Hippie Hill
Unfinished History
Hippie Hill, 2013.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Hippie Hill in distance, behind Sharon Meadows, 1967.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
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San Francisco native Darrell Rogers (b. 1945 in the Fillmore) describes the African dance scene he participated in during the mid-1960s at Hippie Hill with congas and group drumming, and eventually, unexpected experiments.
Video: Shaping San Francisco
Hippie Hill drummers, 1969.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Hippie Hill, 1968.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
People have been trying to relive the mythical Summer of Love ever since it happened. This picture was taken on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park in 1977.
Photo: Private collector, San Francisco, CA
Steel drummers jam in the Music Concourse, not far from Hippie Hill, 1969.
Photo: Lonnie Robbins