Garages are quite useful on that steep block. Large image is 102K. A closeup of the same location shows how the building is being supported. These pictures were taken on July 7, 1998. Now considerable concrete has been added to support the up hill side. The house in front is still supported by the wooden shoring.
Viewers can see how adding a garage can be expensive.
This picture was taken on October 1, 1998. A new literary walking tour of North Beach is called Footnotes Literary Walk . The Marie Maersk passing Fisherman's Wharf on a foggy Friday, April 30. It was scheduled to sail from Oakland on the same day, with a destination of Yokohama, Japan, and a travel time of ten days. The Maersk Line Website tells us that this ship will then go throughout the far east including China and, on May 31, Sydney, Australia.