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Haight-Ashbury

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Haight-Ash·bu·ry  (htshbr-, -b-r)
A section of central San Francisco. In the 1960s it was a famous gathering place for hippies and followers of the drug culture.


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for a short time and would often go to Berkeley and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury District.
Once the ideals and fashions of Haight-Ashbury had leaked into the rest of the country, there was no predicting the ways they'd be adapted to local circumstances.
His comics were sold for the first time on the streets of Haight-Ashbury in 1968, when he also gained widespread notoriety for making the album cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills; and with his growing popularity and influence, independent art publishers began releasing books violating the official comics code born of the McCarthy era, which censored excessive violence, sexual depictions, and profanity.
 
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