From the original Grateful Dead house to Castro and Beat Generation cafes, San Francisco has long been a magnet for dreamers, outsiders and revolutionaries
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Photo: Getty Images
In Haight-Ashbury, the birthplace of San Francisco’s hippie movement, every street corner still hums with echoes of 1967 and the vibrant colours of the Summer of Love.
On the 60th anniversary of rock band Grateful Dead’s debut, the city continues to be shaped by its countercultural past, from the newly opened Counterculture Museum to the revival of the Castro Theatre.