The Fillmore District is a historical neighborhood in San Francisco located to the southwest of Nob Hill, west of Market Street and north of the Mission District. [4] The Fillmore District began to rise to prominence after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake .

Aug 10, 2023 · In the 1940s and ’50s, the Fillmore was THE spot on the West Coast to see the jazz greats. Until … it wasn’t. [Construction noises] Olivia Allen-Price: Today on the show — how the Fillmore become a national hotspot for jazz, and how city planners dismantled it.

Jun 25, 2020 · The Fillmore District, today known as the area defined by Turk Street and Geary Boulevard (its boundaries have changed over the years), was one of the few neighborhoods in San Francisco that survived the earthquake and fire that leveled much of the city.

Within five years, San Francisco's black population had grown tenfold, and the Fillmore District was being called the "Harlem of the West," replete with dozens of jazz clubs, 200...

Stately Victorians rise in the Western Addition; a commercial district grows along the neighborhood's central thoroughfare: Fillmore Street. This core area of the Western Addition becomes known...

Sep 30, 2020 · Before the hippies swarmed in—and before the city embarked on a disastrous urban renewal (or 'redevelopment') plan—the Fillmore District in San Francisco was a primarily Black cultural bastion on par with New York’s Harlem, teeming with jazz, rhythm & blues, and soul from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Apr 5, 2023 · The Fillmore was the “Harlem of the West,” a central hub for Black San Francisco that produced local politicians like Mayor London Breed and hosted a slew of giants in the entertainment industry.

Apr 6, 2012 · Although Third Baptist Church, the first black church of San Francisco, was established in 1852 in the Fillmore District, located west of downtown San Francisco, this historic area has been the home to a number of ethnic groups throughout its history. In the 1870s, Fillmore was largely Jewish.

Jan 16, 2025 · Residents from San Francisco's Fillmore District are demanding the Board of Supervisors address the closure of the neighborhood Safeway store, leaving them with dwindling grocery options.

The Western Addition is located between Van Ness Avenue, the Richmond District, the Haight-Ashbury and Lower Haight neighborhoods, and Pacific Heights.. Today, the term Western Addition is generally used in two ways: to denote either the development's original geographic area or the eastern portion of the neighborhood (also called the Fillmore District) that was …