I was 19 during 1979 and San Francisco was an entirely different city than it is today. There were apartments that any waiter or sales clerk could afford, not to mention middle class families could still raise their kids there. There was a lively arts and music scene because there were spaces for them to practice and create. The Castro was cheap enough that it could become a safe haven for gays from all over the country. Basically there was room for anyone who wanted to live in The City. Now, thanks to tech money and rich overseas Chinese its become a sterile wasteland of the wealthy. Such a shame.
my pops was a dish washer then became a carpenter for 30 years bought 3 propertys in oakland we have 2 still .. now you have to work for mark suckerberg to share a apt in s.f. and looks like youll never get around to owning a piece of the pie.very sad
For every image, every location in this vid I have a story or 10! Started professional driving in The City in 1966, retired 3 years ago with over 2 million miles in the streets. I left a lot of people with stories about their ride in my taxi Was a great place, now, techies, Uber/Lyft and junkies. Can't afford anything, can't drive because of all the fucking amateurs, can't walk, bums crapping on the streets. Really sad...
Woolworth celebrated its centennial. "Wonder Woman," was in its third and final season. "Charlie's Angels," was in its third season. "The Dukes of Hazzard," was in its first season. I was an 8-year-old girl. Wow! What a time!
As of February 2024, just 45 years to this day SAN FRANCISCO is never the same again as it was before. Society has changed, police security have changed, housing prices have changed, technology has changed and crime rates have changed for the worst of San Francisco! From 1979 to 2024 it’s a whole new world of serious problems in the 21st century!
Such a great place to live then. I was in the Richmond District. Could walk or ride bike to Golden Gate Park, Baker and China Beaches. 1 Cal X took me to work for I think 15 bucks a monthly Fast Pass. There were some dodgy areas - Tenderloin and Hunter's Point - but for the most part there was no place in the City you were scared to walk around.
Amazing, that I will move to this beautiful city in inner Richmond in 1985 till now ..it’s. 20121 this has become my hometown coming from a south East Asian country..so many change have happened since I’ve arrived here ..just a wonderful city to call home !!!
This is amazing. I own a 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo, all original. At 4:58 there is a brand new one driving down Lombard Street. I guess RUclips is the closest to a time machine we will ever have. Thanks so much for uploading and greetings from Germany.
We moved to SF in 1968 went to Marina Jr high then Lowell high went on to city college. Grew up in the era of the Disco, American muscle cars, night cruising/racing, beautiful 60 70s music, no traffic congestion, no cell phones only pagers, affordable housing, hate to say it the techies and cash paying Chinese really ruined the housing market. Is this progress or regress? We raised 3 kids and now have 7 grandct my wife and I always talk about those days... truly the Good old Days! We live outside SF we rarely go into the city I don't like to spend my money there for the liberals in the city hall. I truly missed those days!
WAS 27 then".. Grew up in DALY City.. Now I'm 67. In july... My passion was music... Our band played on the Red and White fleet ... Still jamming "..now I play For the LORD!... IN ATWATER .ca. Fun fun fun"! My life has purpose" Please read JOHN 3:16 1COR15V1-4.. I LOVE THE LORD".. GOD! LOVES YOU!!🤗
...I used to work for Dirk Dirksen as a stage bouncer at the "Rock on Broadway", upstairs above "The Fab Mab" (the Mabuhay Gardens)... ...I saw the Dead Kennedys many a time, along with other popular local bands (Flipper, the Lewd, Fifth Column, the Black Dolls, Rank and File, to name a few)... ...I remember going down to Pacific and Battery street after working the shows to a late night club in the basement of Madame Bali's restaurant called Earl's (I would flirt with a bartender there who was from England, her name was Kay, -and then chill out in thier upstairs video lounge)... ... anybody else out there remember when the SF punk rock scene was featured and lampooned in a story in the underground comic "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers", or when Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco?... ... also... -Alex Bennett and Joe Regelski on the radio in the mornings? (KMEL and then "the Quake")... ... remember a juggler on Pier 39 named "the Butterfly Man" with that butterfly tattoo on the top of his head?... ...how about a Hungarian restaurant in Ghirardelli Square called the Paprikash Fono?... TV
San Francisco at the time was so great, very creative, super cheap, basicially a non-stop party at the time. That all came to a crashing halt after Raygunomics and trickle down economics kicked in, real estate speculation etc.
5:22 Invasion of the Body Snatchers of all movies, on the marquee... set in SF, where the emotionless alien replicants suck all the life and character out of the city.
Still a few places in SF kept at least some magic, to my opinion. But of course you are right saying the good old times are definitely gone. Somehow every generation seems to think that way, so I am wondering when the real magic did happen...
@@dday9257 Uh...dont think u were there then and probably never. Seems like the people who complain the most abt anyplace in california are people who have never been there
I recently visited San Francisco a second time since 1985. I was saddened but the drastic changes that has happened to this once beautiful city. It is no where near what fun you use to have...it can change at the voter box though..
