Filbert Street (San Francisco)

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Filbert Street in San Francisco, California is one of the world's steepest streets in a major city. Filbert Street and 22nd Street in San Francisco are two of the steepest in the Western Hemisphere at a maximum gradient of 31.5% (approximately 17°).

Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand is steeper, with a maximum gradient of 1:2.86 or 35%. There are also three streets in Los Angeles that are steeper—28th Street in San Pedro at 33.3%, Eldred Street in Highland Park at 33%, and Baxter Street in Silver Lake at 32% [1].

[edit] Filbert Steps

The Filbert Street Steps are a public stairway that runs along a short section of Filbert Street. Along the steps is a garden tended to and paid for by the residents of the street. The steps lead from Telegraph Hill down to The Embarcadero. Many houses in this residential neighborhood are accessible only from the steps.

The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill, which were the subject of a 2005 documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, may often been seen along the steps.

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• Google maps aerial view