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San Francisco Bay, August 1972 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.
A historic bar located at 1901 Union Street in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood. [18] It was founded as “The Alley”. [5] The sports bar saloon has been run by a single family for four generations and over a hundred years, the Ferroni family. [5] In 2023, the Ferroni family opened a second floor upscale cocktail lounge. [19]
Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter, lived in San Francisco for many years, part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement [95] Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), painter, born and raised in San Francisco, former student of Ralph Stackpole; has a mural is at CCSF [96] Jules Eugene Pages (1867–1946), painter [97]
Taking its name from the type of underwear, the contest was a common event in San Francisco gay clubs during the mid-1970s. [7] Al Hanken believed strong incentives like the contest were necessary to bring patrons to the EndUp's South of Market district from the Castro district , some 2 miles (3.2 km) away, as the bars there were already ...
For many visitors from middle-America, Forbidden City was their first exposure to people with Asian heritage. [5] San Francisco's Asian population was approximately 4.2% of the population in 1940, versus 0.2% for all of the United States. [67]
The Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre was a strip club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Having opened as an X-rated movie theater by Jim and Artie Mitchell on July 4, 1969, the O'Farrell was one of America's most notorious adult-entertainment establishments.
The Condor Club nightclub is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco, California [1] The club became famous in 1964 as the first fully topless nightclub in America, featuring the dancer Carol Doda wearing a monokini
The Keystone Korner was a jazz club in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, which opened in 1970 and continued operation until 1983. Many live recordings were made at the club. [1] In the 1970s, Jessica Williams was the house pianist for a number of years.