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Haight-Ashbury (/ ˌ h eɪ t ˈ æ ʃ b ɛr i,-b ər i /) is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s.
Summer of Love. The Summer of Love was a major social phenomenon that occurred in San Francisco during the summer of 1967. As many as 100,000 people, mostly young people, hippies, beatniks, and 1960s counterculture figures, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and Golden Gate Park.
Haight-Ashbury, district within the city of San Francisco, California, U.S., adjacent to Golden Gate Park. The district became famous as a bohemian enclave in the 1950s and ’60s and was the centre of a large African American population.
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Young Americans around the country began moving to San Francisco, and by June 1966, around 15,000 hippies had moved into the Haight. The Charlatans, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Grateful Dead all moved to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood during this period. Love Pageant Rally
Aug 21, 2017 · A Photographic Trip Through the Summer of Love, 50 Years Later. In the summer of 1967, a hundred thousand young people descended upon the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. These...
Dec 3, 2020 · Haight-Ashbury: A History - The Third Self. By Doc B. on Dec 03, 2020. in California, Culture, History, Photography, San Francisco, Visual Arts. After a weekend walk around San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, I wanted to learn more about its history.
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Haight-Ashbury ( / ˌheɪt ˈæʃbɛri, - bəri /) is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s.
