winding staircase

Former Matinee idol Buddy Rogers bounded by the winding staircase to the third floor of his Beverly Hills mansion and called to his wife of 37 years: “Mary, darling. You have a visitor, pet.”

She made it to the nearest trolley platform, bypassing the elevator and taking the winding staircase up to wait, then pulled a rope overhead.

We passed the tear-gas-filled hall on the second floor and made our way down a warren of hallways, a winding staircase and a long tunnel.

His spacious home here — featuring balconies with panoramic vistas and a winding staircase leading to an upper floor — is almost complete.

The chief usher escorted them through the lobby, up the winding staircase, and across the first balcony to their theater box.