"What A Wonderful Day In The Neighborhood"

Haight and Ashbury are two intersecting streets that became the center of a vivacious neighborhood in the mid 1960’s. The crossroads symbolize the summer of love, when the psychedelic scene began. For a period of time many people would come to the area and experience the newly discovered “hippy” subculture lifestyle.

            The two street signs became the national symbol for the area during its hippy movement. Many tourists now a days come back to visit the still colorful neighborhood to experience a slight feeling of what it was like forty three years back. The streets are still filled with psychedelic art and murals painted on the sides of homes and stores. Many of the stores have head shops, which is an example and continuum of the time period. Also, stores in the district will have peace signs and symbols representing the summer of love and the overall atmosphere of it all. The signs along the roads vary is size and creativity. There are large signs that are coming out of people’s houses and small signs standing in front of a doorway. The counterculture in the area was extremely dense back in the sixties due to the fact they opposed the social standards of society at the time.  Many of the hippies would go against being in the mainstream and would live independently and go against social standards. This force was undeniably prevalent back in the sixties in all sorts of outlets, such as lifestyle, media and politics. The overall atmosphere of Haight-Ashbury is still very much the same as it was back then with the signs still indicating the hippy movement vide and in such a creative colorful ways.

            This beautiful district shines brightly with all its artistic decorations that only add to its rich history. The area is a wonderful place to get a sense of the valuable movement and counterculture that was created.