Andover has 60 steps from its dead-end for vehicles at Powhattan up to Bernal Heights Park: first two pix. There's a new backyard treehouse here at the top of the stairs since my last visit. Turn right to descend the next stairway over, Moultrie.
Moultrie from the park down to Powhattan has 23 steps but could use them all the way instead of just the bottom part (third pic). Descending from the park, the dirt trail here is steepish (fourth pic).
Continued on Moultrie down to Cortland. At the east side of the library on Cortland, Jarboe is one street to the south. The newer stairway and wall at the top, completed Fall 2010, is several blocks to the east (fifth and sixth pix).
At Jarboe's east dead-end is the top of the Bradford steps. There are about 78 steps for the main zigzag stairs. Now it's only got grass and grow-everywheres like California poppies. Maybe the stairway is in transition and the residents have more planned for it. I did see that the dry grass around here had recently been cut. I'd think maybe some drought-resistant native plants would be great here if not an actual community garden or minipark. Seems a shame to have all that potential planting area on either side of this stairway and not use it for some kind of garden. The addition of the stairs would make it easier to garden on the slope now.
At the foot of the main stairway, there are 34 more sidewalk steps (east side only) partway down to Tompkins. Why they stopped at only 34 is beyond me. It is supersteep here down to Tompkins and it would've been good to continue them all the way down (seventh photo). Go slowly if you walk this. The sidewalk steps, across from residences, do have attractive plantings along their length now.
Bronte is the next street over from Tompkins. There are dead-end signs (for vehicles) now at Bradford and Bronte on Tompkins. Bronte's short stairway is at the top of the steep street. The next stairway over, Tompkins (Putnam to Nevada) has seen improvements over the last several years with attractive plantings: the Tompkins Steps Beautification Project. Today, though, had to step around two piles of dogpoop when starting up.
At Nevada and Jarboe is a marine mural on the side of a house and on Nevada as I headed towards Cortland is the Nevada Sun (eighth pic).
Andover from Powhattan into the park
Andover steps from Bernal Hts. Park to Powhattan
Moultrie steps from Powhattan to the park
Top of Moultrie trail/steps from the park to Powhattan
Wall at end of Jarboe. Top of the stairway upper left side.
Top of the Bradford stairway at Jarboe
Foot of the Bradford sidewalk steps
"Nevada Sun" -- Nevada near Jarboe
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