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Originally Posted by TJPHXskyscraperfan
. I was in San Francisco a few months ago and I noticed a couple new buildings add fire escapes, I’m sure for the beauty of it.
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This is typically a cost cutting move. Interior fire escapes have to meet all suppression and interior safety regulations. If they're outside they are just stairs. internal emergency-use staircases must be enclosed, battery-powered lighting, signage, nothing that could form a hindrance (which means nothing can be placed in the stairwell or it can no longer serve as an emergency egress), all things taking up the pennies that developers would prefer to pinch.