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Lombard Street is known for the one-way block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, where eight sharp turns are said to make it the most crooked street in the world. The design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry [ 4 ] and built in 1922, [ 5 ] was intended to reduce the hill's natural 27 percent grade, [ 6 ] which was ...
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]
Built in 1990–92, the former headquarters of Barclays covers a large plot on the north corner of Lombard and Gracechurch streets, and is the largest and tallest building in the immediate vicinity of Lombard Street, at 87 metres (285 ft) high.
In the 1930s, with the completion of the nearby Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street (now Highway 101) was widened, and soon developed into a strip of roadside motels. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused severe liquefaction of the fill upon which the neighborhood is built, causing major damage including a small firestorm.
Lombard Street (San Francisco), California, steep with hairpin turns; Lombard Street (Baltimore), Maryland; Lombard Street (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania See also Lombard Street riot; Lombard Street (Portland, Oregon), part of US 30 Bypass
For 150 years, it was in Lombard Street, before a new purpose-built headquarters, designed by Robert Smirke, was opened on the eastern side of St. Martin's Le Grand in 1829. [2] As well as functioning as a post office and sorting office , the building contained the main offices and facilities for the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom and ...
Lombard Street: Birthplace in 1688 of the poet Alexander Pope at Plough Court, Lombard Street. Queen Square: 1716–1725: 19th century: Bloomsbury: Many of the original houses were converted for use as hospitals. The square today is largely occupied by hospital buildings. Regent Street: 1814–1825: 1895–1927: Regent Street
The 1.96-mile (3.15 km) line, which runs between Mission Street and Lombard Street, has dedicated center bus lanes and nine stations. It was built as part of the $346 million Van Ness Improvement Project, which also included utility replacement and pedestrian safety features.