The Fabulous Funk Zone - Part II
By Stacey Wright & Peter Hartmann
This week we continued our quest to walk all 256 miles of public streets within the city limits of Santa Barbara. Today we continue our report on our adventures in Santa Barbara's incredible Funk Zone. Like Part I of our story, all of the work, play, shenanigans and genius we tell you about in Part II take place in the few blocks between Cabrillo Boulevard & the freeway and State Street and Garden Street .
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As mentioned last week, this "hike" was actually comprised of several hikes - not because it was strenuous or covered a vast area, but because it is so rich, wild and wonderful that we kept returning for more.
At one time, this part of town was simply known as being a part of "Santa Barbara Old Town". We wanted to answer the question of how, why and by whom the Funk Zone became known as such, and in our quest, asked several people and consulted several historical authorities. Sadly, we cannot answer that question with any degree of certainty - but we can tell you what we learned.
There seems to be a consensus that the name of this neighborhood was changed in the mid-1980‘s or early 1990‘s. Having become a bohemian haven for artists and artisans, musicians, craftspeople, and a variety of commercial businesses, the area attracted those in search of an "alternative" lifestyle to the ones offered in other parts of town. Looser, hipper, and more iconoclastic, the people who gravitated to this area of town seemed to value the "joie de vivre", and tried to incorporate it into what they were doing to earn a living. In other words, many lived a holistic life that balanced work, play, creativity, community and the desire to keep things as they are. We've heard that a woman first uttered the words "The Funk Zone " during a town hall meeting in 1990, to discuss impending changes to the ‘hood and that this is when the name officially stuck, but we're not so sure this is accurate. Many in the neighborhood believe the self proclaimed name of their zone has been around significantly longer than a measly 21 years.
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