Gay bars castro

The Castro District, one of the original gay neighborhoods in the nation, is located right in the center of the city of San Francisco near The Mission, Lower Haight, Cole Valley and Noe Valley. A vibrant neighborhood filled with great restaurants, bars, clubs, museums and more, The Castro is one of the most popular tourist areas in the city.

The history of the neighborhood dates back to the late s, about 40 years after the peak of the Gold Rush and 20 years before the earthquake and fires that devastated the urban area. It was built in after a new railway line was created that would link the area to downtown. The neighborhood went through many changes as the city grew. Several years after the earthquake, the neighborhood became known as Little Scandinavia, due to the large population of Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish people who settled there. It wasn’t until the late s that the gay population began to grow and The Castro wasn’t the first gay neighborhood in the city. In reality, the Polk Gulch area of San Francisco was the initial gay center of the capital starting from the s and