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Russian Hill West

11/26/2014

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Listening to the Wild Parrots above on this third Russian Hill hike. Originally from Telegraph Hill, these guys now call the whole city their home.

Michelangelo Playground is a tiny park between Filbert and Greenwich, Leavenworth and Jones, that has a community garden, benches, picnic tables (first pic), a playground, and an unlocked restroom. Note the latter convenience, please, considerably larger Mount Davidson Park! 

Greenwich from Leavenworth to Hyde is a gardeny delight with benches and a fountain. Up a stairway from Leavenworth that alternates with a paved walkway (78 steps, pix 2 thru 6) to a dead-end for vehicles and a couple of sidewalk stairways up to Hyde (24 steps for the north side, pic 7).

Lombard of Crooked Street fame, beloved by tourists, Leavenworth up to Hyde, has sidewalk steps on each side of the redbricked curly street. Staircount: 245 south sidewalk steps, pix 8 thru 13; 248 north sidewalk steps: 14 thru 17. 

At Greenwich up from Hyde are 27 steps into George Sterling Memorial Park on the south side. Counted 113 steps from the top, at the Alice Marble Tennis Courts, down to Larkin: 18, 19, 20.

There’s also a north stairway up into the park from Larkin with 92 steps to a pair of tiled benches, last pic.


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1. Michelangelo Park below street level on Greenwich
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2. Up from Leavenworth
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3. Part steps, part gardenwalk
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4. Greenwich between Leavenworth & Hyde
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5. Greenwich up from Leavenworth for walkers only
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6. Sittin' log
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7. Greenwich sidewalk steps climb to Hyde
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8. Top of Lombard's south sidewalk stairway
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9. Down the steps alongside the infamous wiggly street
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10. 245 steps for the south side
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11. Lombard's south sidewalk steps from Hyde down to Leavenworth
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12. Continuing down the south sidewalk stairs
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13. On the north sidewalk steps now, looking across
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14. 248 staircount for the north sidewalk steps
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15. Lombard's north sidewalk stairway
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16. Always lots of people enjoying these stairs and the redbricked street in the middle
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17. Continuing back up the north side to Hyde and the cable car tracks
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18. Top of the south George Sterling Park stairway
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19. 113 steps on the south side down to Larkin
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20. South steps
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21. Benches at top of north steps up from Larkin
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