Haight-Ashbury Counterculture Walk

This walk takes you through the historic birthplace of the 1960s counterculture movement, visiting the grand Victorian homes of legendary rock musicians and the community hubs that shaped the Summer of Love.

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1. 710 Ashbury St

Seven hundred ten Ashbury Street is a purple Victorian house built in eighteen ninety that sits on a hill just above the Haight-Ashbury intersection. Between October nineteen sixty-six and March nineteen sixty-eight, the building served as…

2. 635 Ashbury St

The building at six thirty-five Ashbury Street is a four-story apartment house constructed in nineteen oh five. It stands out as a structure with a Victorian-era foundation that has persisted through more than a century of changes in the…

3. Corner of Haight & Ashbury

The intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets is marked by a street sign that identifies the epicenter of the nineteen sixties counterculture movement. This corner became the focal point for the Summer of Love in nineteen sixty-seven, a…

4. 1524 Haight St

The three-story building at fifteen twenty-four Haight Street is recognizable by its bright red facade, a color chosen to commemorate a local legend. For decades, the property has been popularly known as the Jimi Hendrix Red House, with…

5. The Panhandle

The Panhandle is a long, narrow park stretching eight blocks from Baker Street to Stanyan Street, where it meets the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park. Its elongated shape and name come from a nineteenth-century compromise; when city…

6. Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic

The Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic at five hundred fifty-eight Clayton Street is marked by its history as the first clinic of its kind in the United States. Established on June seventh, nineteen sixty-seven, at the height of the Summer of…

7. Hippie Hill

Hippie Hill is a gently sloping, grass-covered rise in Golden Gate Park, positioned east of the tennis courts near Kezar Drive. It is bordered by eucalyptus and oak trees and overlooks the area now known as Robin Williams Meadow. During…

8. Jefferson Airplane House

The four-story Neoclassical Revival mansion at twenty-four hundred Fulton Street stands out for its distinctive Doric columns and its history as the communal headquarters of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Built in nineteen…

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