Vermont Street--San Francisco's Real Curviest Street!

Unfinished History

Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed Highway 101.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org

Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.

Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project

These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Foot of Vermont Street, 1996

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Vermont Street southward, 1927

Photo: San Francisco Public Works, via Potrero Hill Archives Project

Vermont Street southward, 1930

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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