Levi's Plaza is defined by its dramatic contrast between dense, angular red-brick office buildings and an expansive, lush public park. Opened in nineteen eighty-one, this nine-acre campus serves as the corporate headquarters for Levi…
Telegraph Hill Garden Stairways
This walk winds up the legendary wooden stairways of Telegraph Hill through hidden, lushly planted cottage gardens before descending down the quiet brick steps of Greenwich. It is a peaceful climb away from traffic, offering incredible bay views and a look at one of the city's most charming vertical neighborhoods.
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1. Levi's Plaza
2. Filbert Steps
The Filbert Steps are a steep, rambling pedestrian stairway that scales the eastern slope of Telegraph Hill. You can identify them by the way a standard city street abruptly transforms into a series of wooden and concrete stairs, climbing…
3. Napier Lane
Napier Lane is a narrow boardwalk that serves as the only survivor of its kind in the district, winding horizontally across the slope of Telegraph Hill. You can identify this pedestrian path by its lack of asphalt and the cluster of wooden…
4. Grace Marchant Garden
The Grace Marchant Garden is a cascade of greenery and flowers built directly along the wooden Filbert Steps on the steep eastern slope of Telegraph Hill. In nineteen forty-nine, Grace Marchant moved into a home at the corner of Napier…
5. Malloch Building
The Malloch Building is a five-story residential structure defined by its Streamline Moderne design, featuring smooth, white plaster curves and an abundance of glass brick that gives it the appearance of a ship at sea. Built between…
6. Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park is identified by the two hundred and ten foot tall, slender concrete column of Coit Tower rising from the crest of Telegraph Hill. This five-acre public park occupies the summit where a marine telegraph station once signaled…
7. Julius' Castle
Julius’ Castle is defined by its dramatic, fairytale appearance, featuring medieval-style battlements and pointed arched windows that cling to the steep cliffs of Telegraph Hill. Built starting in nineteen twenty-three by Italian immigrant…
8. Greenwich Steps
The Greenwich Steps are a long, tiered climb of concrete and red brick that ascend the steep eastern slope of Telegraph Hill toward Coit Tower. These stairs are distinguished by the lush, self-planted gardens that spill over their edges, a…