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Francisco

10/25/2018

The new Russian Hill park-to-be where the old reservoir is will be called Francisco Park.

From Bay Street, the Larkin steps start up at Russian Hill Park: 1, 2, 3

At the top of this is a short path, the reservoir, and the steps alongside it: 4 thru 13

The top at Francisco Street: 14, 15

The Larkin stairs are a popular place to watch the Blue Angels.

Cross Francis St. and continue up: 16, 17, 18

Next, to the right, is the Chestnut stairway: 19, 20

At the foot of these stairs to the left is Culebra Terrace steps that climb to Lombard: 21 thru 24

1 Russian Hill Park starts up at Bay St.

2 Top of the park

5 Short pathway here between steps

6 Climbing alongside the old reservoir

7 Sign for a future park

14 Francisco St.

16 Steps continue up from Francisco St.

17 Larkin St.

18 Top of steps

19 Chestnut, north side

20 Chestnut, north side

21 Culebra Terrace

22 Culebra to Lombard

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Stairpark

10/22/2018

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Trudging up Taylor, passing the top of Russian Hill’s Fallon Place on the way to next-door Ina Coolbrith Park: 1

The stairpark top to bottom and back up again: 2 thru 25

Taylor St.: 26

Taylor & Broadway: 27

1 Fallon Place

2 Descending from Taylor

3 Taylor below

11 South side

14 Lower north side older buildings

20 Between the east end of the park and Mason St. on the south side

22 Anyone have pix of the hidden cottages here?

23 Back on the south side climbing up

26 Taylor St.

27 Taylor at Broadway

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Val and Peter M

10/21/2018

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A Chinatown alley on the way to Telegraph Hill for a visit to the Vallejo garden steps: 1, 2

Valljo stairgarden foot to top (Montgomery partway to Kearny): 3 thru 45.

There are older sidewalk steps on both sides. The concrete slab in the center was too steep for vehicles. Sometime after I moved from here in the late 1970s, a center zigzag stairway was constructed.

Vallejo: 46

Downhill to the Kearny dead-end for vehicles at Vallejo and the Peter Macchiarini Steps (west side this time) to the foot at Broadway.

The Kearny St. sidewalk steps were named in 2001 for artist Macchiarini who had a studio on Grant Ave.: 47 thru 61

Kearny below Broadway: 62

1 Chinatown

6 North side

15 South side

22 North side again

41 South side

43 View from the wall at the top

45 North side

46 Vallejo

47 Down to Kearny and the Peter Macchiarini Steps

49 Kearny & Vallejo, east side

50 Kearny & Vallejo, east side

51 Down the Peter Machiarini Steps on the west side this time

61 Down to Broadway, North Bech

62 View from Kearny below Broadway

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Beach Trail

10/20/2018

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Another day, another beach ... About halfway along the Presidio’s Batteries to Bluffs Trail is an offshoot trail with about 48 steps that descends north to Marshall’s Beach. Counting these steps separately from the main BTB which is about 475 steps.

Starting from the east Batteries to Bluffs trailhead and west to the sign for Marshall’s: 1 thru 20

Marshall’s Beach Trail: 21 thru 29

Marshall’s Beach: 30, 31

Back up and east: 32 thru 43

On my way to the Golden Gate Overlook: 44

Golden Gate Overlook: 45 thru 51

1 Batteries to Bluffs east trailhead

2 Steps start down the east side

5 Looking back up

21 Marshall's Beach sign

27 Looking west

44 Between Batteries to Bluffs and Golden Gate Overlook

45 Golden Gate Overlook

51 Down the main overlook steps

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Labyrinth and Beach

10/20/2018

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About halfway along the Coastal Trail at Land’s End, a long stairway descends to Mile Rock Beach. A trail leads up to a clifftop and the Labyrinth.

From the upper parking lot overlook, 59 steps down to the first Coastal Trail overlook: 1 thru 4

Three THENS From about 2006, before the current stairway was constructed and before the overlooks: 5, 6. 7

Views from the El Camino del Mar Trail: 8, 9

Down 89 steps to the Coastal Trail: 10, 11

Coastal Trail: 12

Partway down the 262 steps to Mile Rock Beach, some views from the east side of the cliff: 13 thru 21