Bates Bates uh, you were there during the summer of love and through the times of sex, drugs, rock and roll, violence, kidnappings, assassinations of the Mayor, Jim Jones massacres, Zodiac Killer, the Night Straggler, Patty Hearst, SLA terrorists, and you say it’s sinful now? You must have been high through the ‘70s! 😂😂😂
I was 19 during 1979 and San Francisco was an entirely different city than it is today. There were apartments that any waiter or sales clerk could afford, not to mention middle class families could still raise their kids there. There was a lively arts and music scene because there were spaces for them to practice and create. The Castro was cheap enough that it could become a safe haven for gays from all over the country. Basically there was room for anyone who wanted to live in The City. Now, thanks to tech money and rich overseas Chinese its become a sterile wasteland of the wealthy. Such a shame.
...I wouldn't say sterile...
...there are to many used needles and homeless drug addicts littering the streets nowadays...
That’s was because 1979 was before Silicon Valley.
my pops was a dish washer then became a carpenter for 30 years bought 3 propertys in oakland we have 2 still .. now you have to work for mark suckerberg to share a apt in s.f. and looks like youll never get around to owning a piece of the pie.very sad
For every image, every location in this vid I have a story or 10! Started professional driving in The City in 1966, retired 3 years ago with over 2 million miles in the streets. I left a lot of people with stories about their ride in my taxi Was a great place, now, techies, Uber/Lyft and junkies. Can't afford anything, can't drive because of all the fucking amateurs, can't walk, bums crapping on the streets. Really sad...
Move if u dont like it
Woolworth celebrated its centennial. "Wonder Woman," was in its third and final season. "Charlie's Angels," was in its third season. "The Dukes of Hazzard," was in its first season. I was an 8-year-old girl. Wow! What a time!
As of February 2024, just 45 years to this day SAN FRANCISCO is never the same again as it was before. Society has changed, police security have changed, housing prices have changed, technology has changed and crime rates have changed for the worst of San Francisco! From 1979 to 2024 it’s a whole new world of serious problems in the 21st century!
Everything that you've stated is total facts and it's really sad. I was born in 1969 and I've never seen sader times before.
Great times in SF back then. Now it’s a joke!
I remember 1979 in San Francisco and it was a way better city then today in 2018
Yes it was!!! Not anymore though, so sad.
I can't remember a better time and place. Perfect musical accompaniment to video!
Such a great place to live then. I was in the Richmond District. Could walk or ride bike to Golden Gate Park, Baker and China Beaches. 1 Cal X took me to work for I think 15 bucks a monthly Fast Pass. There were some dodgy areas - Tenderloin and Hunter's Point - but for the most part there was no place in the City you were scared to walk around.
super 8 potato vision quality.... still brings back fond memories- I sure wish I could go back and hug my lost loved ones.
Brings back memories of SF in 1979. thxs. ☺
I really enjoy these vintage videos because it lets my mind escape from todays terrible times.
Amazing, that I will move to this beautiful city in inner Richmond in 1985 till now ..it’s. 20121 this has become my hometown coming from a south East Asian country..so many change have happened since I’ve arrived here ..just a wonderful city to call home !!!
This is amazing. I own a 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo, all original. At 4:58 there is a brand new one driving down Lombard Street. I guess RUclips is the closest to a time machine we will ever have. Thanks so much for uploading and greetings from Germany.
That car might have been a 1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo- It looked almost identical to the 1979 Monte Carlo.
We moved to SF in 1968 went to Marina Jr high then Lowell high went on to city college. Grew up in the era of the Disco, American muscle cars, night cruising/racing, beautiful 60 70s music, no traffic congestion, no cell phones only pagers, affordable housing, hate to say it the techies and cash paying Chinese really ruined the housing market. Is this progress or regress? We raised 3 kids and now have 7 grandct my wife and I always talk about those days... truly the Good old Days! We live outside SF we rarely go into the city I don't like to spend my money there for the liberals in the city hall. I truly missed those days!
Chester Au Yea but just think now you get to step in feces on the sidewalks.Aint that neat?
Amen Chester!
Thanks for posting. I was there back then. It is great to see how we lived. Thank You
What were the median rents on a 1 bedroom apartment in in San Francisco in 1979?
Such awesome footage ! Thanks 🙏🏽 it brought me baaaaack ! Also lovely jazzz
Even where we lived- near Mission Delores- where so many everyday people used to live...now all out of reach for 90 percent of the population 😔
2:00 robin williams' house in sea cliff
I expect Harry Callaghan to pop out at any moment.
Hilarious 😂
My first Communion was at Mission Dolores Church in 1969!!
Frisco; Born and Raised. Living in the 60s and 70s in The City was in HD. When I look at this video I feel old.
Born and raised here... and you call it "Frisco"... Jeez...
My youth...how I wish I was back.
Extraño tanto San Francisco.
Gosh I remember that Greyline bus was always parked on Powell st in Union Square
Gosh I remember the Greyhound bus station on Mission and 7th !
