San Francisco: Russian Hill & Nob Hill


San Francisco: Russian Hill & Nob Hill (Français)
Russian Hill got its name from a russian cemetery found on the top of the hill during gold rush, a sign of the russian colonization in the region. This is where the famous world's crookedest street, Lombard St., can be found. It slope goes as high as 40%, as a result of digging in mines many years ago.
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Arrived at Lombard St., my cable car continues	Warning ! Lombard St. curves ahead
Lombard St. curves (named world's crookedest street) help cars go down it's 27% slope	Cars going down Lombard St.
Lombard St. and Coit Tower afar	Nice buildings on Lombard St.
Vegetation on Lombard St.	Most crooked and most photographed street
Slope continues after the curves on Lombard St.	Nice flowers on a neighbouring wall Lombard St.
Plants decorating the curves of Lombard St.	Lombard St.
Slope of Hyde St. near Lombard St. with Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz at the end	Me on Hyde St. near Lombard St.
Cable cars museum	Inside the museum are the engines that pull the cables to which cars hold to climb hills
Each line has its engine	Going down Washington St. (Powell/Hyde line) in cable car
Up Jackson St. in cable car (Powell/Hide line)	Inside the cable car, with people on the sides
City from Coit Tower