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Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero (with a gap on Telegraph Hill). Most of Lombard Street's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101.
The neighborhood is most famous for Lombard Street, the one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being "the crookedest street in the world". [4]
Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr. Lombard Street has its origins in one of the main Roman roads of Londinium.It later formed a plot of land granted by King Edward I (1272–1307) to the so-called Lombard bankers, merchants and lenders from northern Italy (a larger area than the modern Lombardy region).
Lombard Street: Lombard Street in Philadelphia: Also said to be named for Lombard banking. Lover's Lane: 1806 love affair: Named for the doomed romance of Maria de la Concepcion Arguello, granddaughter of José Darío Argüello, and Nicolai Petrovich Rezanov, chamberlain to the czar of Russia. [5] Lyon Street: Nathaniel Lyon: Lundy's Lane ...
A 19th-century drawing of Lloyd's Coffee House This blue plaque in Lombard Street marks the location of the former coffee house. Lloyd's Coffee House was a significant meeting place in London in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was opened by Edward Lloyd (c. 1648 – 15 February 1713) on Tower Street in 1686.
Lombard Street is known for its analysis of the Bank of England's response to the Overend-Gurney crisis. Bagehot's advice (sometimes referred to as "Bagehot's dictum") for the lender of last resort during a credit crunch is summarized by Charles Goodhart [5] as follows: Lend freely. At a high rate of interest.
Bourbon Street is a long, straight and narrow street lined with bars. At night when the bars are crowded, police usually bar vehicle access, allowing patrons to spill out onto the street.
The General Post Office in Lombard Street, c.1800 (the building to the right is St Mary Woolnoth). In 1678, the General Post Office found a more permanent home in a mansion in Lombard Street, belonging to Sir Robert Vyner; (the Post Office initially rented the property, before finally purchasing it from the Vyner family in 1705). [6]