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World's Coolest Staircases

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world's coolest staircases: 16th Avenue Mosaic Staircase

John F. Hughes

16th Avenue Mosaic Staircase, San Francisco

There are 163 mosaic panels—one for each step—that make up this staircase at 16th Avenue and Moraga in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Heights neighborhood. The panels begin depicting the ocean and, by the time you reach the highest step, you’re in the sky with the birds. Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher designed the thematic mosaics and enlisted the help of community members. After several years of work and fundraising, the stairs were completed in 2005. —Lyndsey Matthews



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