Stairway Walks in San Francisco |  | Author: Adah Bakalinsky
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 23,906
Media: Paperback
Edition: Sixth Edition
Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0899974295
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780899974293
ASIN: 0899974295
Publication Date: December 6, 2006
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Product Description
Fully updated and expanded edition of the best-selling Wilderness Press classic. Now with additional walks and 16 pages of full-color photographs, Stairway Walks in San Francisco contains step-by-step route descriptions that include notes on historical background, architecture, and other points of interest. Accompanying each of the 27 walks is an easy-to-follow map with corresponding numbered walk directions and public transportation information. Locals and tourists alike have used the book for over 20 years to explore San Francisco's beautiful neighborhoods. Includes four new neighborhood walks along even more of the city's stairways--Edgehill, St. Francis Wood, Four Hills, and a cross-city walk and sixteen pages of full-color photographs bring the descriptions and stairways to life. This book is Wilderness Press's best-selling San Francisco title. ". . . A fascinating trek through the sidewalk staircases hidden around the city."
--The New York Times "Bakalinsky . . . Is the Ferdinand Magellan, the Sir Francis Drake, the Vasco da Gama of San Francisco stairways."
--Paul McHugh, San Francisco Chronicle
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 A must for people visiting or LIVING in SF September 11, 2002
William P. Dingell (Reston, VA United States)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I completed maybe 12 of the walks from the earlier edition before I moved away from SF. I reget not completing them all. My advice for anyone living in SF or visiting it, buy this book and spend a few hours taking in one of the walks. You'll see neighborhoods that even long time residents don't know about. And, you'll be away from the crowds who flock to the usual places. Buy it and do it!
A Fascinating Adventure Guide August 23, 2000
The Poet (Silicon Valley, CA United States)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I found the first edition of this book while I was attending college, in the college bookstore. At once I said to myself, "Yes! Cheap, er, I mean creative dates!" , as one knows, most college students don't have much money. But this book was a treasure. Each walk is a fascinating adventure through an already fascinating City. The City becomes even more alluring after one traverses these walks. Especially with a friend, loved one, or just someone you wish to impress. The walks are full of discovery, surprises and beautiful scenery. I only completed about 6 of these walks, and partially completed 3 others. (I've repeated some of these walks up to 3 times) But merely reading about the other walks sounds exciting enough to keep me trying more and more. Now that I have a good job and don't need to be quite as frugal on dates, I still enjoy going on these amazing "mini-adventures" with my friends, and now my wife. And you will too. It's a shame this is out of print. You, dear reader, had better try to find a copy so you can enjoy these exciting walks with someone you love to talk with, impress, or simply take a romantic stroll with.
Heaven... and good exercise too! September 27, 1999
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
My partner and I stumbled upon this book several years back and haven't stopped using it since! Ms. Bakalinsky takes you on some magical journeys in San Francisco, where stairways seem to appear out of nowhere, full of charm and elegance. We are long-term residents of that fair city, yet this book manages to render afresh neighborhoods with which we thought we were long familiar. Filled with lots of fascinating points of interest and written in an engaging, conversational style, you won't be disappointed in this selection. We've made outings of these walks with friends and family and they continue to rave about them years afterward.
A CITY GUIDE WITH HEART, CHARM -- AND HUMOR! July 6, 1999
Gregg L. Biggs (San Francisco CA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a book that has something few city guides have -- heart and charm. It reminds us that in many ways San Francisco is a collection of villages that are best explored on foot.The talky narrative provides interesting tidbits about not just individual neighborhoods but even individual homes. It is egalitarian in its selection of spots, not just the familiar tourist points but the "real" neighborhoods.And it something even jaded locals should find enlightening -- even tips on where to find wild blackberries!The illustrations by the late Trudie Douglas add to the charm of the book, making these walks seem like a treasure hunt from a favorite children's adventure book.It is good to see that Ms. Bakalinsky has written a similar book on LA, leading one to hope this could be the beginning of an ongoing series -- Seattle and Vancouver both beckon for similar guides to be published.
best walking guide to San Francisco February 7, 2006
Johnny99 (California)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
There are quite a few guidebooks to walks in San Francisco. I think this is the best one. The routes are longer than in most other books and they take you into the livelier interior of the city, instead of just around the touristy edges like most other books.
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