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Summer of Love Haight Ashbury remembered in San Francisco
AP recounts the 1960s Haight Ashbury scene as the Summer of Love, detailing the crowding on Haight Street, LSD culture led by Owsley, the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin performances, and landmark events like the Love Pageant Rally and the 1967 Human Be-In. It notes Time Man of the Year under 25, Berkely activists, and the Monterey Pop Festival launching the era.
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San Francisco
Haight Street
Haight and
Clayton
Ashbury
Timothy Leary
Grateful Dead
Ken Kesey
Augustus Owsley Stanley III
Haight-Ashbury
Chris Morningstar
Haight Ashbury
Alex Holcombe
David Smith
Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic
North Beach
Owsley
Allen Cohen
Oracle
Ron Frazier
Panhandle
Golden Gate Park
California
Janis Joplin
Cohen