The Lower Haight is a neighborhood, sometimes referred to as Haight–Fillmore, in San Francisco, California.
Location
The Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association (LoHaMNA) defines the Lower Haight as encompassing the entire stretch of Haight Street east of Divisadero Street to its eastern terminus at Market Street and extending one block north and south to include Oak and Waller Streets. The San Francisco Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (MONS) adopts a similar definition, but defines the area south of Haight between Webster Street and Octavia Boulevard as part of Mint Hill, and the section of the neighborhood west of Webster Street extending as far north as Fell Street. The San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR) treats the entire area as an extension of Hayes Valley.
Adjacent neighborhoods include the Western Addition/Fillmore District and Alamo Square to the north; Duboce Triangle to the south; Hayes Valley to the east; and the Upper Haight (better known as the Haight-Ashbury) to the west.thumb|The Wiggle bicycle route through the Lower Haight|286x286px
The area is served by several San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) bus lines and is within a few blocks of all MUNI Metro lines. The heart of the neighborhood, at the corner of Fillmore and Haight, is six blocks from the subway stop of Church and Market, which is also the location of the city's largest supermarket, a Safeway. Surveys show that this neighborhood has one of the highest number of daily trips by bike per capita of any San Francisco neighborhood, and walking is also very popular.
The geography of the Lower Haight lends itself to the most efficient bicycle routing from the Mission District towards Golden Gate Park and surrounding neighborhoods, and the popular bicycle route termed "The Wiggle" zig-zags through this neighborhood.
See also
- Shut Up, Little Man!
- BlackMan's Art Gallery (1967–1974)
References
External links
- Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association
- Lower Haight Public Realm Plan by San Francisco Planning, City and County of San Francisco
- Hoodline Lower Haight
- SFStation: Districts: Lower Haight