This Russian Hill hike was to check out how construction of the new Francisco Park, at the old reservoir (between Hyde and Larkin), was coming along. Its west side is bordered by the Larkin stairs, a popular spot for watching the Blue Angels.
Larkin, Nob Hill: 1 thru 4
A playground, Helen Will Park, Broadway at Larkin: 5, 6
Larkin, Russian Hill: 7
A THEN from 1970s is 2325 Larkin, pic 8. Someone at the San Francisco Remembered Facebook site found it on Google Maps when I said I couldn't find it. NOWs: 9 thru 13
Larkin: 14
Foot of George Sterling Park at Latkin: 15 thru 19
More Larkin: 20 thru 23
Top of the Chestnut stairway: 24
The Larkin stairway has three separate flights. The first is from the Larkin brick dead-end just past the top of the Chestnut stairs. It’s short and descends to curvy Francisco St. Careful crossing here - cars turning: 25 thru 29
Cross Francisco and the second flight will take you alongside the reservoir. There was heavy equipment activity below; the railings here and along the third flight (further down, Russian Hill Park) were vibrating: 30 thru 35
Russian Hill Park was blocked off here at its west side due to construction all the way down to the foot of the park at Bay St.: 36 thru 40
Ghirardelli Square (North Point St.): 41
Polk near North Point: 42
1 Larkin, Nob Hill
2 Larkin, Nob Hill
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5 Helen Will Park at Larkin & Broadway
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7 Larkin & Vallejo, Russian Hill
8 THEN; 2325 Larkin, 1970s
9 NOW: 2325 Larkin, September 2019
10 NOW: 2325 Larkin
11 NOW
12 NOW
13 NOW
14 Larkin
15 Foot of George Sterling Park
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24 Top of Chestnut stairs
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27 Uppermost of three flights of Larkin steps starts here
28 Down to Francisco
29 Looking back
30 Crossing Francisco for the second flight
31 Francisco Park under construction to the right
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34 Looking back
35 Foot of second flight
36 Third flight starts here down into Russian Hill Park
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39 Looking back
40 Foot of third flight of Larkin steps at Bay St.
41 Ghirardelli Square at North Point
42 Polk St. near North Point
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