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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Hayes Valley

Hayes Valley as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"The new gentrification of Hayes Valley boast of an urbane neighborhood filled with galleries, antique shops, restaurants and book nooks. While the New Conservatory Theatre Complex, the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum are all magnets for lovers of the avant-garde theater."

SFGate says, "Fifteen years ago, the thought of finding one of San Francisco's ultra-chic corridors in Hayes Valley would have been considered absurd. Like New York City's Times Square of old, the area, bordered by the Van Ness performing-arts district and the Western Addition around Laguna Street, was a seedy reminder for opera and symphony patrons of the city's homeless and drug problems. But over the past decade, Hayes Valley has developed into a haven for haute couture. Where the terms "ladies of the street" and "gentlemen of the street" once identified those who conducted an illegal exchange of various earthly sins for money, today they refer to the street's myriad window shoppers and restaurant-goers. Where the crack houses and tenements once stood, now there are trendy fashion boutiques, SoHo-style funky art galleries, high-end interior-decorating shops, top-notch restaurants and hip nightspots." Read more here.

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posted by SFResidence.com @ 8:21 AM