@@RiffOSaurus nice try. It’s easy to blame politics for what you don’t like and yet ignore the wealth that CA produces for many people. At the same time, ignore the poverty of some of the states that continue to vote “red”. Life’s more complicated than podcasters have you think.
@@CaliforniaGuy888 With Kalifornia, its overwhelmingly that simple. Trillion dollar companies are leaving the state to RED states. They are taking the money and jobs out of there. Dems are the problem and the politics has taken a great state to its knees.
@@CaliforniaGuy888 I don't blame politics on all of our problems, but there are definitely issues that are obviously due to how different States are ran.
Great to see you showing the other side of San Francisco and the recent improvements. Getting Breed out and getting the SCOTUS ruling has made a huge difference. My wife and I walked through Union Square, Chinatown, and North Beach the other weekend and she was amazed how things have been cleaned up. No crazy drug addicts at all. The police have been unleashed to do their jobs. Finally.
Yes! 30 years ago there were so many shops with really cute stuff not cheap but not over the top expensive either. Liberals did this. O consequences for crime! I would have closed my business too! Stay open so I can support Blacks who feel entitled like Whitee owes it to them! Get a f’ing job you losers!
..true,...some years back there was a tourist company that bussed tourist around the Haight.. maybe they were scared to go out on the street. also, in the hippie 60's this and the "Ave in Berkeley and the Haight were the places to be..!!!
Was just here and they broke into my rental SUV police took an hour at least just to take a report, smh .. They didn't even care I'm done going to California .. it's GONE NOW ..
This was one of my favorite places to visit when I lived in San Francisco. Sad to see it's in so much trouble now, I hope it rebounds more! Good to see that overall people still love this street.
In the 90's the sidewalks were so packed there were two lanes of pedestrian traffic. Neighborhood looks good now but looks deserted to me. It was such a fun neighborhood.
I remember. I lived in an apartment on Carl and Stanyon at the top of the hill across from Golden Gate Park in the early 90's. The last period where it was really alive there. Used to go down Haight every day to Market on my way to school on 6th and Mission. I loved it then. Miss the SF of old. What it is now is something I no longer recognize.
@HerrinSchadenfreude I was there I August 2024. Whole city looks so runned down. I drove a few neighborhoods but was to scared to even get out of the car. Sad.
The rich used the criminal class to run out the artists and working class. The rich can afford (haha) to sit back and wait a decade then gentrify the hell out of the place.
Hippies are now smug middle-class types who call the copz when a non-white kid tries learning to be self-sufficient by selling lemonade or raking lawns. They were insufferable when they were young and they're insufferable now.
Wow! Sure do the best local shows . NightBreak , so many awesome clubs . Sure miss Folsom street and all the awesome venues . Glad to see a local mention the good ole Days . Thank you !
I'm hoping that Mayor Daniel Lurie with his new approach will make a real breakthrough. London Breed, Ed Lee, Gavin Newsom, etc gave away the farm to corporations and let crime and homelessness run rampant to the stage that a "report the crap on the sidewalk" app literally broke because the first three days there were so many people reporting crap on the app that their servers could not keep up.
Recovery under the Democrats Uni-Party chokehold on California politics is going to be very slow to ain't never gonna happen.. Once the Debt bomb of municipal/ civil servants retirement hits, there will be no money left . Newsome had a 40 billion budget surplus when he started his term - now California is waay in the Red -40+billion in the hole. Not only does Gavin make water (needed to fight forest fires) disappear , he also makes vast mountains of cash disappear..$24 billion spent on homeless..enough to buy all them houses/ Apts... GONE .
Beautiful video Leo! I find the possibility intriguing that you set out to video America’s decline, and might end up actually documenting its return. This is great🤘🏼
We certainly did that when we lived there until 2017. This is the first video Leo put out that makes us miss strolling around and spending a lot cash in local stores. Many of which were in this video. Sadly, some are closed now. Like Rasputin.
Last time I was in Haight Ashbury in 2008, you could barely move as it was packed with locals and tourists. There wasn’t any place for lease as it was a hot economic area as with almost all spots in San Francisco. It’s honestly very sad regardless of your political affiliation as San Francisco was beautiful in almost every way.
Let's be honest. Most of these establishments were crap. Whoever has been there over the last 10 years or more knows it was quirky and cool, but economically questionable. The place needs a new business plan to secure its future.
