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Golden Gate Heights into Forest Hill

11/29/2014

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This is a continuation of the previous “Some Not All” post, continuing to climb thru Golden Gate Heights, then down into the Forest Hill neighborhood. 

51 steps up alongside this wall: 15th up to Pacheco, first two pix.


Next over, foot of the Mandalay Lane stairs: 3, 4, 5. 


The openspace around Quintara’s 135 steps is now a gardenspot with planting flags all over: 6 thru 9. It starts out as a double stairway and merges into a single. 

Now up Radio Terrace (pic 10) that curves round to Rockridge Dr. with Golden Gate Heights Park on one side, stone stairs up to the tennis courts.

Descending on Oriole Way, 97 steps to Pacheco near 10th: 11 thru 17.


Around 10th Ave. at the east dead-end of Quintara is where Golden Gate Heights magically turns into the Forest Hill neighborhood.


Through this very short picket-fenced walkway (pic 18), a dead-end for vehicles, and you’ve got totally different scenery. See between 43 and 51 Mendosa on the Forest Hill side on Streetview. The unique Forest Hills ‘hood (no lookalike tract houses here!) is on the lower part of the tall hill called Forest Hill, at the east foot of which is the Forest Hill Metro Station at Laguna Honda Blvd.


Having now emerged on divided Mendosa in Forest Hills, another stairway starts down at 10th and Mendosa, then to 9th, then to Santa Rita (upper part of the divided street) and San Marcos (lower part) with a unique little stairway dividing the two streets. The stairs continue down to Castenada, 206 steps: 19 thru 28. I've been calling this the "Castenada" stairway. 


Last two pix: This stairway-walk (25 steps) descends from Pacheco to Ventura. No street sign. You don’t always see street signs on the curvy streets around here when you’re looking for one; reminds me of Sausalito. See 404 Pacheco for the top on Streetview.

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1. 15th to Pacheco
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2. Pacheco with 15th Ave. below
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3. Foot of Mandalay
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4. Mandalay Lane up to 15th
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5. Mandalay's foot at 14th Ave.
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6. We might now call this the Quintara Gardens
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7. Foot of the Quintara stairway at 15th Ave.
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8. 135 steps
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9. Near top of Quintara stairway
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10. Radio Terrace; Golden Gate Heights Park to right
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11. Top of Oriole stairway at Cragmont
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12. Mount Sutro across
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13. Oriole house
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14. Cragmont to Pacheco on Oriole
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15. 97 steps
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16. Down to Pacheco
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17. Oriole's foot
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18. Short walkway from Golden Gate Heights to Forest Hill neighborhood
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19. Down from Mendosa to Ninth Ave.
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20. Ninth Ave. to Santa Rita
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21. Down to Santa Rita & San Marcos
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22. Center: short continuing stairway dividing Santa Rita and San Marcos
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23. Stairs dividing Santa Rita above from San Marcos below
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24. Down to San Marcos
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25. Last block, continuing steps down to Castenada
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26. San Marcos to Castenada
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27. Near foot at Castenada: 206 steps
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28. Foot at Castenada
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29. Pacheco to Ventura
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30. Pacheco to Ventura
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