Lombard Street
by Adam Romanowicz
Title
Lombard Street
Artist
Adam Romanowicz
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Photograph
Description
Lombard Street - known as the world's "Crookedest Street", shot from a distance near Telegraph Hill.
Lombard Street's western terminus is at Presidio Boulevard inside The Presidio; it then heads east through the Cow Hollow neighborhood. For twelve blocks, between Broderick Street and Van Ness Avenue, it is a principal arterial road that is co-signed as U.S. Route 101. Lombard Street then continues through the Russian Hill neighborhood and to the Telegraph Hill neighborhood. At Telegraph Hill it breaks off to the south, becoming Telegraph Hill Boulevard, leading to Pioneer Park and Coit Tower. Lombard Street starts again at Winthrop Street and finally terminates at The Embarcadero as a collector road.
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 crookedest street in the world. The design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry and built in 1922, was intended to reduce the hill's natural 27% grade, which was too steep for most vehicles. It is also a hazard to pedestrians, who are accustomed to shallow inclines, up to 4.86 deg because of wheel chair navigability concerns. The crooked block is perhaps 600 feet long (412.5 feet straight line), is one-way (downhill) and is paved with red bricks.
Copyright © Adam Romanowicz. All Rights Reserved.
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August 15th, 2014
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