Filled with prostitutes and drug dealers
@@PingPong-bv8ye Yeah I remember that too. 6th & 7th Street were always a seedy part of SF and also the civic center area
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My Hometown! Cool Video...also the year I graduated High School
Me too!!
0:40 is this westbound, interstate 80, off Columbus parkway exit, Vallejo border?
Wow Jerry Salazar the Magician!!!!
This is heartwarming! Especially when if you have lived here for all of these decades.
Amazing footage,what a great time..
Very little did people know there was a local band calling themselves Dead Kennedys hanging out too lol
Used to see dead kennedys in concert in the 80's. w Jello Biafra, east bay ray...really good punk band. Fun to slam dance to their music
WAS 27 then"..
Grew up in DALY City..
Now I'm 67. In july...
My passion was music...
Our band played on the Red and White fleet ...
Still jamming "..now I play
For the LORD!...
IN ATWATER .ca.
Fun fun fun"!
My life has purpose"
Please read JOHN 3:16
1COR15V1-4..
I LOVE THE LORD"..
GOD! LOVES YOU!!🤗
...I used to work for Dirk Dirksen as a stage bouncer at the "Rock on Broadway", upstairs above
"The Fab Mab"
(the Mabuhay Gardens)...
...I saw the Dead Kennedys many a time, along with other popular local bands (Flipper, the Lewd, Fifth Column, the Black Dolls, Rank and File, to name a few)...
...I remember going down to Pacific and Battery street after working the shows to a late night club in the basement of Madame Bali's restaurant called Earl's
(I would flirt with a bartender there who was from England, her name was Kay, -and then chill out in thier upstairs video lounge)...
... anybody else out there remember when the SF punk rock scene was featured and lampooned in a story
in the underground comic
"The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers", or when Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco?...
... also...
-Alex Bennett and Joe Regelski on the radio in the mornings? (KMEL and then "the Quake")...
... remember a juggler on Pier 39 named "the Butterfly Man" with that butterfly tattoo on the top of his head?...
...how about a Hungarian restaurant in Ghirardelli Square called the Paprikash Fono?... TV
San Francisco at the time was so great, very creative, super cheap, basicially a non-stop party at the time. That all came to a crashing halt after Raygunomics and trickle down economics kicked in, real estate speculation etc.
...you can also blame Diane Feinstein for the "Manhattanization" of downtown San Francisco...
Uhh you need to look at your local elected politicians, Regan had nothing to do with San Fran, duh
5:22 Invasion of the Body Snatchers of all movies, on the marquee... set in SF, where the emotionless alien replicants suck all the life and character out of the city.
@@miklosernoehazy8678= CORPORATE STONEHENGE !!!
Looks like 1959!
can you remove the vintage filter ;) just kidding, thanks
Anybody have the Mission District?
good ole days
Where's the gridlock at?
The music was perfect. Cal Tjader perhaps?
So well done, thanksgiving!
The year I moved from NYC to SF -- thanks for this.
Thanks a lot for your videos but the sea kinda looks the same today.
brings back memories. I moved to the city in 1979.
Mee too,1985.
Oh I remember..yes I do. Many thanks!
😁🤙
It WAS a magical place .
Still a few places in SF kept at least some magic, to my opinion. But of course you are right saying the good old times are definitely gone. Somehow every generation seems to think that way, so I am wondering when the real magic did happen...
I wuz there
I was 8 back then. Remember riding bikes all over the city.
Very cool. Where is the Embarcadero freeway?
Ahhh muscle cars a cold Budweiser and cruising with Steve Perry and Journey on the radio
Don Dressel Yea but you missed stepping in feces on the sidewalks back then.
@@dday9257 Uh...dont think u were there then and probably never. Seems like the people who complain the most abt anyplace in california are people who have never been there
LOL, this video looks like made in 1920's
I recently visited San Francisco a second time since 1985. I was saddened but the drastic changes that has happened to this once beautiful city. It is no where near what fun you use to have...it can change at the voter box though..
That got rid of that communist D.A. recently . That's a start
@@josephshulman4330 yeah ............and chase a boudinee
Funny how SF went bad after Reagan, the same president that ruined everything else in the country
I lived in marin county near SF between 1967-1979 but i will never live their anymore its to sinful and liberal now
Bates Bates uh, you were there during the summer of love and through the times of sex, drugs, rock and roll, violence, kidnappings, assassinations of the Mayor, Jim Jones massacres, Zodiac Killer, the Night Straggler, Patty Hearst, SLA terrorists, and you say it’s sinful now? You must have been high through the ‘70s! 😂😂😂
@@traveldoc1234 either high or full of bs
Oh yeah, Im sure. Marin is $$$ and REpublican country. 70s it was affordable. Now its right wing, not like people seem to think of the bay area
*too *there *it’s
Back went straight white men ran San Francisco
stfu Nazi. SF has always been a progressive city.
So you're only here to be a troll. Got it. Move along.