Ashbury+Park

The intersection of Ashbury and Haight, often called The Haight, is the center of the 1960's hippie movement. Swarms of Beatnik kids flocked to San Francisco to live eight years before the summer of love(1967). This is where the american counter culture was born, in the upper haight neighborhood. Why The Haight? The cheap housing of the several floor wooden buildings were affordable for the low income free spirits. It allowed the bohemian lifestyle flourish and take root. This hub became synonymous with drug culture, mostly [|marijuana] and [|LSD]. Due to this atmosphere it was only a matter of time till the phychedelic rock movement also made Ashbury its home. Bands such as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin lived a short distance from the historic intersection. Not only did the bands make this area famous for the drugs, they immortialized its people. Everyone there was family. A local anarchist group, "the diggers", feed the residents of Ashbury Park on a daily basis. The fame of Ashbury Park would only increase in the years to come. They reached thier pinaacle in the summer of love. But slowly and steadily as all things do phychedelic music edged towards the mainstream and Ashbury lost its luster to the bohemian culture.

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 * __ The Grateful Dead! __**
 * __JANIS JOPLIN!__**

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 * __JEFFERSON AIRPLANE!__**