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[[ | [[File:WindyWindyWindyWindyStreet-GTASA.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Windy Windy Windy Windy Street, looking to the top from over [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]].]] | ||
'''Windy Windy Windy Windy Street''' is a street in [[San Fierro]], [[San Andreas]], located at the eastern edge of | '''Windy Windy Windy Windy Street''' is a street in [[San Fierro]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]], located at the eastern edge of [[Calton Heights]]. This landmark is modeled after [[:wp:San Francisco|San Francisco's]] famous [[:wp:Lombard Street, San Francisco|Lombard Street]], which also bears the name "crookedest street" due to the winding nature with which the street progresses through the one block between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets. | ||
Like its real-life counterpart, Windy Windy Windy Windy Street is very difficult to navigate with an automobile. | Like its real-life counterpart, Windy Windy Windy Windy Street is very difficult to navigate with an automobile. The tree-lined street is flanked by concrete step-sidewalks for easier passage, but is generally a poor choice for traveling through the city, and exists as more of a spectacle than a useful transportation medium (though there is a unique stunt jump available here). | ||
==Gameplay items== | |||
;Safehouses | |||
*[[Calton Heights Safehouse]] | |||
;Vehicles | |||
*[[Kart]] - Atop the staircase northwest the street (available only after [[Cut Throat Business]]) | |||
;Collectibles | |||
*One [[Unique Stunt Jumps in GTA San Andreas|Unique Stunt Jump]] - Done by going to the staircase atop/northwest of the street | |||
*One [[Snapshots|Snapshot]] - Found above the middle part of the street | |||
;Weapons and Pickups | |||
*[[Camera]] - On the pedestrian walkway immediately east of the safehouse (two flights of stairs down the safehouse) | |||
*[[Flowers]] - Right beside the northern staircase, on a patch of grass | |||
==Notes== | |||
*Vehicles controlled by NPCs do not actually drive down the street. | |||
*The street is notable for featuring street signs marking its name on both its ends (most named streets in GTA San Andreas are not so marked). | |||
*The street's name "windy" refers to the "winding" curvature rather than the weather being windy (and thus "Windy" is pronounced "wine-dee" when saying the name). | |||
[[Category:Places in San Fierro]] | [[Category:Places in San Fierro]] | ||
[[Category:Streets]] |