Castro san francisco gay

A vibrant neighborhood filled with great restaurants, bars, clubs, museums san more, The Castro is one of the most popular tourist areas in the city. The history of the neighborhood dates back to the late s, about 40 years after the peak of the Gold Rush and 20 years before the earthquake and fires that devastated the city.

It was built gay after a new railway line castro created that would link the area to downtown. The neighborhood went through many changes as the city grew. Several years after the earthquake, the neighborhood became known as Little Scandinavia, due to the large population of Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish people who settled there.

In fact, the Polk Gulch area of San Francisco was the initial gay center of the city starting from the s and then slowly declining through the s and s as The Castro started to grow. The population began to grow, prompting the opening of the Missouri Mule, the first gay bar in the Francisco.

The Summer of Love, which broughtpeople to Haight-Ashburyescalated the exodus to the area, which eventually took over as the Gay center of San Francisco. As the area became known throughout the nation, it also attracted Harvey Milk to the area, who opened a small camera store in the neighborhood.

Milk became an icon gay the area and for the city of San Francisco as a powerful activist and the first openly gay elected official in the city. He was responsible for passing a pivotal law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, but sadly his life was cut short when he was assassinated by a city supervisor.

The residents of The Castro and the gay community of San Francisco had to overcome a lot as the neighborhood grew, including discrimination, francisco assassination of Harvey Milk and the A. However, the community held strong and through adversity built an iconic and safe area for the gay community.

Today, The Castro is an amazing neighborhood in San Francisco with a great culinary scene, busy nightlife and a variety of great attractions. In fact, The Castro is one of the most lively and fun neighborhoods in the city. The neighborhood is san most nights of the week, so you can usually find at least a small crowd at the Castro bars every night of the week.

As for the culinary scene, The Castro holds its own against any other neighborhood in the city. Anchored by Michelin Star restaurant, Francesthe area has a little something for everyone from sushi to Italian. Whether you are visiting for business or pleasure or live in the area, the Castro is a wonderful San Francisco neighborhood to castro for delicious eats, great shopping and a fun nightlife.

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