Place to see: Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, United States
Between heats at the Bring Your Own Big Wheel races
For the last six or seven years, the Bring Your Own Big Wheel races (warning: embedded music) have been a San Francisco Easter tradition, started by local Jon Brumit. In 2007, when this picture was taken, a medium-sized event tolerated by the locals grew roughly tenfold, flooding the famous street with between 200 and 300 participants, and many, many more spectators.
About this place:
One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side. From the east-facing hillside, you get a great view of Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, and the bay beyond.
If you like winding people up with arguments involving civic pride, suggest to a knowledgeable local that Lombard really is the crookedest street in the United States, and see if they bring up Vermont Street.
Postcards about Lombard Street:
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26 October 2007
From:
Jason Schupp
1000-1100 Lombard Street
San Francisco, California, 94109 US
Discovered by Jason Schupp
on 26 October 2007.
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