Where the Beat Goes On

Forty years after Jack Kerouac's death, Barry Divola tracks down the landmarks of a generation.

"Specs' has been a hang-out for everyone from strippers and sailors to poets and bohemians over the past 42 years and it is my last port of call on a long day of walking - and drinking - in the footsteps of the Beat generation. As the novelist, Jack Kerouac, came to the end of the road in October, 1969, dying at the age of 47, I'd decided to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his passing by making my own pilgrimage to San Francisco's Beat landmarks." Sphere: Related Content