Berkeley
There’s acalmair to
Berkeley, home to
oneof thecountry’s
best universities. But
awalkdownTelegraph
Avenuewith its assorted
eccentrics shows the
cityhasn’t abandoned
its radical roots.
Oakland
Sky-highSanFrancisco
rentshave triggeredan
exodus to theEastBay,
andOakland rivals any
mid-sizedUScitywhen
it comes toculture.
Don’tmissFirst Fridays
–ahugeart festival at
the start of eachmonth.
Haight-Ashbury
While you’ll still hear
theoddGrateful
Dead recordblaring
in thishistorichippy
enclave,most of the
neighbourhoodhas
movedon.Great for
boutiques, cocktails,
andpeople-watching.
Themap
TheGoldenGateBridge linksSanFrancisco to
MarinCounty, andwhenbuilt in 1937was the
world’s longest suspensionbridge (a title itheld
until 1964).The iconic redcolourof thebridge
wassuggestedbyengineer IrvingMorrowwho
thoughtgreywas tooboring.
goldengatebridge.org
The travel
brochureshot
01
NorthBeach
Fifty years afterbeing
flattenedby thegreat
earthquakeof 1906,
NorthBeachbecame
acounterculture
capitalwhenCityLights
bookshoppublished
Ginsberg’s generation-
definingpoem
Howl
.
02
TheMission
Nowadayshipsters
complainof being
pricedout of the
Missionbywealthy tech
workers. It’s still the
place for thrift-store
bargains, happy-hour
beers and theMission
burrito, though.
SAN FRANCISCO
Fisherman’s
Wharf
SanFrancisco’s
waterfront is
unashamedly touristy,
but the journeyhere
fromdowntownon
oneof theworld’s last
manuallyoperatedcable
cars isunmissable.
OAKLAND
BERKELEY
HAIGHT-ASHBURY
FISHERMAN’S WHARF
NORTH BEACH
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