Some, more than once: 41 million cars cross the Golden Gate Bridge annually; 52 million cross the Bay Bridge.
Calves hurt? Streets with the steepest grades are Filbert, between Leavenworth and Hyde (two blocks south of Lombard), and 22nd, between Church and Vicksburg: both 31.5 per cent.
And all packed: There are 39 cable cars.
Ticket, please: “Shanghai,” a term for drugging people and throwing them on an outbound ship, was launched here.
Of course: Among San Francisco’s 15 sister cities: Shanghai.
Nosebleed sections: Nob Hill rises 376 feet above sea level. Telegraph Hill 248 feet. And the Twins Peaks (910 feet, 903 feet) aren’t.
Fantastick: “Beach Blanket Babylon,” a very silly musical review at the Club Fugazi, is in its 27th year.
Transients only: 1.2 million people visit Alcatraz yearly.
Dueling themes: The official song is “San Francisco” (” . . . open your Golden Gate”). The official ballad is “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