I visited this area in 2016. Shopped in Amoeba Music and ate at a good restaurant across the street. Was a good time and was hopping. Doesn't look as appetizing now. The area is touristy which probably helps a little.
Wow when I was a teenager this was SO LIVELY in 2015-2016, this is why I don’t even go out anymore everything is ruined and economy is so high here now!…
i hope all will be changed soon, lets vote out the shit Gavin Newsom and all be good and save, TRUMP COUNTRY --MAGA WE NEED CALIFORNIA BACK TO BE SAFE AND HAPPY
In the town near where I grew up, virtually nothing remains. Some of the buildings were razed years ago. The two differences between it and San Francisco is that it's much smaller, and it's clean; there are no tents anywhere and no one sharts in the streets. It's merely a shell of what it was, and even though I was just a kid in those days, it was really something.
Damn, I recognize Club Deluxe. I used to go in there for the live Jazz. It was open mic and anyone with an instrument and/or voice could go in there and perform. Crazy poetry to live music, too. But it is good to see there is still life in the ol' girl.
It is hard for me to believe that the authorities would allow this on purpose unless someone is going to be buying up these properties at fire sale prices.
@@LeoMetalTraveler Going into the music shop for a 2 hour session meticulously going through the sale racks to find some gems… def do miss those days. The Vallejo Rasputin was also an epic place. Tower records, Amoeba, Rasputin… GONE NOW!
13:16 - "there we have The Redwoodsf" at 1748 Haight. 1748 Haight St was a significant address in the dance/disco era. It housed the I-Beam (night club) from 1977 - 1994 on the second floor for the Park Masonic Hall building, now torn down in favor of a sizable apartment building.
We were in San Francisco about 30 years ago. It was beautiful and really fun. We had a great time. I’m glad to see businesses open in the Haight Ashbury area. It was booming back then.
Wow thats like a #1 tourist spot for people, I know was for me when I visited. So sad.. I love rock history. I was there during covid and it was JUMPING down there man oh man.
Golden era of Haight was the bowling alley which then became Amoeba, the middle eastern shisha place Zanzibar across from Cha Cha Cha before that became popular, Behind the Post Office for supplies and underground mixtapes..as long as Amoeba still open there is hope.
Even though lots of stores were open there was a noticeable lack of people out and about. Upper Haight used to be much busier than that, even on a quiet day.
I used to live in this neighborhood in the late 80s and 90s. It's amazing to see a few things still surviving. I'll always remember trolling the record stores (and getting into fights with the assholes at Rough Trade!), shows at the Nightbreak and the IBeam (and getting pre-show drinks at the Gold Cane or Murio's), waiting an hour to get into Cha Cha Cha, getting "supplies" at PipeDreams, cheap drinks at the bowling alley.... it'll never be the same and maybe that's a good thing. Great video as always, Leo!
1:36 - Club Deluxe which was a great jazz bar...one of the first bars in the 80s and 90s to feature the revival of swing music. Also known for killer Mojitos!
I remember in the mid 1990's there was a Ben & Jerrys and a Gap clothing store on the corner of "Haight N Ash" spent a lot of time in the Lower Haight when I lived in SF from 1996-2008. Molotovs, Mad Dog In The Fog, Clay Oven.....fun place! Better times for sure! Lower Haightians!!! Lol!
That truly IS surprising. Of all the places to have survived and thrived, I never would have put my money on Haight! Clearly, a Love Haight relationship!
There’s a lot of rich ex hippies and weirdos that live around there in the Victorian, especially up towards coal Valley and up the hills. $$. Alta vista, etc.. they will never leave those beautiful houses.
19:25 - 10 years ago I bought my daughter a dress she picked out in the Decades of Fashion vintage attire store on the corner, 1653 Haight St, for an outdoor wedding on farm. Was formerly a bank building and the vault was never removed.
it would have been incredibly expensive to remove or demolish the vault...not to mention it is a central feature...."if you can't hide or get rid of it feature it".couple of south of Market Street resturants kept the expensive hard liquor and temp sensitive vintage wines in them.hey thanks too long miss the old days and old ways😂
Happy to see many shops & businesses now open in at least this part of San Francisco. Very reassuring to say the least. Thank you Leo for the broadcast.
