Filbert Street financial crisis of 2007–2008. It was then leased to a car parking company, but this arrangement was terminated by Leicester City Council in March 2012. Filbert Street Filbert Street was a football stadium in Leicester, England, which served as the home of Leicester City FC from 1891 until 2002. Although officially titled the "City Business Stadium" in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadia. Leicester City was formed in 1884. The club was then named "Leicester Fosse", as its founders mostly lived in the west end of the city, through which
Filbert Street (San Francisco) curvy Lombard Street started as a 27% grade. Three streets in Los Angeles are steeper—28th Street in San Pedro at 33.3%, Eldred Street in Highland Park at 33%, and Baxter Street in Silver Lake at 32%. Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh is said to have a 37% grade; the length of that grade is unknown. The feral parrots of Telegraph Hill, which were the subject of the 2003 documentary "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill", may often be seen along the steps. Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, may be the steepest residential street in the world; it reportedly averages 1:3.41