See The Deads house, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplins. All from the outside of course. Sadly there are many overpriced clothing stores, but they are worth a look if you are window shopping. Lots of bums, some hippies left. I talked with some the other day and they played a Grateful Dead song for me before I left, but these... More 

Every time we come to San Francisco we always stop at haight street and shop and look at the stores I love the stores they are fun

If you've time, this is the place to drop by and enjoy the nice architectural with colorful paints on the building.

Like Castro I can't imagine someone who arrives in San Fransisco and doesn't go to this historical hippie beehive wher the ''Summer of Love '' happened 1967

We visited the haight area we had a lot of fo visiting the shops got some fab sunglasses and had a ice cream in the original Ben and Kerry's ice cream shop was delicious there is a fair amount of harmless homeless they didn't bother us though don't miss out a visit to this part of San Fran

There's no doubt that the heyday of Haight Asburu is long gone. All of the shops are really tacky and are trying to live of a reputation that was established in the 1960s. Avoid!

I started walking at Civic Center this morning at 10am. Walked past City Hall, Public Library, music hall. Walked along Hayes Street or Golden Gate Avenue. Interesting buildings along the way. Turned into Fillmore and walked towards Japantown. They had Farmers Market / street performance at Fillmore. If you appreciate Japanese culture and crave for Japanese food; Japan Center /... More 

This area is associated with the hippie movement of the 70s It is full of little shops, vintage clothing, tie-die shirts and dresses, non-conventional souvenirs. Lots of places to eat and drink, cheaper than other areas of SF. Streets smell of pee and weed. Interesting enough even for a non-hippie to spend a couple of hours wondering the streets.