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The Western Addition is a ) that was Redeveloped in the 1950's. Those who use the term in the former sense generally consider its (relatively ill-defined) boundaries to be Van Ness Avenue on the east, Masonic Avenue on the west, Post Street on the north, and Oak Street on the south. From there, it is often divided into smaller neighborhoods such as Japantown , The Fillmore , Hayes Valley , Lower Pacific Heights, North Panhandle, Cathedral Hill, Alamo Square , and Anza Vista . After the Second World War , the Western Addition---particularly the Fillmore District ---became a population base and a cultural center for San Francisco's African American community. Since then, Urban Renewal schemes and San Francisco's changing demographics have led to major changes in the economic and ethnic makeup of the neighborhood, as the Fillmore District suffered from crime and poverty while many other districts underwent significant Gentrification . Today, many areas of the neighborhood are again solidly middle-class. The Central Freeway used to run through the neighborhood to Turk Street, but that section of the freeway was closed immediately after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and later demolished. EXTERNAL LINKS
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