Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring
- ISBN-10
- 0899977499
- ISBN-13
- 9780899977492
- Series
- Stairway Walks in San Francisco
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10-07
- Publisher
- Wilderness Press
- Authors
- Adah Bakalinsky, Mary Burk
Description
Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco’s 42 hills, exposing incredible vistas while connecting colorful, unique neighborhoods — Mary Burk and Adah Bakalinsky love them all. The updated Stairway Walks in San Francisco explores well-known and clandestine corridors from Lands End to Bernal Heights while sharing captivating architectural, historical, pop culture, and horticultural notes along the way. A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the city's 600-plus public stairways. Long-term residents and tourists alike have used the book for more than 25 years to adventurously uncover San Francisco’s unexpected details.
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