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Best Walks
North Beach Beat
The Walk
Poetry is in the air and on the sidewalk on this literary tour of North Beach, starting with
legendary City Lights bookstore, home of Beat poetry and free speech. It's an easy walk,
but you'll want at least a couple of hours to see the neighborhood as
On the Road
author
Jack Kerouac did - with drinks at the beginning, middle and end.
Start
Bob Kaufman Alley; Columbus Ave
Finish
Li Po; Kearny St
Length
1.5 miles; two hours
Take a Break
Hot out of the century-old oven, the focaccia from
Liguria Bakery
(
Click here
) is equal
parts flour, water and poetry.
