standing outside my room in Mob Quad, looking down the stairs at the door that leads out to the quad.

But it's the other door that interests me, the one in the wall over the staircase. Like, what the hell?

I never found anyone I could ask about why that door is there. The doorknob looks modern, so I am assuming that it is—somehow—used for something. The best theory I can come up with is that they have some kind of ramp they can extend from the door to the top of the stairs where I was standing and use that to move furniture or maybe trolleys of books for the library. Or just hoist them up with a rope. (Mob Quad buildings do not of course have elevators.)

(While I'm on the subject of Mob Quad, I must admit that every time I talk or write about it, the theme from the TV show The Mod Squad starts playing in my head.)

Urban poetry

I love the bright green of these doors in Chelsea, but I admit to being confused by the positioning.

If the larger door is used for deliveries, you could back a truck up against it and just step into the building, but how does the smaller door function for anything without any steps leading up to it?

More of the Historic District

Some of the architectural details I saw walking around Savannah. 

Or not walking around -- the picture on the bottom is the bar at the Hotel Indigo, where I was staying. I definitely preferred having my wine in an actual glass and sitting in one of those upholstered chairs rather than getting a plastic cup to go.