Hayes Valley south of McAllister Street was spared the fires that followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . It was a multi-ethnic neighborhood , becoming , with the blossoming of the Fillmore district after World War II , an African-American neighborhood . As recently as the mid-1985 , this neighborhood ( and , indeed , the Western Addition in general ) was considered one of the most dangerous places in the Bay Area
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Hayes Valley, San Francisco