This home last sold for $2,250,000 in July 2016. The second factor was that the shipbuilding industry and wartime economy created by WWII brought a large number of wartime jobs into the city. In the 1990s–2000s, the neighborhood underwent another wave of urban renewal and gentrification in the form of a new "Jazz District" along Fillmore Street with mostly upscale jazz-themed restaurants, and proposed condominium construction. Ignacio: USF Libraries Catalog. Web. This self-guided audio tour stretches between San Francisco and Los Angeles, one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world! However, many people have claimed that jazz in the district has made a large rebound in recent years. Web. [10] After the 1906 earthquake Fillmore Street, which had largely avoided heavy damage, temporarily became a major commercial center as the city's downtown rebuilt and began a period where the district where migrant groups from Jews to Japanese and then African-Americans predominated. Stunning 4BD/4.5BA, 3 level luxury home in renowned highly desirable Pacific Heights. [24], The Fillmore Street Jazz Festival is held annually in July. Virtual tours are available. [13] The A-2 redevelopment project was started in 1966 and lasted until the end of the 1970s. Harlem Of The West : The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era. [12], Like many of the ethnic groups in San Francisco, the Japanese faced discrimination. Another attraction that draws in many people from all over the world is the Fillmore Center, highrise apartment homes that provide housing to many; there is a branch of the San Francisco public library located at Geary and Scott. 3 Nov. 2016. [22] In 2012, Yoshi's SF filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and in 2014 it closed and was replaced by The Addition which closed its doors on January 14, 2015.[23]. 3676 Fillmore Street is currently listed for $2,895,000 and was received on January 12, 2021. (San Francisco MLS) 3 beds, 3 baths condo located at 3762 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA 94123 sold for $585,000 on Dec 2, 1994. Many of the people who criticized the redevelopment project were the many who were forcibly removed from the area. Info. 24 Oct. 2016. [4][8] The project covered 28 city blocks, displaced around 8,000 people and destroyed 6,000 low renting housing units. [21], In the 1940s and 1950s, it was known as the "Harlem of the West" and attracted many leading jazz luminaries including Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and the "Bird" (Charlie Parker). The market features local jazz musicians as well as California-grown produce. Web. Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Doors 7:00 p.m. // Show 8:00 p.m.Tickets are $36.50 plus applicable charges.Rescheduled from June 10, 2020. Lai, Clement. [12] After the war, the Japanese slowly migrated back to the Fillmore district and the Japanese population would make its way back to pre-war levels within a few years. The Japanese created a Japantown that still exists close to its original location today. In general, the Fillmore District was seen as a district that was filled with poverty and in desperate need of remodeling. Each group significantly contributed to the local culture and earned the Fillmore district a reputation for being "One of the most diverse neighborhoods in San Francisco". This project spanned about 70 city blocks around the A-1 redevelopment area. After the war, the African American population contributed significantly to the growing jazz culture in the Fillmore, with clubs, such as Jimbo's Bop City (ca 1950-1965),[16] flourishing there. - Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, ALO Get Directions opens in new window. The Fillmore San Francisco, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 94115, CA. Includes “(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew” and their rendition of Slim Harpo’s blues classic, “I'm a King Bee”. Fillmore St., linking the Western Addition in the south to Pacific Heights in the north, is the dynamic axis of what locals call “The Fillmore.’’ A hub for san Francisco’s music scene, the area has a … [7] However, there are still significant social tensions which still exist today. or Best Offer. As a result of not being affected by the earthquake itself nor the large fires that ensued, it quickly became one of the major commercial and cultural centers of the city. The Fillmore was considered the center of the Jewish community in San Francisco in the early 20th century. it's the @FillmoreSF." A major national concert venue famous as the focus point of the psychedelic music scene during the 1960s, it was home to early concerts by Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead among others. A farmer's market is held at the Fillmore Center Plaza on Saturday mornings, year round. It has been given various nicknames such as “the Moe” or “the Fill”. About 537 Fillmore St San Francisco, CA 94117. [19] As of 2001, only 4% of the "Certificates of Preference" issued to businesses forced out by the RDA had been redeemed.[20]. Sunset 2004: 42. (MORE). In Lai Clement's article on the Fillmore district he stated that "At a 1948 public hearing, State Senator O’Gara noted that the Fillmore was the city’s worst blighted area with metastasizing ramifications for the city’s citizenry and other districts". 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. [11], A significant Japanese population has existed since the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. Investors and developers were not willing to establish the commercial stores in the rebuilt area for a few different reasons. As a result of not being affected by the earthquake itself nor the large fires that ensued, it quickly became one of the major commercial and cultural centers of the city. Fillmore Street was filled with nightclubs. General Reference Center Gold. BlackPast, 2007. This large migration of African Americans was largely due to three major factors. The city of San Francisco is dealing with many pressing problems, such as skyrocketing homelessness, a surge in crime and poverty, a tourism industry in free fall, etc. The Fillmore Center in San Francisco, California, has studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartment homes located south of Pacific Heights and just west of Japantown. In 1906, there were approximately 5,000 Japanese who lived within that section of town, making them the largest minority of the Fillmore district for a significant period of time.