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San Francisco's Stairways
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With more than 300 stairways scattered throughout the city, visitors only have to don walking shoes and grab a camera to find out - the answer is stairway walks, one of the city"s oldest and most scenic, albeit hidden, attractions.
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San Francisco"s myriad stairways range from the local flights of steps hidden by trees and small gardens, to the dramatic, carefully landscaped stairs found in more widely-traveled places such as the famous "crooked" Lombard Street. Their vast number stems from the fact that San Francisco is built on more than 40 hills.
Stairways are also more frequently used than one might think. Since stairways allow direct vertical access from one street to another, and since most streets wind around hills, people frequently use them as a shortcut.
Pick almost any stairway in the city to visit and one shouldn"t be disappointed. At Broadway and Lyon streets, one can take a stroll down more than 10 flights of majestic stone steps, surrounded by well-kept greenery and regal views of the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Bay and the Marin Headlands. This is one of the city"s most beautiful districts, with trees from the historic Presidio rising up on one side and rows of ornate mansions stretching away on the other.
Farther east are the Greenwich Street Steps at the base of Coit Tower, a climb of more than three separate flights of stairs. Despite its length, this stairway is worth every inch of the climb - it winds its way through tall trees, hillside gardens and past some of the best local-area views of San Francisco bay in the city. Benches and wide stone railings are available at different parts on the hill for those who need to rest or just want to enjoy the view.
On the other side of the city, high above San Francisco Bay and overlooking Alcatraz, the small clearing at the top of the Fort Mason/Aquatic Park Steps features a refreshing air of peace. Look around at the grassy hills, smattering of picnic tables and trees waving in the strong wind, and one would never know that this area was built on military battery platforms dating back to the Civil War. This battery, named Black Point Lookout, was one of several others created to d
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