The stairs turn and continue to the beach: 22 thru 28

The trail to the Labyrinth: 29 thru 43

Continuing down to the beach: 44 thru 73

Back up to the El Camino Del Mar Trail: 74 thru 80

1 From the upper parking lot overlook, the first Coastal Trail overlook

2 59 steps down

5 A THEN from about 2006 of the same area and steps

6 THEN -- before the overlooks and mew stairway

7 THEN - before the overlooks and replacement steps

8 View from El Camino del Mar Trail of second Coastal Trail overlook

33 Looking back

45 Looking back up at trail I was on

48 Foot of the stairs

74 Back up the stairway

78 El Camino del Mar Trail

80 Out at the upper parking lot overlook, my starting point

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Michelangelo Greenwich

10/14/2018

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Old firehouse at Green between Jones and Leavenwotth, Russian Hill: 1

Jones near Greenwich: 2

Michelangelo Playground just below Greenwich, between Leavenworth and Jones: 3 thru 18

Greenwich steps and walkways up from Leavenworth to Hyde: 19 thru 34

Sidewalk steps on both sides of the dead-end of Greenwich down from Hyde — 23 for the north side and 32 for the south side: 35 thru 40

This is gone now (these artworks are transient), but upon passing Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill, some chalk art on the steps: 41 thru 45

1 Old firehouse on Green, Russian Hill

2 Jones near Greenwich

3 Michelangelo Playground

19 Up from Leavenworth on Greenwich

20 Steps and walkways

21 First walkway

25 To second level

27 Second level

28 8 Steps to third level

30 Third level

34 Third level to dead-end Greenwich

35 Greenwich up tHde has sidewalk stairs both sides

37 South side of street

38 Back on north side of street

40 Looking back

41 Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill

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Marion Redfield

10/12/2018

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Russian Hill’s Marion Pl. descends from Union (between Jones and Taylor).

Marion: 1 thru 4

Down some steps at the end of Marion: 5, 6

There are two benches in the “secret” garden: 7 thru 24

Right turn onto Redfield Alley and out to Taylor: 25 thru 38

Hyde Street: 39

Between Green and Vallejo on Hyde, the Hyde & Vallejo Minipark: 40 thru 45

Broadway Tunnel at Hyde: 46

Hyde, Nob Hill: 47, 48, 49

1 Marion Pl. off Union

2 Railings along the walkways

3 Looking back at Union

4 Plantings between the two walkways

5 At the north end of Marion, steps down

25 Redfied Alley

39 Hyde St.

40 Hyde & Vallejo Minipark

46 Broadway Tunnel at Hyde St.

47 Hyde St.

48 Hyde, Nob Hill

49 Hyde, Nob Hill

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Balboa Stairs

10/10/2018

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Starting into Sutro Heights Park on a westside trail off the parking lot: 1

On the way up to the viewplace: 2 thru 6

Replacement benches and views: 7 thru 21

Down the south side: 22 thru 31

Along the south border that divides the main part of the park with the wilder Balboa Natural Area: 32, 33

Down the eastside trail: 34 thru 38

118 steps descend south to Balboa: 39 thru 61

As usual, all new graffiti since my last hike here on the upper stairs where the wood fencing is. If you go offtrail you may encounter homeless encampments. No one home this time either.

Back up again: 62 thru 66

1 Into Sutro Heights Park from the west parking lot

9 Old steps down on the west side

10 New benches

51 Trail to/from 48th Ave,

62 Back up

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The Baker and the Lyon

10/9/2018

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After trekking up to Broadway in Pacific Heights, down the Baker St. east sidewalk steps: 1 thru 8

It descends (north) to Vallejo. At the foot: 9, 10, 11

West for the next stairstreet, the Lyon Stairmaster, already up one flight as the stairs extend halfway to Green: 12

Lyon’s last flight down: 13 thru 17

Starting up Lyon from here for the rest of the Lyon stairway: 18 thru 42

Over a few yards to the Presidio thru the Broadway Gate: 43

Simonds Loop neighborhood (62 steps upper to lower): 44 thru 48

The bus stop for the #43 to take me out of the park: 49

1 Top of Baker east sidewalk steps

43 Presidio's Broadway Gate

44 Upper Simonds Loop

49 Bus stop for the #43

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LE West

10/8/2018

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A bit of exercise at Land’s End’s west viewspots.

Down from the lower parking lot, 126 steps: 1 thru 12

Trailing over to the cavetop: 13 thru20

Enjoying the view on a clear day: 21 thru 34

Beginning of the Coastal Trail, 142 steps: 35 thru 54

Back to catch the 38R Geary, its last stop at Sutro Heights Park’s east edge at 48th Ave.: 55 thru 58

1 View from the lower parking lot

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