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'''Saturn Street west at Temple, with Roosevelt Way at top of hill at right, Oct. 23, 1925.'''
'''Saturn Street west at Temple, with Roosevelt Way at top of hill at right, Oct. 23, 1925.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R.collection''





Latest revision as of 17:45, 20 September 2016

Unfinished History

The Vulcan Steps at Ord Street not long after they were first laid out, Oct. 23, 1925.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Vulcan Steps from top, looking down, July 2009.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Among the many amazing stairways in San Francisco, the two off Ord Street on the northwest slopes of Eureka Valley, Vulcan and Saturn, are really fantastic. They are a fun way to traverse the steep slopes up to Corona Heights, or if you are on your way from the Castro to the Haight, they provide a scenic alternative to the usual streets.

Saturn steps at Ord Street.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

View across Eureka Valley and the Mission from Saturn Steps, July 2009.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Saturn Street west at Temple, with Roosevelt Way at top of hill at right, Oct. 23, 1925.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R.collection


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