December 27, 2017 • San Francisco Chronicle Throughout 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle provided extensive coverage of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love. Learn More → Roots Music: The Beginnings of Rolling Stone Rolling Stone December 23, 2017 • Peter Richardson, California Magazine The year 1967 was designated the “Summer of Love” when somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 youth flooded 25 blocks in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Beforehand, the neighborhood was home to a small community of “hip” residents interested in art, music, theatre, and literature. All You Need Is The Summer Of Love: How 1967 Sparked A Revolution The summer of 1967 has taken on an almost mythical magic, a psychedelic summer of love with beautiful people turning on, . The year 1967 was designated the “Summer of Love” when somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 youth flooded 25 blocks in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Beforehand, the neighborhood was home to a small community of “hip” residents interested in art, music, theatre, and literature. Summer of Love is a striking picture of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 — from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos,

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