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North Berkeley
Grad students, professors, and folks with steady jobs frequent Northside, lending it a calmer atmosphere than you’ll find on the campus’s Southside. Homes in the hilly neighborhoods here date from the 1920s and are in a variety of architectural styles. The area’s crowning glory is the so-called Gourmet Ghetto (Shattuck Ave. and Vine St.), lined [...]
Tagged Architectural Styles, Berkeley Rose Garden, Black Oak Books, Cafes And Restaurants, Cancun Condo, Cancun Playa Del Carmen, Chez Panisse, Chicago Pizza, Chicago Style, Clothing Boutiques, Crowning Glory, Gourmet Ghetto, Grad Students, North Berkeley, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, Shattuck Ave, Shopping District, Specialty Stores, Vine St
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Video
Leather Tongue. This Mission institution sells and rents cult films, film noir, sci-fi, and more, but its greatest claim to fame is an extensive collection of films by local and independent filmmakers. 714 Valencia St., at 18th St., Mission District. Le Video. Le Video, one of the best video stores on the West Coast, boasts [...]
Tagged Alternative Cinema, American Classics, Cancun Playa Del Carmen, Cancun Tours, Claim To Fame, Cult Films, Film Buffs, Image Film, Independent Filmmakers, Independent Sections, Lincoln Ave, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, Sci Fi, Shattuck, Sunset District, Valencia St, Vault, Video Stores, West Coast
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Paper, Cards, And Stationery
Flax. A huge haven for artistic do-it-yourselfers, Flax offers handmade papers, cards, and journals, amd in case you’re inspired, the materials to make your own. It’s easy to get lost among this warehouse’s one-of-a-kind picture frames and tchotchkes; the generous kids’ section could keep little ones interested for hours. 1699 Market., at Valencia St., Mid-Market, [...]
Tagged Blank Books, Cancun Condo, Cancun Playa Del Carmen, Cow Hollow, Fishing Trips, Frank Kozik, Handmade Paper, Handmade Papers, Kids Section, Old Snapshots, Paper Cards, Paper Goods, Playa Del Carmen, Psychedelic Art, Puerto Morelos, Quantity Postcards, Union Sts, Valencia St, Wall Hangings, Whimsical Selection
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More Shops to Check Out
Red Desert. Hundreds of species of cacti are for sale here, big and small, rare and common, for indoors or out. 1632 Market St., at Franklin St., Civic Center, tel. 415/552-2800. Urban Ore. You could outfit your entire house here, with everything used you can imagine, from antique furniture to small-enough-to-fit-in-your-luggage knickknacks to coat racks [...]
Tagged Address Books, Antique Furniture, Bicycle Chain, Cancun Condo, Civic Center, Cuff Links, Drinking Glasses, Franklin St, Gilman St, Glass Bottle, Junkyard, Puerto Morelos, Puerto Morelos Mexico, Red Desert, Rubber Tires, Rubber Usa, Satchels, Sport Fishing Charters, Typewriter Keys, Urban Ore
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Castro District
You’ll know you’re in the Castro when you see rainbow flags adorning businesses and homes and pink triangle bumper stickers on cars. Since the early 1970s this neighborhood has been attracting gay men and women from around the world. Before the AIDS epidemic it was known as a spot for open revelry, with disco music [...]
Tagged Aids Epidemic, Bumper Stickers, Candlelight March, Castro District, Castro Street, Castro Streets, Castro Theatre, Diminished Capacity, Disco Music, George Moscone, Grand Art, Harvey Milk, Lesbian Vacation, Mayor George Moscone, Pink Triangle, Rainbow Flags, San Franciscans, Streetcar Lines, Vacation Experts, Voluntary Manslaughter
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Home Sweet Home
Haight-Ashbury has had its share of famous (and infamous) residents. You probably won’t run into Jimi today, but you can certainly check out the home where he once lived. Janis Joplin: 112 Lyon St., between Page and Oak Sts. The Grateful Dead: 710 Ashbury St., at Waller St. The Manson Family: 636 Cole St., at [...]
Tagged 710 Ashbury, Alamo Square, Frederick St, Fulton St, Haight Ashbury, Haight St, Hayes Street, Home Sweet Home, Hunter S Thompson, Infamous Residents, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Lyon St, Manson Family, Parnassus Ave, Sid Vicious, Victorians, Waller St, Willard St
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Western Addition
Best explored during daylight hours, the Western Addition is a community struggling with a legacy of poverty and discrimination. During World War II, African American migrated here in droves to fill vacated factory jobs; after the war most lost their jobs to returning white GIs, and the neighborhood became a nest of brothels and gambling [...]
Tagged African American Art, African American Literature, African American Themes, Archive Room, Art And Culture, Brothels, Computer Databases, Daylight Hours, Droves, Eucalyptus Trees, Marcus Books, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Mcphillips, Memorial Plaque, Poetry Workshops, Rare Pamphlets, Urban Renewal Program, Western Addition, Western Leg, World War Ii
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Lower Haight
Full of disaffected youths and battered Victorian houses, the Lower Haight is a new breeding ground for a community of angry youth, eccentrics of all ages, mental cases, and – perhaps an amalgam of all three – aspiring artists and writers. At night the street is loud with the din of ’70s funk or ’90s [...]
Lower Haight and the Western Addition
The hip, alternative Haight of the ’60s isn’t dead; it’s just relocated. Today’s young urban nihilists congregate in the Lower Haight – between Divisadero and Webster streets. As in the Upper Haight, consumerism and counterculture go hand in hand here; the street is full of head shops, record stores, underground cafes, and nightclubs. This colorful [...]
More on Downtown
Since the 1970s the stretch of Haight Street between Divisadero and Stanyan streets – often called the Upper Haight to distinguish it from the Lower Haight – has gone through various stages of increasing and decreasing seediness and gentrification. With no little irony, its countercultural spirit survives largely in terms of the goods you can [...]
Tagged Alfred E Newman, Buena Vista Park, Buffalo Exchange, Bumper Stickers, Dissonant Music, Divisadero, Dodge Grand Caravan, Free Medical Care, Free Medical Clinic, Gap Store, Grand Caravan, Haight Ashbury, Haight St, Healing Crystals, Panhandlers, Pierce Body, Pork Store, Secondhand Clothing, Upper Haight, Vista Park
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