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* St. Josaphat Church

Dedicated in 1916 to serve a Polish parish established in 1901, the Roman Catholic Church was named for St. Josaphat (Josephat Kuntsevych), a bishop and martyr born in Poland in 1580. The building is Romanesque with a Byzantium influence evident … Continue reading

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Sterling St. Steps

Cross Sterling and make right on steps. Descend 33 steps to Mission St. On one corner is Garvey’s, a popular neighborhood pub. Stop in for a cold one. Across is the former St. Josaphat’s Church.

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Caesar Way

Make left at the break in the railing. Please watch your footing. For over a decade, Caesar way was covered in concrete boulders and construction debris related to condos built on the plot above it. SSSNA members removed the debris, … Continue reading

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Eleanor St.

Turn right and descend 69 steps to Caesar Way. These steps begin below the retaining wall for the townhouses on Holt St.

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* SSSNA Founding

Just past 39 Holt St. is an open lot. A fire here destroyed three homes on Memorial Day weekend 1997. Alarmed by the inability of a standard fire truck to negotiate the narrow streets and sharp turns, a group of … Continue reading

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Holt St.

Cross street to sidewalk and make left. Notice the houses sit below grade with individual stair sets to Holt St., a feature of building on a steeply sloped hillside. Ascend three sidewalk steps and continue to Eleanor St.

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Sumner St. Steps

At the end of Sumner, keep left and descend 28 steps built into the sidewalk. Finally, descend an additional 57 steps through a canopy of trees to Holt St.

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Sumner St.

Cross Sumner and make right. Steps lie ahead, so ignore the “No Outlet” sign.

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Oakley Way Steps (cont’d)

Keep left and climb an additional 22 steps to upper Stella St. Ascend an additional 98 steps to Mission St. and then 19 steps on the right to Stromberg St. Finally, take the last 25 steps to Sumner St. You’ve … Continue reading

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Shelly St.

Beginning at 2700 Shelly are three of eight townhouses built in 2003 by the South Side Local Development Company in cooperation with the SSSNA. The new homes had to be shoe-horned into the hillside between existing homes. Continue walking Up … Continue reading

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