While I'm sure lots of movies were filmed in this neighborhood, Haight Ashbury is more famously known as the neighborhood where the hippie movement began and the psychedelic rock music revolution started in the mid to late 60s. From wiki: In 1967, the neighborhood's fame reached its peak as it became the haven for a number of the top psychedelic rock performers and groups of the time. Acts like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin all lived a short distance from the intersection.
Haight Street mural paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
The Scott McKenzie song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, became a hit single in 1967.
4 comments:
Hmmmm. I didn't know that Haight Ashbury was an intersection of two streets, I always thought it was the proper name for a whole neighbourhood.
Just love the song San Francisco.
Ditto to Sham's comment! So we learn something new every day!
how in the world did i miss this deal?
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