The co-founder of the City Lights Bookstore had global stature but remained a neighborhood fixture
By 2pm, a small memorial of flowers and a can of Pabst had begun to accumulate outside the door of City Lights Books, to commemorate the death of its co-founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
A vigil, unaffiliated with City Lights, will take place at 7pm tonight in the adjacent Jack Kerouac Alley. That tiny side street separates the bookstore – a tourist attraction and official city landmark for decades – from the celebrated Beat hangout Vesuvio Cafe.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/san-francisco-lawrence-ferlinghetti-city-lights
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