We loved the Gold Rush City tour! Our guide, Ted Evans, was outstanding. Who knew that San Francisco had such humble origins and chaotic, interesting early years? Ted amazed us with innumerable facts that we are passing on to many who claim to know all about San Francisco.

We also enjoyed Bawdy & Naughty with John Ferreira. The City Guides concept is very smart. Such a wonderful way for visitors to get to know your beautiful city. —MA Saunders

I attended the Fairmont Hotel tour and it was an outstanding tour given by Peter Deutsch. He is not only informative with considerable detail, but has many stories to share. It was also fun, with humorous stories, and I would do this tour again in a minute. —Mary Ann Sams

My wife and I have lived in San Francisco for over 40 years and went on the walking tour of Chinatown with guide Dennis Gregg. We loved our tour and the insights Mr. Gregg had to offer. We can't believe we lived here all of these years and knew so little of the history of Chinatown.

—Brian and Helen Scott

I thought you might like to know of an old newspaper article that seems pertinent to your website stories about the two crookedest streets (Lombard Street, and Vermont Street - Is it the Crookedest?) by Susan Saperstein. It was published in the San Francisco Call, 6 December 1905: 1, ("New Street Transportation Ideas Are Suggested to City's Merchants") and found on the California Digital Newspaper Collection website: cdnc:ucr.edu/cdnc.

It seems likely that when Lombard Street resident Carl Henry "initially proposed the idea of a curved street" he may have been recalling Parsons' report, or possibly city engineer Clyde Healy found a copy of the report in some dusty file and adopted his plan for terracing.