19:08 The Red Victorian. I spent 2 nights there summer 1991. Stayed in The Golden Gate room. What a beautiful and magical place. Every room had a theme. Met some really nice people there. This is heartbreaking to see what has become of this treasure. It had a shop and cafe below the rooms. This should have been added to a historic register and never been allowed to become derelict and vacant. 😔
I have a great telephoto shot of Valencia, back when it was still a 4-lane boulevard. The city elites began destroying that artery around the time that I left SF (late 90's). I have never understood why the officials h8 that street so much.
Still see a few things left that used to be there in the late 1980's. I'm wearing a hologram belt buckle that I bought from one of those hole in the wall novelty shops that doesn't appear to have survived. Shame about the Red Vic. It was famous as an art film cinema in addition to its hotel. Saw all sorts of eclectic films there. Damn. The old bowling alley appears to be gone.
Hmm, I wonder why so many businesses are shutting down in SF. That's a real head scratcher. What did the Deadhead say once the drugs wore off? "This music sucks!"
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Liquor stores always be open until people start using amazon to purchase it which likely will never occur
That grocery store midway up Haight Street is Gus's. It's a nice little supermarket, and I think they also own that empty storefront next door. There's a backstory to why that other half is empty (probably permits?), but I can't find it!
Very sad. I lived in the Haight back in the '80's and it was jumping. I actually lived on Ashbury Street, near the famous Haight/Ashbury corner. All gone now. Rampart crime, drugs and vandalism, and incompetent city governments have done nothing about it.
Leo, it's nice to see some businesses are still open. Remember what Timothy said," tune in, turn on and drop out... maaan." You never fail to deliver.👍👍👍👍👍
The neighborhoods in SF have pretty much maintained, the Marina, Pacific Heights, the Avenues, etc. It's the Downtown area that is dead and is not coming back. You see Bloomingdales is finally leaving. I wonder what took them so long???
Downtown will only return when the companies start demanding that all employees return to office to work. And also allow car traffic back on Market street like it always was since the 1930's thru Breed's last term. That's when downtown was safe and bustling!!!!! 👍🌉
@@bartonpercival3216 Wrong! downtown might have a chance if Conservatives take back control of the city. I don't see that happening. Too many commie demorats who love the chaos they've created. And yes, it's the voters that have created the lawlessness. Keep voting commie blue. Zero sympathy. I only wonder what took Bloomingdales so long to get the fk out??? Btw, it's going to be interesting to see how the shxt show down south turns out???? MAGA, unfortunately, that doesn't include commiefornia and new york.
Outstanding video of the Haight Ashbury area! Some businesses hang on, but many have closed. Yet, most businesses use to thrive in this area. Thank you Leo for your fine reporting!
@@LeoMetalTraveler Leo--Can you drive up to Eureka California and make a video? That was a hippie drop out city where people use go to leave society. It locates next to the Redwoods. We would love to see your most valued opinion about the businesses in this town!
PLOY 2 was my favorite THAI food restaurant on Haight but I still can't believe what actually IS still open considering everything going on. Good video as always METAL LEO .
This breaks my heart..I remember walking through the tenderloin district .. streets filled with the music of the village people.. everyone wearing leather azzless chaps...😂
10:21 - "weird looking store" "now we are at Clayton & Haight". 558 Clayton Street in San Francisco was the home of the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic for 52 years upstairs from the "weird looking store"...Tibetan Gift Corner.
I used to live one street over on Page off of Cole. My ex and I used to LOVE walking Haight Street on the weekend One spot had the BEST carrot cake 🥕 🍰 ☕💪🏾
Oh man, you turkey, you had me worried in the beginning. So nice to see at least the Haight is still doing good. The heart of San Francisco!! Thanks buddy.
I got into a traffic situation a bit over a month ago where I ended up driving down Haight all the length. I watch your videos, and was paying attention, so- There are more locked and gone businesses now than 5 or so weeks back 😶 I guess they tried one last holiday season before giving up
Hi Leo, I'm looking forward to hearing "It's open NOW" instead of "It's close NOW'!!!! I have visited San Francisco as tourist so many times, SF has a special place in my heart ! Hope to hear more GOOD news from California!! 😁
- What will be the name of your store? - GOOONE NOOOOOOW - Why? - I will be closed in few months due to the crisis and I want to appear in a Leo's video
Joe Biden….gone now!
Kamala Harris….gone now!
So now overnight things will change ?
Nope, not a chance, not with Gavin Nuisance still in charge.
