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This stairway and the stairway on Sunset Drive Stairway have always held a special place for me. After my second attempt at living in Los Angeles, I moved to a small house on Sanborn Avenue, and was introduced to the stairways of Franklin Hills. In a city where no one walked, it seemed so special and strange to have an area with a network of Stairways. I helped make a very un-human place, inviting… and I have enjoyed the stairways ever since.

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No, not exactly a glamorous part of Radio Walk. Like most of the Stairway system in Silverlake and Echo Park, lacking a bit of care an maintenance by the City and the neighborhood.

Not even a Sign Post remains at the top of the Stairway as on the rest of the “Radio Walk”.

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A useful and often used stairway in Los Angeles. And with it’s proximity to Marshall High School it is well maintained, safe and an attractive short-cut for the neighborhood.

Near the base of the stairway, between Sanborn and LILA (French/American School) is a Public Garden. 15 years ago, before the Garden was put in, the fence was over-grown with the most lovely covering of Passion Flower. This is the place I firs saw this plant, and remember being amazed that any flower could have such a shape and color. It appeared more like a Lunar or Mars Landing Base designed by Syd Mead, or the likes. Being that it is rather weed-like, they cleared the area of the vine to make room for the the Public Garden.

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The Stairways and Walkways at the top of Clayton are purely good little shortcuts for the locals. Weel maintained and simple cut-throughs to bypass the zig-zags of the street.

At the top of Clayton is a pleasant pathway.

The Cumberland to Clayton Avenue Stairway is a good climb, and feels incorporated into the lives of the homes and apartments that border it.

A separate entry is for the Sanborn Avenue Stairway
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