The birthplace of the San Francisco hippy and peace movements.

The center of San Francisco's counter-culture. Very cool neighborhood and shops.

Visit the center of The Summer of Love. http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/haight.shtml

The area is known as The Haight and is a great place to see some real local San Francisco flavor. A little seedy but it's got some flower power as it was the cultural nerve-center of the 1960s hippy movement. The modern-day Haight preserves much of the verve and style that defined it during the '69 "Summer of Love" but now adds to the mix a healthy dash of capitalism. Alongside spike-headed punks and grey-headed burn-outs, you'll now find trendy retro-clothing stores, fantastic ethnic food, mellow sidewalk cafes, exotic boutiques, ultra-hip clubs and bars, used book crannies, and cavernous music stores including San Francisco's deservedly famous Amoeba Music.

Some psychadelic relics, colorful Victorians . . . but a lot of Starbucks.

amed as the cultural nerve-center of the 1960s hippy movement, the modern-day Haight preserves much of the verve and style that defined it during the '69 "Summer of Love"--but now adds to the mix a healthy dash of capitalism. Alongside spike-headed punks and grey-headed burn-outs, you'll now find trendy retro-clothing stores, fantastic ethnic food, mellow sidewalk cafes, exotic boutiques, ultra-hip clubs and bars, used book crannies, and cavernous music stores--including San Francisco's deservedly-famous Amoeba Music. Though somewhat grittier than other spots around town (thanks to its location between two city parks), the Haight keeps alive the spirit of the era that created it, and it is a worthwhile place to check out--even if it's just long enough to have a coffee and reminisce about the good ol' days.

Haight and Ashbury Streets. Very good food and cheap. The area is known as The Haight and is a great place to see some real local San Francisco flavor. It's got some flower power there.