September 17, 2007
So it's been 3 years since I moved here and I still hadn't seen Lombard Street, so I figured I might as well. I didn't really check the cross street and just started walking from my house, up throught the tenderloin, up over Nob Hill until I reached Lombard. I figured I hadn't walked far enough west and was about to head left when I noticed all the cars were queuing up to my right as they went over a hill....Whatever could be stopping them? Could it be?
Indeed, when I came over the hill and saw all the cars lining up to crawl slowly down the switchbacks, clown music immediately started playing in my head. There is no reason for this ridiculousness! It's like the Dodo bird of city planning! But, no, city planning is not run by Darwinism, and this badly mapped street from a traffic point of view is thriving on the wonders of tourism. What a testament to creative advertising.
Lombard street, thou art almost as comical as Solvang.
Indeed, when I came over the hill and saw all the cars lining up to crawl slowly down the switchbacks, clown music immediately started playing in my head. There is no reason for this ridiculousness! It's like the Dodo bird of city planning! But, no, city planning is not run by Darwinism, and this badly mapped street from a traffic point of view is thriving on the wonders of tourism. What a testament to creative advertising.
Lombard street, thou art almost as comical as Solvang.
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