1967 san francisco

The San Francisco Progress was a small-circulation neighborhood paper that was not widely read, while the San Francisco Shopping News dispensed information about annual January white sales on sheets and towels.

Population— In , San Francisco had , residents and was losing population to the suburbs. Richmond District resident Anton LaVey, age 36, conducted a much-publicized satanic wedding in February Lowell High School was enjoying its new campus, then just four years old, on Eucalyptus Drive, Poly was still thriving, and Balboa won the Turkey Day football rivalry at Kezar, beating Lowell Cathedral High School opened adjacent to the construction site of the new St.

Bulldozers began moving sand at 37th and Quintara for the present campus of St. Ignatius opened in , which was then operating in a decrepit building on Stanyan Street. Shopping— San Franciscans were still mourning the closing of the White House department store, yet there were still many choices for clothing, accessories, gifts, and household goods—City of Paris, Emporium, Granat Brothers, Gumps, H. Liebes, I. Williams-Sonoma was a tiny, one-store business on Sutter Street—with no catalog.

Most retailers, including grocery stores, were closed on Sundays. That fall, a new crime drama, Ironside, debuted, featuring former lawyer Perry Mason actor Raymond Burr re-cast as a San Francisco police inspector confined to a wheelchair after a service-related injury. The episodes highlighted the classic old Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Plaza, plus many iconic local street scenes. Theater— American Conservatory Theater A. The group presented its first local live stage production at the Geary Theater in January , and is celebrating its 50th anniversary there this year.

Weather— San Francisco had a wet winter in , with January 21st was the wettest day of the year, with more than 4. Yearbooks— High school yearbooks began to change in New, larger formats, contemporary photos and fonts, and fresh approaches appeared at many schools.

Perhaps the most obvious change to appear in the Surveyor is the variation in the class section layouts…ending the seemingly endless pages of tiny classmate pictures. I sometimes wonder exactly what my successor "Streetwise" columnist in will be fondly recalling about the San Francisco of today….

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Louis Cardinals. We're Social Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Tito Fuentes. Hal Lanier. Jim Ray Hart. Jesus Alou. Willie Mays. Ollie Brown. Jim Davenport. The local government, in an attempt to warn hippies to stay away from the city, unintentionally brought even more attention to the hippie haven. Soon, local residents responded by taking action to form the Council of the Summer of Love, establishing a name for the phenomenon.

The Council was comprised of members of The Family Dog, The Straight Theatre, The Diggers, The San Francisco Oracle, and more locals, who anticipated problems stemming from the massive influx of people and hoped to help alleviate them. The Council established housing, sanitation, music and arts events, a free clinic for medical treatment and even a free store providing basic needs for the neighborhood visitors. Throughout the summer, drugs ran rampant through the neighborhood.

LSD was commonly used, advocated by the likes of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, in addition to marijuana, frequently advocated by the more organic-loving hippies for its natural high. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements. To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love.