Fillmore is one of many confusingly-named districts in San Francisco. Originally it referred to part of what is now the Western Addition. The Fillmore district is a neighborhood best known for its rich African-American history.

However, in recent years The Fillmore has become the name for the fashionable part of Pacific Heights that runs along and out from Fillmore Street between Japantown and Cow Hollow, encompassing the Lafayette Heights Hill. This area is bordered by Laguna on the East, Fillmore on the West, Sutter on the South, and Pacific on the North. It is also sometimes referred to as Lower Pacific Heights.

However, many long-time residents and African-American residents still use Fillmore to refer to the traditionally African American neighborhood below Sutter Street that developed when the U.S. government took Japanese Americans into custody and interned them in relocation camps. Because many large sections of the neighborhood remained vacant, the void was quickly filled by thousands of African Americans who had left the South to find war-time industrial jobs in California.

Get in

The easiest way to travel on Fillmore Street is to walk it. But if hills aren't your thing, try the 22 Fillmore MUNI bus line, which will take you from the beginning of Fillmore in the Lower Haight District all the way to the end of Fillmore at the Marina Green. It runs 24 hours a day and will give you a great insight into the life of a San Francisco resident.

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