@@RiffOSaurus nice try. It’s easy to blame politics for what you don’t like and yet ignore the wealth that CA produces for many people. At the same time, ignore the poverty of some of the states that continue to vote “red”. Life’s more complicated than podcasters have you think.
@@CaliforniaGuy888 With Kalifornia, its overwhelmingly that simple. Trillion dollar companies are leaving the state to RED states. They are taking the money and jobs out of there. Dems are the problem and the politics has taken a great state to its knees.
@@CaliforniaGuy888 I don't blame politics on all of our problems, but there are definitely issues that are obviously due to how different States are ran.
Great to see you showing the other side of San Francisco and the recent improvements. Getting Breed out and getting the SCOTUS ruling has made a huge difference. My wife and I walked through Union Square, Chinatown, and North Beach the other weekend and she was amazed how things have been cleaned up. No crazy drug addicts at all. The police have been unleashed to do their jobs. Finally.
I consider myself left of center and I was happy to vote for prop. 36.
@@alexcarter8807 I was a Trump hater and this time I voted for Trump. The radical left had taken over the democrat party. It's unrecognizable now.
Odd that along with all those drug addicts all the businesses and consumers disappeared too.
It’s nice to see you finding a neighborhood where there are actually stores open and customers I hope it keeps improving
A single President change makes this kind of difference. Seems to be law and order will be restored after the liberal dystopia hype.
As tourist areas go, that was better than Hollywood -- actual stores, not just cheap souvenir shops, and not just a mess. Thanks, Leo.
It really was a unique part of the city.
Yes! 30 years ago there were so many shops with really cute stuff not cheap but not over the top expensive either. Liberals did this. O consequences for crime! I would have closed my business too! Stay open so I can support Blacks who feel entitled like Whitee owes it to them! Get a f’ing job you losers!
..true,...some years back there was a tourist company that bussed tourist around the Haight.. maybe they were scared to go out on the street. also, in the hippie 60's this and the "Ave in Berkeley and the Haight were the places to be..!!!
Was just here and they broke into my rental SUV police took an hour at least just to take a report, smh .. They didn't even care I'm done going to California .. it's GONE NOW ..
@@songbird6362 Yup, sounds like you got the full Bay Area experience. (I'm an old native).
This was one of my favorite places to visit when I lived in San Francisco. Sad to see it's in so much trouble now, I hope it rebounds more! Good to see that overall people still love this street.
In the 90's the sidewalks were so packed there were two lanes of pedestrian traffic. Neighborhood looks good now but looks deserted to me. It was such a fun neighborhood.
So many previously fun neighborhoods in SF that are decaying right in front of our eyes.
I remember. I lived in an apartment on Carl and Stanyon at the top of the hill across from Golden Gate Park in the early 90's. The last period where it was really alive there. Used to go down Haight every day to Market on my way to school on 6th and Mission. I loved it then. Miss the SF of old. What it is now is something I no longer recognize.
@HerrinSchadenfreude I was there I August 2024. Whole city looks so runned down. I drove a few neighborhoods but was to scared to even get out of the car. Sad.
GONE,LOL
San Francisco is an empty shell. The rich ran out all of their artists.
Nope...insane Progressives ran them all out.
Newsom's legacy. I was living there during his first few years as mayor and none of this is surprising.
Liberal policies ran out all the business’s.
The rich used the criminal class to run out the artists and working class. The rich can afford (haha) to sit back and wait a decade then gentrify the hell out of the place.
That's EXACTLY what it feels like. Good description.
When the hippies need security, you know someone f$cked up....
😂 Yo, they just chillin!
Hippies are now smug middle-class types who call the copz when a non-white kid tries learning to be self-sufficient by selling lemonade or raking lawns. They were insufferable when they were young and they're insufferable now.
@@CarrieCain-vm9ct Lol Cheers!
California looks like some kind of dystopian nightmare.😢
Stay away, MAGAt.
Anyone remember the Ibeam on Haight. Good times in the 80's. Not a single empty storefront back then.
Wow! Sure do the best local shows . NightBreak , so many awesome clubs .
Sure miss Folsom street and all the awesome venues . Glad to see a local mention the good ole Days .
Thank you !
Not only the Ibeam, but I still remember Haight street bowl and the Roller Derby games every Sunday at the old Kezar Pavilion in the early 70's 👍🌉
It was fine until the mid-late 00's and Newsom and his follow up lackey's ruined it. Saw this coming in '06 when we moved out.
