Where the 1960s "psychedelic" look came from

[yuiyoshida]

[Rollo]

1. I grew up in the Haight Ashbury in SF in the 60's...

I remember walking down Haight Street in awe of the wonderful posters in shops and windows, on walls, everywhere.

It was the best of times and the worst of times (no money!)...

But it will always be a part of me.

[mr_lebowski]

2. You may be interested then to know that area's name has been shortened to 'The Haight' since

at least the late 80's, at least when referred to by locals

I have had many, many an adventure down in that neck o' the woods, esp. if you include the Park ... one of the greatest places to trip in the World

[yuiyoshida]

3. Believe it or not many of those shops are still there

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and you can still buy posters today ...in the Haight... (well, when its open, shops are closed now due to the pandemic) I used to live at Haight and Lyon street.. All i remember were the incessant mice and cockroaches in that apartment and the guy down the hall who owned a pet Python.

[oasis]

4. Wonderful, colorful journey. Thanks for the ride.

[rusty quoin]

5. I didn't know the connection between the hippie movement and art nouveau

[jimlup]

6. That was excellent

Thank you!

[love_katz]

7. Wonderfully trippy.

I miss those days! Thank you for the walk down memory lane.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Very cool!

Thanks for posting!

[JustGene]

9. Far out

Us radical dirty commies and dope fiends tried to push everything to the limit.

Music, Art, Philosophy, Fashion, Sociology, Politics, etc

Just like our forbears.

And our antecedents.

Am proud to be part of progressive culture. (Hippies, whatever you call them)