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San Francisco PCC-type streetcar 1167 southbound on Church Street. San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptance of diverse ...
The Streets of San Francisco: Policing and the Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950–1972. Bean, Walton (1967). Boss Rueff's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution. Carlsson, Chris; Elliott, LisaRuth (2011). Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968–1978.
April 15: City of San Francisco incorporated. [6][2] May 1: John W. Geary becomes mayor. October 29: San Francisco becomes part of the new U.S. State of California. Chamber of Commerce [7] Society of California Pioneers, [8] and Jenny Lind Theatre [3] established.
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [ 1 ]
The San Francisco sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco -based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in San Francisco, particularly the Haight-Ashbury district, during these years. [1] San Francisco is a westward-looking port city, a city that at the ...
San Francisco's African American population has declined in recent decades, [9] from 13.4% of the population in 1970 to 6.1% in 2010. [11] The current percentage of African Americans in San Francisco is similar to that of the state of California; [ 11 ] conversely, the city's percentage of Hispanic residents is less than half of that of the state.
Many settled in the Bay Area, San Francisco and Sausalito. [32] [33] In San Francisco, an established gay community had begun in numerous areas including Polk Street (which used to be regarded as the city's gay center from the 1950s to the early 1980s [34]), the Tenderloin and South of Market.
Pages in category "1970s in San Francisco" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fillmore West;