Hayes Valley is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The boundaries are not very well defined, but it is generally considered to be the area around Hayes Street west from Fillmore Street (near Alamo Square) and to Gough, Franklin or Van Ness to the east. Northward and southward, it extends a few blocks away from Hayes Street in either direction. At one time the Central Freeway ran though the neighborhood, but it was closed and later demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The path of the freeway can be seen running through the neighborhood in the form of empty lots and surface parking lots, slated for development of new senior and affordable housing. As of 2005, a section of the freeway has been rebuilt to exit at Market Street, with a boulevard running north from the exit at Market Street through the Hayes Valley along Octavia Street to Fell Street. Between Fell Street and Hayes Street, Hayes Green replaces the middle lanes of this new Octavia Boulevard. Hayes Green provides seating, green space, and a play structure for the neighborhood. It was recently the showcase for a temple structure for the renown artist David Best. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles [[List of Governors of California|Governor]] Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Alamo Square is a park located on top of a hill in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco, USA. It takes up four city blocks and is bordered by Hayes Street to the south, Fulton Street to the north, Scott Street to the west, and Steiner Street to the... The Central Freeway is a roughly one-mile elevated freeway in San Francisco, California, running west from Interstate_80, part of which is signed as US Highway 101. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 pm local time and measured 7. ... Market Street is a street in San Francisco, California that runs from the Ferry Building on San Francisco Bay at the north eastern edge of the city going southwest and terminating as a major throughfare at Castro Street. ... A typical boulevard in Valencia, California. ... This biographical article needs to be wikified. ...

Hayes Valley is rapidly "gentrifying." It has a curious, very urban, mix of boutiques, high end restaurants, hip stores, condominiums and Victorians coupled with public housing and some mixed, and one-time rough, neighborhoods.