I remember! The 80’s were awesome in SF! I’m a 3rd generation native…GONE NOW!
Yes. Loved it there with my friends!! I'm from the Silicon Valley. Would drive up there once or twice a week...
I'm hoping that Mayor Daniel Lurie with his new approach will make a real breakthrough. London Breed, Ed Lee, Gavin Newsom, etc gave away the farm to corporations and let crime and homelessness run rampant to the stage that a "report the crap on the sidewalk" app literally broke because the first three days there were so many people reporting crap on the app that their servers could not keep up.
Recovery under the Democrats Uni-Party chokehold on California politics is going to be very slow to ain't never gonna happen..
Once the Debt bomb of municipal/ civil servants retirement hits, there will be no money left . Newsome had a 40 billion budget surplus when he started his term - now California is waay in the Red -40+billion in the hole.
Not only does Gavin make water (needed to fight forest fires) disappear , he also makes vast mountains of cash disappear..$24 billion spent on homeless..enough to buy all them houses/ Apts...
GONE .
All new stores will be under strick "covid-like" regulations. New World Order. Unless Lurie has the balls to oppose the globalists.
They ruined our city.. it’s so sad what happened to these businesses ):
Shoplifting shoplifting shoplifting
It's because of the pandemic and the economy too. Sad though.
@@mei6044 It's because of Substance Abuse. Substance Abuse is because of Mental problems overt or subtle.
Shoplifting shoplifting shoplifting gone now
@@erich84502b Where do YOU live? Podunkville?
Culturally infected
Rent is still unaffordable. It's impossible to make money as a retailer.
San Francisco in California in general is extremely anti-business
At least now they stand a fighting chance instead of being robbed blind. All the hard work just so it can be taken away from you without consequences.
Beautiful video Leo! I find the possibility intriguing that you set out to video America’s decline, and might end up actually documenting its return. This is great🤘🏼
yea especially if the state goes red again and reverses some of these nonsense ideas
@mikesrandomvideos
Vot. er ld is a great start!
Leo, it’s nice seeing these open shops for a change! People should support these small businesses since it is hard to compete with online shopping.
You’re right! It’s important to shop local.
We certainly did that when we lived there until 2017. This is the first video Leo put out that makes us miss strolling around and spending a lot cash in local stores. Many of which were in this video. Sadly, some are closed now. Like Rasputin.
Last time I was in Haight Ashbury in 2008, you could barely move as it was packed with locals and tourists. There wasn’t any place for lease as it was a hot economic area as with almost all spots in San Francisco. It’s honestly very sad regardless of your political affiliation as San Francisco was beautiful in almost every way.
Gone Now
G'day Leo , it is beginning in Australia. Small towns losing lots of stores . Peace ✌
Seems that Australia has too many leftist lawmakers in power; but maybe you will have a freedom movement there too
So sad, I used to live there in the Haight. It was so vibrant and busy.
Thank the last 2 governors and mayors.
Let's be honest. Most of these establishments were crap. Whoever has been there over the last 10 years or more knows it was quirky and cool, but economically questionable. The place needs a new business plan to secure its future.
I visited this area in 2016. Shopped in Amoeba Music and ate at a good restaurant across the street. Was a good time and was hopping. Doesn't look as appetizing now. The area is touristy which probably helps a little.
Thank you for your honesty and diligence .
My wife finally sat down to watch this video.!! Thanks for staying real and honest. We trust Mr Metal Leo. George from North Idaho, paradise.
Appreciate the support George!
Yeah, North Idaho is the typical Ruby Ridge compound anto-gov mentality..but thanks for clicking!
I'm surprised to see so many stores not GONE YET.
👍 They are stalling.
Wow when I was a teenager this was SO LIVELY in 2015-2016, this is why I don’t even go out anymore everything is ruined and economy is so high here now!…
Another Great Video Leo!❤️🇺🇲💯👍
Thanks, I appreciate it!
i hope all will be changed soon, lets vote out the shit Gavin Newsom and all be good and save, TRUMP COUNTRY --MAGA WE NEED CALIFORNIA BACK TO BE SAFE AND HAPPY
And every WOKE local politician too.
All new stores and restaurants will be under strick "covid-like" regulations. New World Order. Unless Lurie has the balls to oppose the globalists.
