Lombard Street
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Lombard Street is a famous San Francisco roadway renowned for its steep, sharply winding “crooked” block lined with landscaped switchbacks and historic homes.
Aliases (1)
- Lombard Street (San Francisco) ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
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tourist attraction → |
| connectsTo |
Hyde Street
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Leavenworth Street → |
| designCompletedIn |
1922
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| designedBy |
City engineer Clyde Healy
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| extendsFrom |
The Embarcadero
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| extendsTo |
The Presidio of San Francisco vicinity
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| famousFor |
steep, crooked block with multiple switchbacks
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| featuredIn |
films set in San Francisco
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postcards and travel brochures → television shows set in San Francisco → |
| hasFeature |
historic residential buildings
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landscaped switchbacks → ornamental gardens → sidewalk stairways for pedestrians → |
| hasMaximumGradeBeforeCurves |
approximately 27 percent
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| hasNameOrigin |
named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia
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| hasNearbyTransit |
Powell–Hyde cable car line
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| hasNickname |
the crookedest street in the world
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| hasNumberOfHairpinTurns |
8
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| hasPostalCode |
94133
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| hasSection |
one-way downhill block between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street
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| hasSpeedLimit |
5 mph on the crooked block
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| hasSurface |
brick-paved roadway
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| hasTrafficControl |
seasonal measures to manage tourist congestion
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| hasViewOf |
Alcatraz Island
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Coit Tower → San Francisco Bay → |
| isMaintainedBy |
City and County of San Francisco
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| isNotableAs |
iconic symbol of San Francisco’s hilly topography
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one of San Francisco’s most photographed locations → |
| isPartOf |
San Francisco street grid
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| isPopularWith |
photographers
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tourists → |
| isRegulatedBy |
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
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| isSubjectOf |
debates about reservation or toll systems for cars
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| locatedIn |
California
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San Francisco → United States → |
| openedIn |
1920s
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| partOf |
Russian Hill neighborhood
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| purposeOfCurves |
to reduce the hill’s natural grade for vehicles
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| roadDirection |
one-way downhill
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| touristActivities |
driving down the crooked block
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taking photographs of the curves and gardens → walking along the sidewalks and stairs → |
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Russian Hill
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San Francisco → |
knownFor |
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Russian Hill
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contains |
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City of London
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hasDistrict |
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Lombard–South station
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hasEntranceNear |
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Sansome Street
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hasIntersectionWith |
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San Francisco County
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hasLandmark |
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Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
("Lombard Street (San Francisco)")
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intersects |
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Marina District, San Francisco
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notableStreet |
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Powell–Hyde cable car line
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passesNear |
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St Mary Woolnoth
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streetAddress |
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Marina District
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streetGridIncludes |