World famous since the Summer of Love, Haight Street walks a fine line
between being a quasi-commercial ?60s theme park and a socially
responsible historical institution. Frequented by the pierced, tattooed
and oppressed, Haight Street?s independent bookstores, record shops and
cafes still thrive. South of Haight Street is Buena Vista Park, the
Upper Haight and the charming enclave of Cole Valley. Originally built
for the commercially successful of the late 1800?s, the stately homes
in these neighborhoods are once again occupied by San Francisco?s more
affluent citizens.