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Sterling Steps

11/26/2018

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​Trekking up Lombard from Polk on Russian Hill (steep!) past the top of Culebra Terrace (other end goes out to Chestnut):  1, 2

Up the north stairs of George Sterling Park from Larkin:  3 thru 10

Benches and fences: 11 thru 23

Over to the south, longest stairway (also up from Larkin):  24 thru 29

Alice Marble tennis courts:  30 thru 37

Steps down to Hyde and a cable car stop: 38


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Short Duney Hike

11/25/2018

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A short duney hike started at 25th Avenue, onto El Camino del Mar, and into the Presidio where the El Camino meets Lincoln: 1, 2

Going up here, then down to the beach: 3 thru 7

Back up to the east: 8


Three entrances to the beach before reaching the boardwalk: 9, 10, 11 

The new boardwalk looks the sane as it did last visit, so maybe they aren’t gonna extend it east to either of the Sand Ladders.

The new boardwalk and viewplace with benches: 12 thru 32

Heading south: 33, 34, 35

Old bunker: 36,37, 38

Now to climb over this to get to the road and the 29 Sunset, the beach bus sop: 39

View from the MUNI stop: 40


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FS Garden

11/24/2018

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Entering te Presidio at 14th Ave.: 1, 2, 3

Climbing the stairs to the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook: 4 thru 8

View down to Presidio Landmark residences, formerly the Public Health Hospital: 9


Uphill on Battery Caulfield Road to Rob Hill Campground: 10, 11

A favorite trail down to the Fort Scott Community Garden from the east side of Rob Hill Campground: 12, 13

To the left: 14

Left: 15

Wisser Ct.: 16


Fort Scott Community Garden: 17 thru 30
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Fort Scott neighborhood: 31 thru 39



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Priest

11/23/2018

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For this upper Nob Hill hike, a visit to the Priest stairway. It’s on Washington between Leavenworth and Jones and on the cable car line.

Last visit the railings were wood and a tad rickety. Now there are new rails.

Still 56 steps to a dead-end walkway.

THEN: 1

NOW: 2

Anyone familiar with a very old book, maybe the first of its kind, “San Francisco at your Feet” by Margot Patterson Doss? 

​Used to have this book years ago and think this was where I read that Priest used to have a gorgeous view east. But then it was blocked by a newer building. This is to the left in the pix.

Priest: 3 thru 14


Reed, next door to Priest, is also a dead-end but has some sidewalk steps on the right side: 15, 16

Washington St.: 17

Leroy Pl. is off Sacramento and is a dead-end on both sides. The north side has a huge tank at its dead-end. Between Leavenworth and Jones.

Leroy north: 18, 19

Leroy south: 20

Golden Court, between Leavenworth an Jones, is a dead-end walkway off Sacramento: 21 thru 37

Sacramento: 38


Sacramento St. between Jones & Taylor, north side of Grace Cathedral and its painted-on Labyrinth: 39, 40, 41



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Havens Lombard

11/21/2018

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Havens starts up from Leavenworth between two residences:  1, 2, 3

Backs of homes on Filbert are on the north side: 4 thru 30

The steps turn into a dead-end walkway, not thru to Hyde: 31, 32

Back again: 33 thru 36

Top walkway: 37 thru 41

Down to the street: 42, 43, 44

Past Filbert at Leavenworth. Filbert here has sidewalk stairways on both sides: 45 thru 48

Leavenworth: 49

Michelangelo Playground: 50

Lurmont: 521

Up the Lombard south side-stairs to Hyde: 52 thru 63

East stairway into George Sterling Park. Cable car stop is here on Hyde: 64


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Filbert Napier Darrell

11/18/2018

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Starting up the Filbert steps from Sansome:  1 thru 7


Wood Filbert steps:  8 thru 13


Napier Lane,  first Filbert steps offshoot: 14 thru 38


Continuing up wood Filbert to Darrell Place: 39 thru 52


Darrell Place, second Filbert steps offshoot: 53 thru 68


Up to Montgomery:  69


Divided Montgomery: 70 thru 74


Upper Filbert stairs to Pioneer Park: 75 thru 82

380 steps from Sansome to Telegraph Hill Blvd.



