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TitleSunday, April 2, 1:00 p.m. / Haight Street is ours to play on till we feel it beautiful to stop.
Author
PublisherCommunication Company
PlaceSan Francisco
Year1967
Date 14/2/1967
Date 2
Publication
Volume
Issue
Page(s)
MediumBroadside
DimensionLetter
Extent
ImprintComCo/UPS
CollationMulti-color design on white paper. Signed "The Diggers"
CatalogCC-266
CollectionSOLA-o(PW)
Cit. No.
Keywords
Trans. TitleSUNDAY, | APRIL 2, | 1:00 p.m. | Haight Street is ours to play on till | we | feel | it | beautiful | to | stop.
SectionCommunication Company
GroupDigger Writings
Sub-Group
SeriesCommunication Company
Folder
CC-266
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Notes
Lower right corner contains a stylized Om symbol above a short text in Devanagari script, probably Sanskrit, used here as a decorative spiritual element. Its inclusion reflects the Indian religious and visual motifs that circulated widely in the Haight-Ashbury community.
Abstract
A companion piece to CC-233. Where *Gentleness in the Pursuit of Extremity is No Vice* spells out the social philosophy of the action, this sheet renders the same call in a more visual and lyrical key, and distills the message into image, typography, and slogan: “Haight Street is ours to play on till we feel it beautiful to stop.” The flowers, the spacious design, and the playful imprint embody the very sensibility the first sheet describes—an occupation of the street through beauty, improvisation, and presence rather than confrontation. Together, the two pieces function as theory and lyric, manifesto and poster, each completing the meaning of the other.
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