In the town near where I grew up, virtually nothing remains. Some of the buildings were razed years ago. The two differences between it and San Francisco is that it's much smaller, and it's clean; there are no tents anywhere and no one sharts in the streets. It's merely a shell of what it was, and even though I was just a kid in those days, it was really something.
Yes that happened many towns in Ohio between the NAFTA and drugs😞
The Pandemic and boom time for online shopping is probably part of the equation.
Awww. Rasputin is gone! I loved that place!
Me too
Damn, I recognize Club Deluxe. I used to go in there for the live Jazz. It was open mic and anyone with an instrument and/or voice could go in there and perform. Crazy poetry to live music, too. But it is good to see there is still life in the ol' girl.
Those are some high-end old school speakers! That was a cool store!
It is hard for me to believe that the authorities would allow this on purpose unless someone is going to be buying up these properties at fire sale prices.
It is nice to see way more stuff still open in the haight just to give us a reminder of how ALL OF SF USED TO BE
That Rasputin was a nice joint, remember finding some rare LPs there.
I miss the old days when there were still record stores on every corner.
@@LeoMetalTraveler Going into the music shop for a 2 hour session meticulously going through the sale racks to find some gems… def do miss those days. The Vallejo Rasputin was also an epic place. Tower records, Amoeba, Rasputin… GONE NOW!
13:16 - "there we have The Redwoodsf" at 1748 Haight. 1748 Haight St was a significant address in the dance/disco era. It housed the I-Beam (night club) from 1977 - 1994 on the second floor for the Park Masonic Hall building, now torn down in favor of a sizable apartment building.
We were in San Francisco about 30 years ago. It was beautiful and really fun. We had a great time. I’m glad to see businesses open in the Haight Ashbury area. It was booming back then.
Good video
I appreciate you!
Haight-Ashbury was a “human guinea pig farm" for the CIA
Yeah. They created the Manson family.
@@kaydee4296 I hear this was a hoax. IDK
CIA created LSD for the army but end-up with hippies ......something like that
@@lovetai9401look up project MK Ultra…
and I HAD A GREAT TIME !! -- WE HAD A TEMPLE OVER ON WALLER -- BEST TIME OF MY LIFE !!
So good to see stores opening up and still selling their goods again. Great video brother, thank you!
Thanks for the positive attitude brother! I lived in the Bay for a few years and I love walking around SF glad the vibe is improving!
It’s nice to see it’s still got that charm.
Hate Assbury is GONE NOW!
A few years ago I rode my bike from the GG bridge to Haight... I didn't feel safe in that area, same with a few other areas in SF.
I have always though if you see two or more rehabs on the same block, its a sign and area might be trending up.
I lived at Haight and Belvedere back in the day. Haight used to be packed with custies - I mean, tourists
i am watching your videos from austria. the internet will never be gone
It's a dead cat bounce. Trust me.
Rip san Francisco 😭
Not yet!
Trump will save it
I'm so glad that fotomat kiosk is still up in that empty lot. No idea what they use it for now but it's a wonderful bit of 70s nostalgia.
Wow thats like a #1 tourist spot for people, I know was for me when I visited. So sad.. I love rock history. I was there during covid and it was JUMPING down there man oh man.
The underground economy is gone
right, they're all stocked with mass produced goods from overseas. that's the real problem
Golden era of Haight was the bowling alley which then became Amoeba, the middle eastern shisha place Zanzibar across from Cha Cha Cha before that became popular, Behind the Post Office for supplies and underground mixtapes..as long as Amoeba still open there is hope.
San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Bernadino, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Modesto, Merced... GGGOOONNNNEEE NNNOOOOWWWW !!!!!
Ross Perot was onto something with that "giant sucking sound"
The entire neighborhood is "Stuck on 420."
state.....
well at least the bay area and Los angeles. the rest of the state is red
Even though lots of stores were open there was a noticeable lack of people out and about. Upper Haight used to be much busier than that, even on a quiet day.
Great video! Glad to see things looking a little hopeful. Still hope you can visit Florida sometime. Watching from the Spacecoast!
Hopefully I’ll be there soon!
I used to live in this neighborhood in the late 80s and 90s. It's amazing to see a few things still surviving. I'll always remember trolling the record stores (and getting into fights with the assholes at Rough Trade!), shows at the Nightbreak and the IBeam (and getting pre-show drinks at the Gold Cane or Murio's), waiting an hour to get into Cha Cha Cha, getting "supplies" at PipeDreams, cheap drinks at the bowling alley.... it'll never be the same and maybe that's a good thing. Great video as always, Leo!
