San Francisco is full to the brim of gold in gates as this is just one of those treasures that said to the city kids to watch the Cops drive!! As our hills are high and the roads rush to what is downtown it is the uptown drive that laughter tickles my pink today.
Memory is not a file it is the liberty to understand comprehension. Now for the tourists that love to drive Lombard, the crookedest street in the World!!
1. Slow down?
2. Are you aware of speed bumps?
3. Have you ever watched the Clint Eastwood movies?
"Cable Car Heritage. Andrew Smith Hallidie tested the first cable car at 4 o'clock in the morning, August 2nd, 1873, on Clay Street, in San Francisco." -Cable Car Heritage - San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Lombard Street (San Francisco)
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Lombard Street seen from Coit Tower
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| Part of |  US 101 between Richardson Ave./Broderick St. and Van Ness Avenue |
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| Namesake | Philadelphia's Lombard Street |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′07″N 122°25′08″W |
| West end | Presidio Boulevard |
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| East end | The Embarcadero |
The crooked section of Lombard Street
San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell named the road after Lombard Street in Philadelphia.[2]
Route description
Looking east down the curvy block of Lombard Street, with the straight section continuing towards Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower
Lombard Street is known for the one-way block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, where eight sharp turns are said to make it the most crooked street in the world. The design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry[4] and built in 1922,[5] was intended to reduce the hill's natural 27 percent grade,[6] which was too steep for most vehicles. The crooked block is perhaps 600 feet (180 m) long (412.5 feet (125.7 m) straightline), is one-way (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The sign at the top recommends 5 mph (8 km/h). The segment normally sees around 250 vehicles per hour, with average daily traffic reaching 2630 vehicles in 2013.[1] During peak times, vehicles have to wait up to 20 minutes to enter the Crooked Street segment, in a queue that can reach Van Ness Avenue.[1]
The Powell-Hyde cable car stops at the top of the block on Hyde Street.[7]
By 2017, the area around the curved segment had become a hot-spot of what has been described as "San Francisco's car break-in epidemic."[8]
Today, the Academy of Art University owns and operates a building called Star Hall on the street for housing purposes.[9]
Past residents of Lombard Street include Rowena Meeks Abdy,[10] an early California painter who worked in the style of Impressionism[citation needed].
Chase scenes in many films were filmed on the street, including Good Neighbor Sam and What's Up, Doc?.
Gallery
Looking up Lombard Street
Traffic caution sign at top of switchbacks recommends a top speed of 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
Cars exit from lowest switchback section
Time-exposure photo at night clearly shows the eight switchbacks
Sign for Lombard Street at intersection with Leavenworth Street
See also
- 49-Mile Scenic Drive
- Vermont Street, the other San Francisco street claimed to be the "most crooked"[11] has seven turns instead of eight, but its hill is steeper than Lombard's.
- Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa, once recognized by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as "The Crookedest Street in the World". Like Lombard Street it has eight turns but over a shorter distance.
References
- "Lombard Street, San Francisco". San Francisco. a view on cities. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
External links
Media related to Lombard Street (San Francisco) at Wikimedia Commons- Tourist Trapped: The Crookedest Street In The World, SFGate Culture Blog
- Lombard Street, SF GuideLines (includes early images)
- Lombard Street on San Francisco To Do
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Parts of San Francisco popular with tourists were hit hardest, including Japantown, Civic Center, the famously curvy stretch of Lombard Street, and the Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 39 area.
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