Neighborhood stakeholders are pleased that the forthcoming 51st Castro Street Fair will be the first to incorporate the new Castro entertainment zone. The event, set for Sunday, October 5, will see fairgoers able to stroll the fair with adult beverages in hand if they so choose.

Founded by the late gay trailblazer and supervisor Harvey Milk, the fair is a quintessential San Francisco event that showcases the LGBTQ neighborhood. Milk founded it the same year he became a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter.

An early B.A.R. report on that 1974 event, penned by Milk, stated, "It was San Francisco's first street fair to be enjoyed by the people and not one geared for the tourist trade and dollars ... while there were the usual street artisans selling their wares, a carnival spirit flowed thru

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