![]() ![]() They're also talking to people in person, posting warnings on Yelp, and have reached out to the city asking for permanent signage. They've been posting flyers around the area warning visitors about break-ins. Neighbors are taking matter into their own hands. They can't keep up with all the reports," Garcia said. "The precinct tells us they're inundated. Garcia has reported the break-ins and sightings of suspicious cars to police. She notes thieves have just enough time to empty out a car during the 10 minutes it takes an unsuspecting victim, usually a tourist, to walk up and down the tiled steps. Sometimes they're as brazen to go up to someone and saying: 'So are you looking for the tiled steps? Make sure you keep walking all the way to top,'" she said. She no longer feels safe parking her car outside her own house. Neighbor Rachel Miller-Garcia said crime in the area is out of control. Part of a car window and broken glass litters surrounding streets. Get directions below and leave a comment if you feel so inclined.Tourists take pictures at the base of the mosaic steps in San Francisco's Inner Sunset. Make sure you walk to the top of the Grand View Park as well (the view is Grand! haha), but I will write about that in another post. I recommend a trip to see them if you are into artistic endeavors like this. Like the wave organ, I enjoyed checking out the beautiful Mosaic Steps. That white part in the distance is the ocean the brightness just overexposed my camera. I would highly suggest continuing the climb up to Grand View Park as the view is massive, but even if you don’t, the view from the stairs is pretty good as well. Once you reach the top of the steps, you will be pretty far above where you got off the bus. I thought it was interesting to take a photo and turn it black and white, even though it takes away the beautiful color, it does pull out the design a little more. Here are a couple of pictures of the various sections. I spent a lot of time waiting for the perfect moment to snap a photo when no one was on the stairs (due to the popularity this took a while). From there, I just proceeded up the steps, taking in the different patterns and trying to guess as to what story they were trying to create with this art. You are free to explore this area to your heart’s content. Approaching from 16th avenue, you can immediately see the Mosaic Steps as they ascend to Grand View Park.Īfter walking up the two blocks of steep streets (like everything in San Francisco), you will reach the base of the steps. To get to the Mosaic Steps, you would take the bus from Golden Gate Park and then get off around 16th Avenue. According to the website, over 220 neighbors sponsored handmade animal, bird, and fish name tiles embedded within the mosaic, and over 300 people helped to put them in. Inspired by the famous stairs in Rio De Janeiro, these steps were meticulously created over summer to build a beautiful walkway for the whole city to enjoy. Near 1700 16th Ave (between Noriega St & Moraga St).The area draws a crowd all day long and is a good picture of the artistic community that San Francisco creates. When I visited San Francisco, this was high on my list to experience, and you can see why in the photos. The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Project, located in the southern end of San Francisco, about 15 minutes from Golden Gate Park, is a neighborhood-wide project where people got together and donated to change 163 steps into a work of art. ![]()
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