San Francisco - View West from Coit Tower
View from Coit Tower
Lombard Street, which runs from the Presidio east through Cow Hollow and Telegraph Hill through to The Embarcadero, is best known for a one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, which with eight sharp switchbacks, has earned the distinction of being the "croookedest street in the world." The red-paved crooked section, which runs east 400-meters long downhill with a 5 mile-per-hour speed limit, was originally proposed by property owner Carl Henry to reduce the hill's natural 27% grade and instituted in 1922.
San Francisco - View West from Coit Tower
View from Coit Tower
Lombard Street, which runs from the Presidio east through Cow Hollow and Telegraph Hill through to The Embarcadero, is best known for a one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, which with eight sharp switchbacks, has earned the distinction of being the "croookedest street in the world." The red-paved crooked section, which runs east 400-meters long downhill with a 5 mile-per-hour speed limit, was originally proposed by property owner Carl Henry to reduce the hill's natural 27% grade and instituted in 1922.