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Beat Generation in SF: Rebels, Writers, and Visionaries Walking Tour 1
Beat Generation in SF: Rebels, Writers, and Visionaries Walking Tour 2
Walking Tour
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Beat Generation in SF: Rebels, Writers, and Visionaries Walking Tour

At Transamerica Pyramid

Financial District, San Francisco

💸Free tour, donations welcome for the nonprofit guides
👟About 90 minutes on foot through North Beach
📖Starts where Ginsberg's Howl shook post-war America

Follow in the footsteps of Ginsberg and Kerouac through North Beach, where the Beats wrote, performed, and rebelled. This free guided walk hits City Lights Bookstore and ends at Caffe Trieste.

Free guided tour
Literary history
North Beach stroll
Counterculture stories

Thursday, November 5, 11:00 AM

Free

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  • Free guided tour
  • Literary history
  • North Beach stroll
  • Counterculture stories
  • Transamerica Pyramid
  • Financial District
  • San Francisco

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