Stairs appeared to end at water storage tanks
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Stairs led to a path past the water storage tanks
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A narrow path and chain link fence were not inviting
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Narrow steps led up into the fort
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Clearly no room for passing on the stairs
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There followed a path along the cliff face
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From the path there appeared a fine view
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The path ended at stairs up and a sign
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At the top a picnic area with a view
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Where cannons used to protect the Golden Gate
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A shaded path lead around and into the fort
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Stairs also led up from the benches
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At the top, a grass lined path into the fort proper
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A sign described this part of the fort
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Sign read (in part): "Heart of the Post   •  Flagpole, headquarters, and hospital"   •  Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  Funston Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:47:42 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

The actual view did not live up to the sign
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Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  Funston Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:47:52 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

At the end of Funston a grassy area with Frisbee players
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Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  Funston Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:49:24 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

Below was McDowell Rd. littered with bicycles
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Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  McDowell Rd. Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:50:00 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

And below McDowell Rd. were the piers
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Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  McDowell Rd. Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:50:44 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

The last stairway down, seen from the side
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Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  McDowell Rd. Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:51:04 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

A sign showed the way down the last stairway
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Sign read: "Fort Mason Center, Buildings A-E   •  Pavilions/Piers 1-3, Programs and Events"   •  Stairway Walk 6, Stairway Walks Book   •  McDowell Rd. Fort Mason, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 5 August 2009)   •  (Photo taken 15:52:08 Sunday 19 July 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

The view up from the bottom of the stairs down
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A man rested part way down the stairs
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