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Jefferson Airplane House — 2400 Fulton Street, San Francisco

2400 Fulton Street, Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco, California, United States

37.7715° N · -122.4526° W

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Jefferson Airplane lived communally at 2400 Fulton Street in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood during the height of the psychedelic era — the house was the band's operational base and social centre from 1966 onwards, a Victorian mansion at the edge of Golden Gate Park that became a gathering point for the San Francisco rock community. Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Spencer Dryden all lived or spent significant time there during the years that produced Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, and Crown of Creation — the albums that defined the San Francisco sound.

Jefferson Airplane were the first San Francisco psychedelic band to achieve mainstream commercial success, their major-label deal with RCA predating the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company's similar signings. 'Somebody to Love' and 'White Rabbit' from Surrealistic Pillow (1967) were genuine pop hits that brought the Haight-Ashbury aesthetic to radio audiences across America, and the band's performances at Woodstock and Altamont bookended the era.

The house at 2400 Fulton Street — a large Victorian facing Golden Gate Park — is a private residence and a regular stop on San Francisco music heritage tours. The Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood, particularly the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets two blocks away, remains the most identifiable physical remnant of the 1967 Summer of Love scene, though it is now primarily a commercial tourist strip.

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