San Francisco Painted Ladies
The San Francisco Painted Ladies are a row of Victorian homes located on Steiner Street between Hayes and Grove. When viewed from Alamo Square (the park across the street), the Painted Ladies are in stark contrast to the modern skyline of downtown San Francisco. This contrast has made the Painted Ladies the most famous of the 14,000 Victorian homes in San Francisco.
When you are viewing the Painted Ladies standing in Alamo Square, you are very near the location where a scene from So I Married an Axe Murderer was filmed. The Ladies are also featured in Down To You, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Bicentennial Man.
Alamo Square park is about five blocks from where I live, so I like to show off the Painted Ladies by taking my guests on a little walk around the neighborhood.
You can get to the Painted Ladies by taking the 21 Bus, which you can catch anywhere along Market Street between Spear and Ninth, and getting off at Alamo Square park on Steiner Street.
