Thursday Doors: Lombard Street

Iconic Lombard Street in San Francisco starts at the top of a hill. The view from the top is rather more spectacular than the view from the bottom.

Lombard St. 2017

If you own one of those houses I could imagine the crowds of tourists piling by on foot and in cars might get old. But it was actually very civilized.

There is one door with a plaque that tells you some of the history of the street:

Others are more hidden, as if they don’t want the tourists to see them:

If you make it to the bottom, there are more interesting doors to be seen, like this one with a tree. 

I just had to add this postcard from the 1950s, to compare with my picture above. More greenery, fewer cars! And it looks wider and less steep. I don’t think many of the original buildings are left.

Lombard St 1950s, courtesy of EphemeraObscura