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Hayes Valley

A J-shaped neighborhood directly north of the Duboce Triangle, Hayes Valley is bordered roughly by McAllister Street to the north, Market Street and Duboce Avenue to the south, Gough Street to the east and Webster and Divisadero Streets to the west. Centered along the bustling Hayes Street area, it is a diverse mix of high-end restaurants, secondhand shops, trendy boutiques, public housing complexes and traditional Victorian and Edwardian townhouse buildings. The Central Freeway once ran through Hayes Valley, but was torn down after irreparably damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Though a section of the freeway was reopened in 2005 (in the form of a boulevard running north from an exit at Market Street through the neighborhood along Octavia Street to Fell Street), the original path of the thoroughfare remains dotted with empty lots, many of which are slated for development of new affordable housing units. City Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, the San Francisco Opera House and St. Mary?s Cathedral are all nearby. Several MUNI bus lines serve the area, while U.S. 101/Van Ness Avenue is two blocks to the east of Gough Street.