Oh boy the map of San Francisco does not show the hills. And such steep hills too. No wonder it has become a city of many staircases connecting cul de sacs, streets and neighbourhoods. Some of them secret linkages with lovingly tended gardens, others purely functional.
But the hero of the hills has to be the cable cars, whether grinding up Nob's Hill or navigating the Hyde - Powell line, the trickiest of them all. What a treat to sit and watch the city at work and at play.
The vision and foresight to preserve and to continue to invest in the cable cars makes San Francisco so unique.
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| Fred hanging on, camera in hand loving the rides. |
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| The Cable Car Museum, a must to understand how they run! |
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| 'Flying' down California Street at 9.5 miles an hour |
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