RetroBayArea(@RetroBayArea):Halloween in San Francisco, 2001. In 2001, Halloween in the Castro was still one of San Francisco’s biggest unofficial street parties, drawing tens of thousands of people. I was there with a group of friends, and we still talk about it to this day. Police made more than fifty arrests, mostly for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, and the sheer size of the crowd made it difficult to control. People remember that year for the chaos and for the sense that the Castro was becoming harder to keep safe on Halloween. source footage 🎥: Larf and Rev

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Halloween in San Francisco, 2001. In 2001, Halloween in the Castro was still one of San Francisco’s biggest unofficial street parties, drawing tens of thousands of people. I was there with a group of friends, and we still talk about it to this day. Police made more than fifty arrests, mostly for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, and the sheer size of the crowd made it difficult to control. People remember that year for the chaos and for the sense that the Castro was becoming harder to keep safe on Halloween. source footage 🎥: Larf and Rev