Pioneer Park: 83 thru 92


Inside the Coit Tower lobby:  93 thru 98


Outside again. Greenwich steps in the park down to Telegraph Hill Blvd.:  99 thru 103

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Edgewalk

11/14/2018

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Arlington, heading east from the Glen Park BART:  1

A small openspace Near San Jose:   2

Arlington again:  3

Near St. Marys, pedestrian skyway:   4, 5, 6

St. Marys up to Arlington from San Jose:  7, 8, 9

Arlington Path:   10 thru 25

Richland Ave. bridge:  26 thru 32

Arlington Path between bridges:  33 thru 51

Highland Ave. bridge:  52 thru 56

Arlington:  57, 58, 59

Bernal Cut Path now:  60, 61

​Bernal Cut Path:   62 thru 71

Park StreetGarden:   72

​Bernal Cut Path:   73 thru 93

South side of the walkers' skyway:   94, 95, 96

Continuing west:  97, 98


The J-Church Metro pedestrian skyway:   99


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Transformation

11/13/2018

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​Surrey, Glen Park neighborhood: 1, 2, 3


Starting up Penny Lane at its steps entrance on the north side of Surrey: 4


Penny Lane has 48 steps. They turn a corner and a dirt trail cclimbs to Sussex: 5 thru 18


Only part not done this time was the part of Penny that’s entered from Diamond, as since I was on Sussex decided to visit Poppy Lane east as it’s just above Sussex.

Sussex; 19 thru 24



Poppy east is still a dead-end out to Bemis as far I could tell.  

 
Poppy Lane east from ​ Diamond: 25 thru 37


Here’s a THEN from a couple of years ago — this little shed:  38


NOW — transformed into a cute cottage:  39 thru 42

End of Poppy near Bemis:  43, 44



Back down to Diamond and crossing it for Poppy Lane west:  45, 46


It turns a corner and comes out at Conrad.


Poppy Lane west:  47 thru 61

Sussex: 62 thru 69 



Ohlone Way down from Sussex to Surrey:  70 thru 84


This house on Surrey (at Lippard) was for sale. Probably been snapped up by now. 

THEN -- 1972:  85

NOW -- 86, 87


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Bernaltrek

11/11/2018

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The 24 Divisadero bus that normally runs the length of Cortland in Bernal lHeights detoured all the way down Mission to Crescent before turning east. It was street fair day (Fiesta on the Hill).
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So off at Andover and Crescent, had to walk several blocks up to Cortland.

One would think there’d be a closer street on which they could turn left that was closer than Crescent. I forgot how far I had to walk…

Crescent: 1, 2

Andover: 3 thru 9

Fiesta on the Hill (10) was from Bennington to around Folsom on Cortland; started uphill north on Folsom: 11

The Prentiss sidewalk steps rise from Powhattan: 12

Powhattan:  13

These 75 stairs ascend from Powhattan to Chapman. Called Nevada Openspace on Google Maps, it's not shown as a stairway: 14 thru 22

Older steps to the right are close to the homes on this side: 23, 24, 25

Steeply up to the west end of Mayflower on Nevada: 26

Mayflower  is still a dirt road here just below Bernal Heights Blvd.: 27 thru 32

Up 28 steps from Mayflower to Bernal Heights Blvd.: 33, 34, 35
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​Top of Prentiss at Bernal Height  Blvd.: 36 thru 39

Noticed the Bernal Heights fenced-in Community Garden gate off the Blvd. was unlocked and open so entered for a short bench-sit at the top of the tiered garden: 40 thru 49

But then someone working below me in the garden exited and locked the gate with me inside.

Down to a lower level, saw a gate on the west side. Fortunately it wasn’t locked but had to scramble up the slope to the Blvd.

The Eye is still here on Bernal Heights Blvd.: 50

More stairs down from the Blvd. Top of Gates:  51

Bernal Heights Blvd.: 52, 53

Moultrie is a through trail, part stairs, down to Powhattan: 54

​Bernal Heights Park has its own Labyrinth: 55, 56

The next stairway (top of Andover) also descends from the south edge of the park to Powhattan. You might look at it and think the stairs only lead to a home or homes, but it’s through and shown on Google Maps. Now it's more overgrown than I’ve ever seen it, however. It zigs with a very short dirt trail, then the steps continue: 57 thru 73

​Powhattan: 74

Andover continuing down to Cortland: 75 thru 86

Since I didn’t know which street the bus would be using on its journey west out to Mission, just walked all the way down Cortland to the 30th & Mission stop: 87 thru 99



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