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San Francisco, California is known for having numerous steep streets: . The Filbert Steps section of Filbert Street has a maximum gradient of 31.5% (17.5°). [4] The steepest hill on Filbert is the one-way down east half of the block between Hyde and Leavenworth.
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.
Here the line turns North past the "crooked" Lombard Street, then runs steeply downhill (at 21%, the steepest grade in the cable car system) [24] along Hyde Street, to the Hyde and Beach terminal, which is adjacent to the waterfront at the San Francisco Maritime Museum and Ghirardelli Square. As with the Powell–Mason line, there are manually ...
The switchbacks design of Lombard Street was first suggested by property owner Carl Henry [8] and was built in 1922, [9] intended to reduce the hill's natural 27 percent grade, [10] which was too steep for most vehicles to climb. [4] [11]
The Hyde Park Street Fair is NENA’s biggest yearly fundraiser. People drum outside of a vendor booth during the Hyde Park Street Fair in 2023. Main stage schedule (Subject to change)
Open since 2006, Hyde Park Bar & Grill Westgate will close its doors Sept. 3.
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Powell Street is a street in San Francisco, California that connects from Market Street through Union Square, North Beach, Nob Hill, Russian Hill and ends at Fisherman's Wharf. The intersection of Powell Street with Market Street is the starting point of the Powell-Hyde Street terminal line of the San Francisco Cable Car , which ends on Hyde ...