Archive for the ‘Stairway Walk’ Category

Stairway Walk – Golden Gate Heights

GGH Route Map on Google
WHEN: 31 January 2010, from 11am to 3pm
WHERE: Kirkham Street and 15th Avenue, at the base of the stairway.
Yes, 2010 is seeing a continuation of our fun and successful Stairway Walk Tours – this time we’ll be going to the neighborhood of Golden Gate Heights, full of curving streets, and interesting ...Read more.

Stairway Walk – Apple Hill

Since we seem to be on a roll with fun events lately, I thought we’d try something different.  I’m going to rent a 12-passenger van and take a group of folks to the Sierra foothills town of Camino, California, better known as Apple Hill
We’ll meet at Cafe Flore, located at the Northeast corner of Market ...Read more.

Stairway Walk – Forest Hill

Link to Google Map
It’s time to leave Old San Francisco and venture west into the neighborhood known as Forest Hill.  Forest Hill contains the largest collection of houses designed by the influential Arts and Crafts architect, Bernard Maybeck, who designed the Palace of Fine Arts, among other famous structures in the Bay Area.  He was ...Read more.

Stairway Walk: Presidio Steps and Marina

Link to Google Map
The Marina District was created with the rubble of the 1906 earthquake, and was the site of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and we will explore from the Presidio Steps down to the Palace of Fine Arts, wander through the Marina District’s shopping area, have a nice lunch, then trek back up ...Read more.

Stairway Walk 3 – Nob Hill

EDIT: This month’s walk is scrubbed due to heavy rain.  We’ll do “Railroad Barons and Silver Kings” in March.
Well, I mentioned at the beginning of the month to keep the 22nd of February open for the next Stairway Walk, and here it is!

The Google Map Here.
Nob Hill, home of railroad barons and silver mining bonanza ...Read more.

Stairway Walk 2: North Beach and Telegraph Hill

Link to Google Map of the route.

I am pleased to announce the second Stairway Walk in our hopefully becoming monthly event: North Beach and Telegraph Hill.
Sunday 25 January 2009 at 11am, meeting at the Southeast corner of Bay and Mason Streets.
One of the great things about this event is that it’s going to take us ...Read more.