1:36 - Club Deluxe which was a great jazz bar...one of the first bars in the 80s and 90s to feature the revival of swing music. Also known for killer Mojitos!
I remember in the mid 1990's there was a Ben & Jerrys and a Gap clothing store on the corner of "Haight N Ash" spent a lot of time in the Lower Haight when I lived in SF from 1996-2008. Molotovs, Mad Dog In The Fog, Clay Oven.....fun place! Better times for sure! Lower Haightians!!! Lol!
Those were the days!
That truly IS surprising. Of all the places to have survived and thrived, I never would have put my money on Haight! Clearly, a Love Haight relationship!
There’s a lot of rich ex hippies and weirdos that live around there in the Victorian, especially up towards coal Valley and up the hills. $$. Alta vista, etc.. they will never leave those beautiful houses.
19:25 - 10 years ago I bought my daughter a dress she picked out in the Decades of Fashion vintage attire store on the corner, 1653 Haight St, for an outdoor wedding on farm. Was formerly a bank building and the vault was never removed.
it would have been incredibly expensive to remove or demolish the vault...not to mention it is a central feature...."if you can't hide or get rid of it feature it".couple of south of Market Street resturants kept the expensive hard liquor and temp sensitive vintage wines in them.hey thanks too long miss the old days and old ways😂
@@mikeh.7499 exactly right and so it remains and is a cool feature
Happy to see many shops & businesses now open in at least this part of San Francisco. Very reassuring to say the least. Thank you Leo for the broadcast.
You bet!
Last time I was in Haight Ashbury in 2005 supposedly the whole place was being gentrified.
Was there about the same time There were leftovers from the early years and looked rough But it was all those homeless kids that was so sad.
Gentrified or bought out by foreign property investors? Or GREEN Dealers?
19:08 The Red Victorian. I spent 2 nights there summer 1991. Stayed in The Golden Gate room. What a beautiful and magical place. Every room had a theme. Met some really nice people there. This is heartbreaking to see what has become of this treasure. It had a shop and cafe below the rooms. This should have been added to a historic register and never been allowed to become derelict and vacant. 😔
I hate VALENCIA ST. it Only has 2 lanes for the cars. It was soooo much better before without those bicycles lanes..
I have a great telephoto shot of Valencia, back when it was still a 4-lane boulevard. The city elites began destroying that artery around the time that I left SF (late 90's). I have never understood why the officials h8 that street so much.
@@travist.7279 Oh whao thank god I don't live in San Francisco anymore; but I still have family still living in the city.
Still see a few things left that used to be there in the late 1980's. I'm wearing a hologram belt buckle that I bought from one of those hole in the wall novelty shops that doesn't appear to have survived. Shame about the Red Vic. It was famous as an art film cinema in addition to its hotel. Saw all sorts of eclectic films there. Damn. The old bowling alley appears to be gone.
I'm glad you found some remnants of the old days
Hmm, I wonder why so many businesses are shutting down in SF. That's a real head scratcher. What did the Deadhead say once the drugs wore off? "This music sucks!"
Liquor stores always be open until people start using amazon to purchase it which likely will never occur
That grocery store midway up Haight Street is Gus's. It's a nice little supermarket, and I think they also own that empty storefront next door. There's a backstory to why that other half is empty (probably permits?), but I can't find it!
Thanks for the info!
Very sad. I lived in the Haight back in the '80's and it was jumping. I actually lived on Ashbury Street, near the famous Haight/Ashbury corner. All gone now. Rampart crime, drugs and vandalism, and incompetent city governments have done nothing about it.
I've been wondering what Haight Ashbury was looking like these past couple years! Now I know, thanks Leo!
Gracias mi amigo, sus videos son siempre apreciados😊
Great job, Gavin.
Leo, it's nice to see some businesses are still open. Remember what Timothy said," tune in, turn on and drop out... maaan."
You never fail to deliver.👍👍👍👍👍
Yeah, it’s definitely a different world out there.
What is s chinese immersion school doing in the United States.Has cali totally given up?
The Chinese also bought my old high school on 19th Avenue.
