Haight-Ashbury San Francisco Walking Tour

By JC - July 16, 2017

Description: Come explore San Francisco's first "suburb," evolving from a Victorian playground to a post 1906 earthquake and fire refugee camp, to ultimately the epicenter of the San Francisco sound during the Summer of Love, hosting Hippies, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Hell's Angels and Charles Manson. Somewhat strenuous.

San Francisco City Guides

Tour Date: July 16, 2017 (Sunday) @11 PM
Meeting Point: Park Branch Library, 1833 Post Street
Tour Guide: Phil Bally

European Navigator discovered San Francisco Bay thru horse not by sea - Portola. Too foggy and hard to find by the sea. Blocked by Aacatraz and Angel Island. Drake's Bay!

Haight - Neighborhood was built in 1860s and really grown during 1870s

Types Victorian Houses
1) Queen Anne Victoria - Rounded Turret

2) Stick

3) Transitional (if it's a combination)

How old is San Francisco - As old as US - constitution - June 29, 1776 (Mission Dolores)

Park Branch Library

Oldest library inthe city since it survived while the first 3 did not

Corner Houses in Page and Shrader Street

A good representation of various Victorian Houses (here)

White was where James Flood houses his mistress
Other torn down and built 1930s bldg
Blue is owned by a couple of partners in Hotel
Pink was a hotel

Formerly a hotel

Single-family House

Torn down and now was rebuilt at 1930s

James Flood mistress home (far enough from his wife at Pac Heights)

The victorians survived the fire in 1906.

Panhandle - wasn't even part of SF. It was part of Ranch de Noe de San Miguel (same as "Noe Valley"). Governor Haight bought it for a dollar and called it initially as part of outside lands and that is why the concert "OUTSIDE LANDS".

Golden Park was actually NY envy and so they made it 50 acres bigger Olmsted did not design it but by a city engineer, sand dune and horshe - becaming dumping ground for horse shit! John McLaren is the one that designed Golden Gate Park. He hated statues.

1880 - Guilded Age
Amusement Park called The Chutes-Slide to water in Cole Valley. Cole and Carl, there used to be a small lake.

1906 Big Earthquake - stats was manipulated to not scare investment. Our seal is that if the Phoenix! Wood frame building on sand, not bad for earthquake! Building wasn't destroyed in Haight!
This was spared from fire which stops in Van ness and 20th at the golden fire hydrant! During that time this became a refugee center and there were plenty of Earthquake Shacks.

Few of the ones with the iron work - make it look taller and bigger - 1709 oak st

Painted ladies - was a function of hippies - there was no bright yellow,pink and fuschia - came out after 1920s

Old and funky - a lot of students
1957 - Free way revolt!!

1965 to 68 - before summer of love and bands were created and formed and then summer of love and then influx of folks and then downhill

Hippie - definition - Beatniks' little brother- educated; wearing tie dyed, smoked joint, and guitar as they dont want to be their older brother - black clothes drinking coffee and writing poems (Beatniks)

Ken Kesey Bus!

Love Patch Rally
Tiem Magazine writes about hippies and hen kick off to summer of love 1967
50k no job but with appetite for drugs

Huckleberry house - Primary advocate young runaway kids
Haight ashbury clinic
and rockmed group - non judgemental clinic for addiction