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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lombard Street canonical | 16 |
| Lombard Street (San Francisco) | 1 |
| Lombard Street in San Francisco | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Hyde Street
ⓘ
Geary Street ⓘ
surface form:
Leavenworth Street
|
| designCompletedIn | 1922 ⓘ |
| designedBy | City engineer Clyde Healy ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | The Embarcadero ⓘ |
| extendsTo | The Presidio of San Francisco vicinity ⓘ |
| famousFor | steep, crooked block with multiple switchbacks ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
films set in San Francisco
ⓘ
postcards and travel brochures ⓘ television shows set in San Francisco ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic residential buildings
ⓘ
landscaped switchbacks ⓘ ornamental gardens ⓘ sidewalk stairways for pedestrians ⓘ |
| hasMaximumGradeBeforeCurves | approximately 27 percent ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTransit | Powell–Hyde cable car line ⓘ |
| hasNickname | the crookedest street in the world ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHairpinTurns | 8 ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 94133 ⓘ |
| hasSection | one-way downhill block between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | 5 mph on the crooked block ⓘ |
| hasSurface | brick-paved roadway ⓘ |
| hasTrafficControl | seasonal measures to manage tourist congestion ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Alcatraz Island
ⓘ
Coit Tower ⓘ San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| isMaintainedBy |
San Francisco County
ⓘ
surface form:
City and County of San Francisco
|
| isNotableAs |
iconic symbol of San Francisco’s hilly topography
ⓘ
one of San Francisco’s most photographed locations ⓘ |
| isPartOf | San Francisco street grid ⓘ |
| isPopularWith |
photographers
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| isRegulatedBy |
San Francisco Muni
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
|
| isSubjectOf | debates about reservation or toll systems for cars ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| openedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Hill neighborhood
|
| purposeOfCurves | to reduce the hill’s natural grade for vehicles ⓘ |
| roadDirection | one-way downhill ⓘ |
| touristActivities |
driving down the crooked block
ⓘ
taking photographs of the curves and gardens ⓘ walking along the sidewalks and stairs ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
this entity surface form:
Lombard Street (San Francisco)
this entity surface form:
Lombard Street in San Francisco
subject surface form:
San Francisco
subject surface form:
San Francisco
subject surface form:
Presidio Parkway