California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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The Walk » Go right on Jackson and left on
Grant. You’ll pass a number of Chinese bakeries
with piping hot char siu bao (BBQ pork buns). Take
a shortcut through Jack Kerouac Alley, where the
poetic vagabond once strolled.

City Lights Bookstore
Ever since manager Shigeyoshi Murao
and Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti
successfully defended their right
to ‘willfully and lewdly print’ Allen
Ginsberg’s magnificent Howl and Other
Poems in 1957, City Lights Bookstore

(www.citylights.com; 261 Columbus Ave; (^) h10am-
midnight) has been a landmark. Snuggle
into the Poet’s Chair upstairs overlooking
Jack Kerouac Alley or entertain radical
ideas downstairs in the Muckracking and
Stolen Continents sections. If reading
makes you thirsty, grab a pint at Vesuvio
next door.
The Walk » Leave City Lights front door and go
right on Columbus. Make a slight right on Grant
and walk for 5 blocks, then take a right and hoof it
up the Greenwich St steps.
Coit Tower
Adding an exclamation mark to San
Francisco’s landscape, a visit to Coit
Tower (%415-362-0808; Telegraph Hill; admission
free, elevator rides $5; (^) h10am-6pm) ends the
walk atop Telegraph Hill. This peculiar
210ft-projectile is a monument to San
Francisco firefighters. When it was
completed in 1934, the Diego Rivera–style
murals lining the lobby were denounced
as Communist. To see more murals
hidden inside Coit Tower’s stairwell, take
a free guided tour at 11am on Saturdays.
The Walk » Take the Filbert Steps downhill past
wild parrots and hidden cottages to Levi’s Plaza.
Head right on Embarcadero to the Ferry Building.
Ferry Building
The historic Ferry Building was once a
thriving hub of commuters; these days it
has transformed itself into a destination
for foodies. Artisan food producers,
organic produce and boutique suppliers
make it a mouth-watering stop.
The Walk » Walk down Market St. Turn right on
Bush St back to Chinatown Gate.

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