5 Stop 5 of 9 on 100,000 Hippies and One Camera Store

The Castro Theatre

Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

A Preview

"Look at that facade. The big arched window, the scrolling pediment, the Spanish Baroque ornamentation that looks like it belongs on a cathedral in Seville. This is the Castro Theatre — and it started as a candy factory. In nineteen oh-seven, a Lebanese immigrant named Abraham Nasser was running a grocery store and candy shop at the corner of Castro and Market."

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.

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100,000 Hippies and One Camera Store

100,000 Hippies and One Camera Store

9 stops · 2h

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All Stops

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Painted Ladies
  3. 3 Haight-Ashbury
  4. 4 Buena Vista Park
  5. 5 The Castro Theatre
  6. 6 Harvey Milk's Castro
  7. 7 Mission Dolores
  8. 8 Dolores Park
  9. 9 Tour Reveal

Hear the full story at The Castro Theatre

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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