Starting from Nob Hill, diagonally east across to Telegraph Hill. First Joice, 67 steps, Pine partway up to California. The altar, halfway up, has been there for years. First four pix.
Utilitarian stairways (both sides) down from the Stockton Tunnel, California to Stockton in Chinatown. About 40 steps: 5, 6
Hang Ah, a Chinatown alley between Clay & Sacramento, Waverly & Stockton, two of several tile-art plaques on a building: 7, 8
Past the Beat Museum on Broadway and up the first long one, Broadway to Vallejo, the Peter Macchiarini Steps. Kearny is the steep street in the middle; so steep it’s not thru for vehicles at Vallejo, but cars are able to access it partway up from Fresno: 9, 10, 11
From here, continuing uphill on Vallejo to the top of the 97 Vallejo steps. Used to live here (pic 12), top of the stairs. Here’s how the steep concrete center slab used to look when I lived there: a THEN, pic 13, 1970s, and NOWS: 14, 15, 16
Up from the foot of the Vallejo stairs, 49 for Montgomery partway to Union: 17, 18, 19
Filbert east, Sansome to Pioneer Park, 380 steps: 20 thru 34
Pioneer Park: 35, 36, 37
The gardeny Greenwich stairs just north of Filbert, 386 steps from Sansome to the east side of the Coit Tower parking lot: 38 thru 48
Utilitarian stairways (both sides) down from the Stockton Tunnel, California to Stockton in Chinatown. About 40 steps: 5, 6
Hang Ah, a Chinatown alley between Clay & Sacramento, Waverly & Stockton, two of several tile-art plaques on a building: 7, 8
Past the Beat Museum on Broadway and up the first long one, Broadway to Vallejo, the Peter Macchiarini Steps. Kearny is the steep street in the middle; so steep it’s not thru for vehicles at Vallejo, but cars are able to access it partway up from Fresno: 9, 10, 11
From here, continuing uphill on Vallejo to the top of the 97 Vallejo steps. Used to live here (pic 12), top of the stairs. Here’s how the steep concrete center slab used to look when I lived there: a THEN, pic 13, 1970s, and NOWS: 14, 15, 16
Up from the foot of the Vallejo stairs, 49 for Montgomery partway to Union: 17, 18, 19
Filbert east, Sansome to Pioneer Park, 380 steps: 20 thru 34
Pioneer Park: 35, 36, 37
The gardeny Greenwich stairs just north of Filbert, 386 steps from Sansome to the east side of the Coit Tower parking lot: 38 thru 48
1. Joice's foot at Pine, Nob Hill
2. Partway up to California St.
3. Halfway up
4. Between Powell & Stockt0n
5. Nob Hill down to Chinatown
6. To Stockton St, in Chinatown heading north
7. One of several wall-tiles on a building near Clay St,
8. Hang Ah in Chinatown
9. Peter Macchiarini east sidewalk steps
10. Looking down from Vallejo
11. I've always liked this building: Vallejo and Kearny
12. Top of Vallejo garden stairs
13. THEN, 1970s, steep concrete slab with side stairways
14. Just below the wall
15. Near the foot at Montgomery
16. Center garden with zigzag stairs
17. Between Green and Union
18. 49 steps
19. Street sign for Montague at top
20. Many years ago this part used to be wood too
21. Nice design
22. Stairs start just off Sansome
23. Concrete into wood
24. First offshoot Napier Lane to right
25. A friendly resident
26. THEN, 1972, 224 Filbert
27. NOW: 224 Filbert
28. THEN: 224 Filbert, side, 1972
29. NOW: 226 (top) and 224 Filbert
30. THEN: 226 Filbert, 1972
31, NOW: 226 Filbert
32. Looking down from the Darrell sign
33. Filbert steps dividing upper and lower Montgomery
34. Filbert above Montgomery
35. Top of Filbert east at Telegraph Hill Blvd. Pioneer Park above
36. More steps into the park
37. Park stairs
38. Greenwich steps start down from east side of Coit Tower parking lot
39. Brick steps for the first block down to Montgomery
40. Red brick now
41. Just above Montgomery
42. Greenwich at Montgomery
43. Below Montgomery: second block down
44. Right turn here
45. Off the main stairs/walk, a deck and garden paths
46. Looking up
47. The walkway turns into stairs again
48. Down to Sansome
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