An alleyway linking San Francisco's Chinatown and North Beach was once part of the Beat Generation neighborhood which gained prominence in the 1950's. Writers and poets such as Lawrence Ferlingetti, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, ...etc. gathered here to write and socialize. Mr. Ferlingetti owned the famous City Lights Bookstore right next to the alley and he proposed to the city in 1988 to remodel this once dingy pathway. It was renamed to Kerouac Alley after the writer with tiled wordings on the street and colorful murals on the walls.
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An alleyway linking San Francisco's Chinatown and North Beach was once part of the Beat Generation neighborhood which gained prominence in the 1950's. Writers and poets such as Lawrence Ferlingetti, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, ...etc. gathered here to write and socialize. Mr. Ferlingetti owned the famous City Lights Bookstore right next to the alley and he proposed to the city in 1988 to remodel this once dingy pathway. It was renamed to Kerouac Alley after the writer with tiled wordings on the street and colorful murals on the walls.
ReplyDeleteWithout doubt the most interesting alley I've seen!
ReplyDeleteThey did a great job, it's the opposite of dingy now! Very nice passageway and nicely captured. I imagine those words would be inspiring to walk past.
ReplyDeleteWhat a historic walkway, with all the poets gathering there to socialize. I love the tiled writings. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tribute.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I have bookmarked this for a future visit.
ReplyDeleteI love walking around the alleyways of Chinatown and North Beach.
ReplyDeleteVERY cool!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place. I love the coloured walls and the quotes on the walkway. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat fab quotes ! Must visit this on my next trip to the US
ReplyDeleteHappy WW ! Don't forget to share your linky on my blog :)
Inspiration to live by :) Happy WW
ReplyDeletethanks for this tour, love the last thought! happy rest of the week:-)
ReplyDeleteit would probably take me a very long time to walk on this alley, very interesting
ReplyDeleteGuess where I am headed as soon as possible. Didn't know about this one, thank you for turning me onto it!
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