Washington D.C.
based film fans are working to preserve an iconic piece of movie history.
“The Exorcist Steps,” a famous outdoor staircase as seen in William Friedkin’s 1973 horror film, could soon achieve historic landmark status.According to Yahoo!, a community association has petitioned Washington’s historic preservation review board to designate the steps as a landmark and prevent construction of a new condo from encroaching on the staircase.The review board will make their decision on Nov.
15.
The stairs were previously memorialized with a plaque in 2015 by community organizer Andrew Huff, but he’s now leading the effort to get the stairs classified as a historic landmark.The narrow, spooky, 75 stone steps located at the corner of Prospect St.
and 36th St leading down to M Street in Georgetown have
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