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By California standards, San Francisco is steeped in history—but
it’s a history of oddballs and eccentrics that resonates
more strongly today in street culture than in museums and
galleries. The lineage of free spirits and troublemakers dates
back to the 19th century, with the smugglers and pirates of
the Barbary Coast and the 49ers who flocked here during the
mad boom of the California Gold Rush. As the last stop in
America’s voracious westward expansion, San Francisco
has always attracted artists, dreamers, and outsiders. In
the 1950s came the Beats—brilliant, angry young writers
who captured the rhythms of be-bop jazz in their poetry and
discontent. The late 60s ushered in the most famous of SF
rabble rousers—hippies and flower children, who turned
on one generation and freaked out another by making love,
not war.
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