Lower Haight, San Francisco

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox settlement   | name = Lower Haight | official_name = ''aka:'' Haight-Fillmore | other_name = | native_name =  | settlement_type = Neighborhood of San Francisco  | total_type =  | motto =  | image_skyline = Lower Haight San Francisco.jpg | imagesize = 200px | image_caption = Haight Street near Fillmore | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_sea = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = United States San Francisco Central | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Central San Francisco | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = | parts_style =  | parts =  | p1 = | p2 =  | government_type = | leader_title = Supervisor | leader_name = Bilal Mahmood | leader_title1 = State Assembly | leader_name1 = {{Representative|caad|17|fmt=sleader}}<ref name=swd>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |accessdate=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | leader_title2 = State Senator | leader_name2 = {{Representative|casd|11|fmt=sleader}}<ref name=swd/> | leader_title3 = U. S. Rep. | leader_name3 = {{Representative|cacd|11|fmt=usleader}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|11}}</ref> | established_title = | established_date =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = 0.298 | area_land_sq_mi = 0.298 | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft =  | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 9120 | population_density_sq_mi = 30653 | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|37.772|-122.430|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = 94102, 94117 | area_code_type = Area codes | area_code = 415/628 | website = | footnotes = Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Lower-Haight-San-Francisco-CA.html|title=Lower Haight neighborhood in San Francisco, California (CA), 94102, 94117 subdivision profile|website=City-data.com|accessdate=10 August 2018}}</ref> }} The '''Lower Haight''' is a neighborhood, sometimes referred to as '''Haight–Fillmore''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dudley |first=Andrew |date=2015-07-15 |title=The Lower Haight: What's in a name? |url=https://hoodline.com/2015/07/the-lower-haight-what-s-in-a-name/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Hoodline |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=nd |title=Our By Laws |url=https://lowerhaight.org/our-by-laws |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association |language=}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=San Francisco Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services |date=2006 |title=SF Find: Neighborhoods |url=https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/SF-Find-Neighborhoods/pty2-tcw4 |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=DataSF |publisher=City and County of San Francisco |language= |format=interactive map}}</ref> The San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR) treats the entire area as an extension of Hayes Valley.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2001 |title=SFAR San Francisco map |url=https://www.reineckandreineck.com/reineck/maps/realestatemaps/sfassociationrealtors/SFARSanFranciscoMap.pdf |publisher=Reineck and Reineck / San Francisco Association of Realtors |publication-place=San Francisco}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

The terms "Lower" and "Upper" Haight may refer to the differences in elevation between the two neighborhoods or the lower and higher address numbers along these parts of Haight Street.{{Original research inline|date=September 2015}}.

==Attractions and characteristics==

A mixture of restaurants, small nightclubs, cafes, drinking establishments, residences, galleries, and hair salons characterizes the Lower Haight. Neighborhood institutions include John Muir Elementary School, the San Francisco Mint, Koshland and Duboce Parks, and the Haight Street Art Center. The San Francisco Zen Center is at the northeast edge of the neighborhood in an elegant brick building designed by famed architect Julia Morgan in 1922.thumb|left|San Francisco Zen CenterLower Haight differs from Upper Haight by having a more diverse population and a smaller number of retail businesses. The Victorian and Edwardian houses tend to be less ornately painted and maintained in the Lower Haight than in the Haight/Ashbury neighborhood, and rent can be lower. The neighborhood has been referred to as having a "grungey, post-punk bohemian" atmosphere.<ref name="atmosphere">{{cite news | last = Levy | first = Dan | title = Fillmore Flap Hits Nerve | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | pages = A-17 | date = 1997-02-11 | url = https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fillmore-Flap-Hits-Nerve-Lukewarm-response-2855218.php | access-date = 2008-09-01 }}</ref>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{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}, 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== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} {{wikivoyage|San Francisco/Haight}} * [https://lowerhaight.org/ Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association] * [https://sfplanning.org/lower-haight-public-realm-plan Lower Haight Public Realm Plan] by San Francisco Planning, City and County of San Francisco * [https://hoodline.com/news/san-francisco/lower-haight/ Hoodline Lower Haight] * [http://www.sfstation.com/districts/lowerhaight.html SFStation: Districts: Lower Haight]

{{Geographic location | Centre=Lower Haight | Northwest=Panhandle | North= Alamo Square, Hayes Valley | Northeast= Civic Center | West= Haight-Ashbury, Buena Vista | East = Civic Center | Southwest= Corona Heights | South = Duboce Triangle | Southeast= The Castro }} {{San Francisco}}

Category:Neighborhoods in San Francisco Category:Western Addition, San Francisco