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Date: 09/01/26 11:45
Cobblestones were better for San Francisco's steepest streets?
Author: timz

Says 1940 -- dunno how long Broderick St stayed open to cars

https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/208060?ln=en&v=uv#?xywh=-191%2C-32%2C1916%2C1087

The 275-ft block from Vallejo to Broadway is a 34.5% climb;
the east sidewalk is still open, and doesn't have steps like
many other SF hills. If Baker St, a block west, was still open,
it was just slightly steeper. But Duncan St could claim to be
the steepest street in the city, if it still existed -- dunno when
they closed the top 50 feet of it, which was well over 40%.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/WCDoPkzya34e2fHD9

 



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