@reneebru1 that is sad,sad,sad
it was so nice years ago so sad now thanks for the video
I miss the old days, too.
The neighborhoods in SF have pretty much maintained, the Marina, Pacific Heights, the Avenues, etc. It's the Downtown area that is dead and is not coming back. You see Bloomingdales is finally leaving. I wonder what took them so long???
Downtown will only return when the companies start demanding that all employees return to office to work. And also allow car traffic back on Market street like it always was since the 1930's thru Breed's last term. That's when downtown was safe and bustling!!!!! 👍🌉
@@bartonpercival3216 Wrong! downtown might have a chance if Conservatives take back control of the city. I don't see that happening. Too many commie demorats who love the chaos they've created. And yes, it's the voters that have created the lawlessness. Keep voting commie blue. Zero sympathy. I only wonder what took Bloomingdales so long to get the fk out???
Btw, it's going to be interesting to see how the shxt show down south turns out???? MAGA, unfortunately, that doesn't include commiefornia and new york.
Outstanding video of the Haight Ashbury area! Some businesses hang on, but many have closed. Yet, most businesses use to thrive in this area. Thank you Leo for your fine reporting!
The Haight Ashbury has always been a wild ride
@@LeoMetalTraveler Leo--Can you drive up to Eureka California and make a video? That was a hippie drop out city where people use go to leave society. It locates next to the Redwoods. We would love to see your most valued opinion about the businesses in this town!
Crazy how different that area is , spent a lot of time hanging out in the city growing up .
Yeah, it’s changed a lot over the years.
All new stores and restaurants will be under strick "covid-like" regulations. New World Order. Unless Lurie has the balls to oppose the globalists.
Keep doing your good reporting. Thanks a lot😂
Thanks! I appreciate it
ghost cities everywhere
So glad San Fran is comin alive somewhat again hope it will continue
PLOY 2 was my favorite THAI food restaurant on Haight but I still can't believe what actually IS still open considering everything going on. Good video as always METAL LEO .
0:59 "gone now!" 🤣 man, i really love your videos. And you know we wanna hear it lol
GONE NOW!!!😎
We had a good run ..time to reimagine.
This breaks my heart..I remember walking through the tenderloin district .. streets filled with the music of the village people.. everyone wearing leather azzless chaps...😂
10:21 - "weird looking store" "now we are at Clayton & Haight". 558 Clayton Street in San Francisco was the home of the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic for 52 years upstairs from the "weird looking store"...Tibetan Gift Corner.
Great Tour! Was there in 65 when the whole mess started..nobody knew or cared.
I used to live one street over on Page off of Cole.
My ex and I used to LOVE walking Haight Street on the weekend
One spot had the BEST carrot cake
🥕 🍰 ☕💪🏾
The Haight is a great place to walk.
Oh man, you turkey, you had me worried in the beginning.
So nice to see at least the Haight is still doing good. The heart of San Francisco!!
Thanks buddy.
You and me both!
Cool video - it's been 30 years since I've been there
In the 90s you would find more of a crowd than that even at 2AM. Sad to see my native city so dead these days.
Just 15 years ago, I came back into the city and had lunch with an old friend and the street was bustling with people?
It seems like a different world now.
Where it all happened in the 60s looks pretty sad now. Does anyone even make eye contact, smile or say hello 😑
They got what they voted for.
But the clothing stores were what we called kooky. So many colors & many fascinating accessories.
Groovy, man. GROOVY! 😁✌
Wasteland vintage clothing store is still there, I remember they had lots of cool stuff.
I got into a traffic situation a bit over a month ago where I ended up driving down Haight all the length.
I watch your videos, and was paying attention, so-
There are more locked and gone businesses now than 5 or so weeks back 😶
I guess they tried one last holiday season before giving up
Hi Leo, I'm looking forward to hearing "It's open NOW" instead of "It's close NOW'!!!! I have visited San Francisco as tourist so many times, SF has a special place in my heart ! Hope to hear more GOOD news from California!! 😁
Hopefully it will be back to its old self soon
- What will be the name of your store?
- GOOONE NOOOOOOW
- Why?
- I will be closed in few months due to the crisis and I want to appear in a Leo's video
The Haight was a happening place until the c0v1D BS...it has bounced back a bit, but, not to the level before
Even though there are a lot of stores closed, it's nice to see others open for business and seemingly thriving. :)
It’s been an up and down ride for the neighborhood.