31. French doors open onto a sunny Italianate terrace from four rooms on the main floor. 32. He bought folding steel panels for the front door, which would open onto a deep, sheltering porch facing the street. 33. Having rooms open onto a courtyard is also a nice way of blunting the street noise. 34. Here, galleries open onto passageways that are picture windows on the grounds. 35. His bedroom opens onto the high altar of the church, so he could stay in bed and see and hear Mass. 36. His apartment opens onto a garden ruin where an almost life-size plaster lamp base reigns as resident muse. 37. Hotels, restaurants and clubs, like the Landing, where the joyously old-fashioned Jim Cullum Jazz Band toots every night, open onto it. 38. I made my way through the courtyard to another wood door, which opened onto a narrow passage cut into the rock. 39. In a reversal of traditional church design, the entryway opens onto the altar side of the building. 40. In addition, the door that opens onto the roof is not marked. |