Lisaruth: Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' Image:Collingwood and 22nd stairs 1920 wnp36.02329.jpg '''Northeast corner of Collingwood and 22nd Street, before grading, June 30, 1920.''' ''Photo: SF Department of Public Works, via [https://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.02329.jpg OpenSFHistory / wnp36.02329]'' The hilly stretch of 22nd Street between Castro Street and Diamond Street, and touching on..."

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Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' Image:Collingwood and 22nd stairs 1920 wnp36.02329.jpg '''Northeast corner of Collingwood and 22nd Street, before grading, June 30, 1920.''' ''Photo: SF Department of Public Works, via [https://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.02329.jpg OpenSFHistory / wnp36.02329]'' The hilly stretch of 22nd Street between Castro Street and Diamond Street, and touching on..."

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''' Unfinished History '''

[[Image:Collingwood and 22nd stairs 1920 wnp36.02329.jpg]]

'''Northeast corner of Collingwood and 22nd Street, before grading, June 30, 1920.'''

''Photo: SF Department of Public Works, via [https://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.02329.jpg OpenSFHistory / wnp36.02329]''

The hilly stretch of 22nd Street between Castro Street and Diamond Street, and touching on Collingwood Street, has been navigated by using staircases since well before the above photo was taken in 1920. In 2012, the staircase named "Jungle Stairs" became a Street Parks initiative to enhance the beauty and safety of the staircases to the west and east of the hill. Between institutional and city funders, artists, muralists, metalworkers, landscapers, and neighbors, the city block has been cultivated, stewarded, and become a place of community building and collaboration.

[[Image:Noe valley WT jungle stairs 18 may 2024.jpg]]

'''Shaping San Francisco co-hosted a walking tour with the Noe Valley Library branch in May 2024, taking participants up and over the Jungle Stairs, exiting here at Collingwood Street. Metal sign created by Brennan Cox of Groundworks, Inc.'''

''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''

[[Image:East from 22nd street in noe valley apr 2025.jpg]]

'''View from the top of the staircases, looking east toward San Francisco Bay, with Castro Street in the foreground, April 2025.'''

''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''

[[Image:22nd st jungle stairs info board may 2024.jpeg]]

'''Information board posted at Jungle Stairs.'''

''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''

[[Image:Plants of jungle stairs may 2024.jpeg]]

'''In this land stewardship project, native plants to the Franciscan Bioregion have been given primacy.'''

''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''

[[Image:Lupine in bloom jungle stairs may 2024.jpg]]

'''Yellow Lupine in bloom on Jungle Stairs, May 2024.'''

''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''

[https://junglestairs.wordpress.com Read more about the evolution of the beautiful habitat as it has been created and continues to be tended over time.]

[[category:Noe Valley]] [[category:Castro]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2020s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Gardens]] [[category:Parks]] [[category:Public Art]]

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