As the summer heats up, the final days of "Jim Marshall's 1967" at San Francisco City Hall draws to a close. The free exhibit features a trove of photographs taken by Marshall that capture the vitality of the neighborhood and the multiple scenes and movements that called the Haight and San Francisco their home. Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event!
THE LAST DAY TO VIEW THIS EXHIBIT IS JUNE 23, 2017!
From hoodline.com:
"As the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love draws near, we're running a series of stories that look back at some of the people and places most associated with the countercultural movement.
A June 7, 1967 San Francisco Chronicle story titled, "Hippieland Detour Starts" announced that the numbers of young people swarming to the Haight were so great, Muni temporarily rerouted two bus lines.
"The Haight-Noriega line, number 71, and the Haight-Sunset line, number 72, will be rerouted to avoid congestion in the Haight-Ashbury district caused by hippies, tourist looking at hippies, hippies looking at tourists, hippies looking at hippies, etc.," the paper reported."
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