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Hayes Valley Information
Hayes Valley is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The boundaries
are not very well defined, but it is generally considered to be the area around
Hayes Street west from Fillmore Street (near Alamo Square) and to Franklin to
the East. Northward and southward, it extends a few blocks away from Hayes
Street in either direction. At one time the Central Freeway ran though the
neighborhood, but it was closed and later demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake. The path of the highway can be seen running through the neighborhood
in the form of empty lots and surface parking lots, slated for development of
new senior and affordable housing. As of 2005, a section of the freeway has been
rebuilt to exit at Market Street, with a boulevard running north from the exit
at Market Street through the Hayes Valley along Octavia Street to Fell Street.
Between Fell Street and Hayes Street, Hayes Green replaces the middle lanes of
this new Octavia Boulevard. Hayes Green provides seating, green space, and a
play structure for the neighborhood. It was recently the showcase for a temple
structure for the renown artist David Best.
Hayes Valley is rapidly "gentrifying." It has a curious, very urban, mix of
boutiques, high end restaurants, hip stores, condominiums and Victorians coupled
with public housing and some mixed, and one-time rough, neighborhoods.