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Stop 6 of 9 on 100,000 Hippies and One Camera Store
Harvey Milk's Castro
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
A Preview
"See that bar on the corner — the one with the big plate-glass windows? That's Twin Peaks Tavern. In nineteen seventy-two, two women named Mary Ellen Cunha and Peggy Forster bought it and did something that sounds simple but was an act of genuine courage. They took down the window coverings. Before nineteen seventy-three, virtually every gay bar in America had blacked-out or shuttered windows."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Harvey Milk's Castro
This is just one of 9 stops on the 100,000 Hippies and One Camera Store tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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