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.
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10 Facts About Fillmore District
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The Fillmore District began to rise to prominence after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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The Fillmore is almost entirely in San Francisco's fifth supervisorial district, with a small sliver on the district's eastern edge in District 3.
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The Fillmore District was considered the center of the Jewish community in San Francisco in the early 20th century.
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However, during the 1970s the Fillmore District was at the forefront of the redevelopment effort going on in the city.
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In general, the Fillmore District was seen as a district that was filled with poverty and in desperate need of remodeling.
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In particular, the A-2 redevelopment project was often described as being a disaster for the overall culture present in the Fillmore District and was definitely the more unpopular of the two projects.
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Finally, developers did not want to invest in commercial stores in the area because there was still a racialized stigma that the Fillmore District was a "bad" neighborhood.
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Since then, the Fillmore District has played a vital role in the economy of San Francisco.
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Many nightclubs existed on the Fillmore District, bringing major musical icons to the neighborhood including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday.
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