The Micheltorena Steps is an outdoor staircase in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California. It is one of 52 historic public stairways in Silver Lake.[1]
The staircase has 204 steps.[2] It connects Sunset Boulevard to Micheltorena Street.[3] The iconic heart on the stairs vertical part was painted in 2013 by Corinne Carrey.[4] In 2015, with artists Carla O’Brien and Mandon Bossi, Carrey painted the stairs in bright colors, and unofficially renamed it Stair Candy. The stairs were approved as a public arts project by the city in 2019.[5]
In April 2022, the stairs were painted over with white paint. The artists and the city were not involved in this act, leaving only vandalism to explain the act.[6] The following month, the stairs' painting was restored. Anti-graffiti coating was applied to prevent future acts of vandalism.[7]
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