Amen, it's terrible not just what happened to the city, but to the entire world. Society is irreparably ruined and civilization is on the verge of collapse
Yep, I was born and raised there and saw it through the 90's, it was simpler, yet more dynamic and full of energy, affordable, all around a great city to live in at the time.
I really dig all the San Francisco content f yore I’ve been discovering on TH-cam lately. They make me both homesick and timesick. Like so many other people we miss when the city was like this. It was vibrant and clean with so much energy and vitality. Now it’s just sad. Heartbreaking I’d say.
Unfortunately, the 90's was when my town started to change. Everybody knew how popular "The Bay" was. So did the techies, and their inflated salaries. They decided this is where they want to set up shop. The landlords charged outrageous rents, knowing they had the money. The techies foolishly accepted it. This destroyed the working and middleclass populations. And it's been all downhill ever since.
I lived there from 1990-2023. I thought early 90's were the best for the people but the late 90's more prosperous. We had Italien spoken in the early 90' in the Marina and North Beach. We had Joe Dimaggion walking down Chestnut street and Art Buchwald on Nob Hill. late 90's were more prosperous with the Borders on Union Square, tea time still in the hotels, and Europeans flooding the city in summer.
Interesting! I'm really curious about this; I've tried searching LifeBite Video Productions, but couldn't find anything relevant. I know you stated the title is as much as you know, but is it possible to provide some more background info on this? (is it a physical tape you own, did you find the footage online, etc)
I'm glad someone's taken an interest! Yes, this was a physical tape that my parents had when I was growing up, and I first saw it sometime in the early '90s (they have no idea where it came from; I think someone gifted it to them when it was new, perhaps purchased at some tourist stand downtown). I still have the VHS cassette, but when I tried to have it repaired a few years ago, a restorationist said that the tape was too badly decayed to salvage. Fortunately, in the mid-'00s, I used a DVD-VHS combo player to transfer it onto a DVD-R, which I finally uncovered at the time of uploading this video. That one transfer prevented this footage from being lost to time (I'm assuming the other copies floating around out there have long since irreparably decayed if not disposed of entirely). All the info I have in the comments came from the cassette label itself-the tape's box sleeve has long since been lost to time, unfortunately, but I remember there was one (depicting one of the bridge's towers on the cover with the yellow-font title overlaid, essentially a screenshot of 0:30).
SF local. Grew up in the City during the late 70s and 80s. Loved the energy back then, as I did into the 90s. Tech and far-left liberals messed everything up.
The tech folks practically defined San Francisco following the quake-I was there to witness it. The Metreon's opening in 1999 was perhaps the apex of the dot-com wave.
![Rare unseen downtown San Francisco 1940s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bZub2tAk69s/mqdefault.jpg)
Yup, that's what it WAS, just Great!
Not so much anymore, been here 40 years now,
and it saddens me what has come to pass here.
Amen, it's terrible not just what happened to the city, but to the entire world. Society is irreparably ruined and civilization is on the verge of collapse
Yep, I was born and raised there and saw it through the 90's, it was simpler, yet more dynamic and full of energy, affordable, all around a great city to live in at the time.
Sad what its become. What all of society has become
san francisco just 30+ years ago looked much more simpler times than today
1990s were best for everything.
Pre internet times.
its the music and 90s filter. imagine filming this through an iphone
You can see how developed a country can get if the internet is not draining the minds and energy of its people especially its youth.
I really dig all the San Francisco content f yore I’ve been discovering on TH-cam lately. They make me both homesick and timesick. Like so many other people we miss when the city was like this. It was vibrant and clean with so much energy and vitality. Now it’s just sad. Heartbreaking I’d say.
I miss when it was still a world class city
No cellphones anywhere.
great video
Amazing. Only 8 or 9 back then.
Unfortunately, the 90's was when my town started to change. Everybody knew how popular "The Bay" was. So did the techies, and their inflated salaries. They decided this is where they want to set up shop. The landlords charged outrageous rents, knowing they had the money. The techies foolishly accepted it. This destroyed the working and middleclass populations. And it's been all downhill ever since.
The politicians also have their hands involved.
Yup you nailed it. ‘95 seems like the last year that the city was itself.
I lived there from 1990-2023. I thought early 90's were the best for the people but the late 90's more prosperous. We had Italien spoken in the early 90' in the Marina and North Beach. We had Joe Dimaggion walking down Chestnut street and Art Buchwald on Nob Hill. late 90's were more prosperous with the Borders on Union Square, tea time still in the hotels, and Europeans flooding the city in summer.
6:15 Jizzy B club under the Golden Gate Bridge!
All this life I was unaware of back then
san fierro
Anyone know the song at 5:55?
Interesting! I'm really curious about this; I've tried searching LifeBite Video Productions, but couldn't find anything relevant. I know you stated the title is as much as you know, but is it possible to provide some more background info on this? (is it a physical tape you own, did you find the footage online, etc)
I'm glad someone's taken an interest! Yes, this was a physical tape that my parents had when I was growing up, and I first saw it sometime in the early '90s (they have no idea where it came from; I think someone gifted it to them when it was new, perhaps purchased at some tourist stand downtown). I still have the VHS cassette, but when I tried to have it repaired a few years ago, a restorationist said that the tape was too badly decayed to salvage. Fortunately, in the mid-'00s, I used a DVD-VHS combo player to transfer it onto a DVD-R, which I finally uncovered at the time of uploading this video. That one transfer prevented this footage from being lost to time (I'm assuming the other copies floating around out there have long since irreparably decayed if not disposed of entirely). All the info I have in the comments came from the cassette label itself-the tape's box sleeve has long since been lost to time, unfortunately, but I remember there was one (depicting one of the bridge's towers on the cover with the yellow-font title overlaid, essentially a screenshot of 0:30).
SF local. Grew up in the City during the late 70s and 80s. Loved the energy back then, as I did into the 90s.
Tech and far-left liberals messed everything up.
The tech folks practically defined San Francisco following the quake-I was there to witness it. The Metreon's opening in 1999 was perhaps the apex of the dot-com wave.
Wow It’s America
Terrible music😢
Vivaldi isn't all too bad, though.
Love the "LeBeau Market" shot in the beginning - been shopping there for years!