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'''The Haight''' was a district of [[San Francisco]] defined by the intersection of [[Haight Street]] and [[Ashbury Street]]s on one side and [[Golden Gate Park]] on the other. For this reason, it was also known as '''Haight-Ashbury'''. | '''The Haight''' was a district of [[San Francisco]] defined by the intersection of [[Haight Street]] and [[Ashbury Street]]s on one side and [[Golden Gate Park]] on the other. For this reason, it was also known as '''Haight-Ashbury'''. | ||
It was the area in which the [[Summer of Love]] played out in [[1967]]. [[Jessica Willamy]], in her middle age, called it "six blocks of pure strangeness, straddling the [[Golden Gate Park Panhandle|the Panhandle]]". She further noted that in [[1965]] it had only about 15,000 residents, while its ranks swelled to 100,000 by 1967. | It was the area in which the [[Summer of Love]] played out in [[1967]]. [[Jessica Willamy]], in her middle age, called it "six blocks of pure strangeness, straddling the [[Golden Gate Park Panhandle|the Panhandle]]". She further noted that in [[1965]] it had only about 15,000 residents, while its ranks swelled to 100,000 by 1967. Seemingly stressing [[Lewis Carroll]]'s known experiments with [[LSD]] — a drug with which the Haight was inextricably linked — Willamy likened the district to "Wonderland" because it was full of "White Rabbits and Mad Hatters". | ||
Amongst the many celebrities who called the district their home were [[Jefferson Airplane]], the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Santana]], the [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], [[Timothy Leary]] and [[Ken Kesey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | Amongst the many celebrities who called the district their home were [[Jefferson Airplane]], the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Santana]], the [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], [[Timothy Leary]] and [[Ken Kesey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 4 February 2014
The Haight was a district of San Francisco defined by the intersection of Haight Street and Ashbury Streets on one side and Golden Gate Park on the other. For this reason, it was also known as Haight-Ashbury.
It was the area in which the Summer of Love played out in 1967. Jessica Willamy, in her middle age, called it "six blocks of pure strangeness, straddling the the Panhandle". She further noted that in 1965 it had only about 15,000 residents, while its ranks swelled to 100,000 by 1967. Seemingly stressing Lewis Carroll's known experiments with LSD — a drug with which the Haight was inextricably linked — Willamy likened the district to "Wonderland" because it was full of "White Rabbits and Mad Hatters".
Amongst the many celebrities who called the district their home were Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana, the Quicksilver Messenger Service, Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey. (PROSE: Wonderland)
