It's a warm sunny afternoon in San Francisco in the mid-1970's. 
You're at 18th & Castro Streets surrounded by handsome friendly men.    Welcome to the Crossroads of the Gay World.
 
 
  
    
      
IN OUR 24th YEAR! 
Online since MAY 23,1996! 
Featuring over 100 pages and nearly 1000 photos. 
This site is a collection of stories and pictures about
the emergence  of the gay community in San Francisco's Castro District in the 1970's. 
 You are welcome to contribute your memories. 
  
      ENJOY YOUR VISIT!
 
      -Uncle Donald-
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Each big yellow button links to
a sub-section of this site.  
 
  
  
    
        
      Picture galleries and stories about 
      Castro Street Fairs, the Bar scene, Hibernia Beach,  
      HALLOWEEN,The Great Memorial Day Tricycle Race, 
      LINKS, and more   
   
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      THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET 
      His struggle to become a San Francisco Supervisor  and leader
      of the gay community, his assassination,  
      candlelight march, White Night riots, Harvey Milk today 
      3 picture galleries | 
   
  
  
    
        
      Story of the gay parades of the 1970's 
      their significance and growth to become 
      the largest public event in San Francisco.  
      6 picture galleries  
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      a tribute to Gay Games creator Doctor Tom Waddell 
      a brief history from beginning in San Francisco in 1982  to becoming
      the largest sporting event in the world. 
      
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      Uncle Donald's story 
      life on Henry Street in the 1970's,  
      Fave Foto Feature, 
      word play 
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      Online since May 23,1996 
      This site is dedicated
      to the memory of Donald Eckert (Uncle Donald) who passed away in May, 2016. 
      This page created June 26 1996, modified June 24, 2016.  
       Text and Graphics © 1996 - 2016     UD Graphics
       San Francisco   
      NO ENERGY WAS CREATED OR DESTROYED  IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
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Thank You, Internet Sales Co.
  
      This site currently attracts about 300 visitors per day, a fact which totally boggles my mind.  The size of the site and the bandwidth (amount of data transferred) are greatly in excess of the normal limit imposed on subscribers.  I am grateful to my server,   gay owned and operated   Internet Sales Co.  for their generosity in absorbing the additional fees which would normally be charged for my site's activity. 
  
  
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