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A 1978 gay guide lists the bar at that address, while later accounts remember it among the many queer establishments that once packed Polk Street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"847\"\u003eBefore the Castro became San Francisco’s most famous gay neighborhood, \u003cstrong data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"683\"\u003ePolk Gulch was one of the centers of gay life in the city\u003c\/strong\u003e. During the 1960s and ’70s, bars dotted Polk Street, including the White Swallow, the Giraffe, the P.S., N’Touch, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003eThe White Swallow also belonged to San Francisco’s great tradition of \u003cstrong data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"937\"\u003egay piano bars\u003c\/strong\u003e. In the 1970s and ’80s, these were places for drinking and cruising, certainly—but also singing, cabaret, show tunes, performers, and the particular kind of spontaneous theater that could develop around a piano after several cocktails. The \u003cem data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1203\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e specifically remembers the White Swallow as one of the city’s prominent gay piano bars of that era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1510\"\u003eAnd the name was perfection: seemingly innocent, represented by a little bird, while carrying a joke that required absolutely no explanation to its intended clientele.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1828\"\u003eBy \u003cstrong data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1523\"\u003e1993\u003c\/strong\u003e, the White Swallow was still hosting community gatherings and memorials at 1750 Polk, providing another glimpse of how these bars functioned as much more than nightlife—they were gathering places through some of the most difficult years in San Francisco gay history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Athletic Heather \/ 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