The Very Beautiful, Barely Known Greenwich Steps, San Francisco, 2. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

In the mid 1930`s, when Valetta moved to San Francisco`s Telegraph Hill with her husband Desmond Heslet and her mother, Grace, they found the remains of an old quarry and a slum, sand and mud, and a very beautiful view of the bay. They quickly bought a house, obtained permission from the city to do the planting all along the hillside, and had all kinds of artists move in or visit regularly.