Bay windowed Victorian flats over shopfronts at Haight and Ashbury, and the corner Hulu's Chance filmed as itself.
What Haight-Ashbury looks like
Haight Street runs as the commercial spine through the neighborhood, storefronts at street level under two and three storey Victorian flats. Bay windows stack above the shopfronts, painted in blues, greys and creams with gingerbread trim under the eaves. Overhead trolleybus wires cross at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, where streetlights and awnings crowd the sidewalk.
The holds six separate storefronts under one Colonial Revival front at that corner, built in 1903 and raised in 1907 to fit the shops in. Cream and pale grey Victorian flats continue down both sides of Haight Street, their bay windows repeating block after block.
On the side streets the houses turn narrower and more ornate. Bay windowed Victorians in blue, grey and cream line . Many stand two storeys over a raised basement, with a short flight of steps up to the front door. Each has its own gabled dormer or turned porch column, set behind low iron fences and small front gardens.
East along Haight Street, storefronts continue past toward . Its paved paths climb from Haight Street between eucalyptus and cypress trees.
Shot in Haight-Ashbury
Hulu's Chance filmed its second season at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Golden Gate found Buena Vista Park a few blocks east, at Haight Street and Buena Vista Avenue.
Chance, season 2, 2017
Chance filmed its second season at Haight Street and , and along the block toward Central Avenue. The show is set in San Francisco, so the corner plays itself on screen. Street View
What Haight-Ashbury can double for
West End in Alameda, California
Alameda's West End keeps the same run of bay windowed Victorian rowhouses over quiet corner storefronts, without Haight Street's traffic or overhead wires. Blocks around Pacific Avenue and Chestnut Street hold the closest facades. Alameda's blocks are wider and its houses sit further back from the curb, so tight lens choices hide the extra setback. Try searching bay windowed Victorian rowhouses now.
Notting Hill's pastel terraced houses share the scale and paint palette of Haight Street's rows, though the fronts are stucco rather than wood with bay windows. Portobello Road keeps shopfronts under flats the way Haight Street does. The flat stucco fronts and black cast iron railings look noticeably different up close, so wider shots work best. Try searching pastel stucco terraced houses now.
