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Article: FEW LOVE HAIGHT ST. ANYMORE FORMER HIPPIE DISTRICT NOW RULED BY HOODLUMS.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 13, 1998
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Byline: Marianne Costantiou San Francisco Examiner
SAN FRANCISCO -- Not all is lovey dovey on Haight Street.
The rebels and the followers, the drifters and the grifters, the potheads and the Deadheads, the dreamers and the losers are still hanging out on the street, just as they did decades ago, when Haight Ashbury was a symbol of '60s counterculture, a mecca for disconnected youth and gawking tourists.
Back then, it was long-haired hippies with love beads, tie-dyed shirts and flowers in their hair. These days, it's mostly gutter hoodlums with studded jackets and studded tongues.
But more than the faces and outfits have changed. So have ...