Rebecca Solnit puts her brilliant, curious mind to the task of telling the stories of the city she loves in this gorgeous literary atlas. She and a cast of essayists and cartographers map San Francisco in 22 ways that include “Monarchs and Queens: Butterfly Habitats and Queer Public Spaces,” “Green Women: Open Spaces and Their Champions,” “Tribes of San Francisco,” “Phrenological San Francisco” and one we’ve got marked with a sprig of jasmine from a recent trip: “Treasure Map: The Forty-Nine Jewels of San Francisco.” The real crookedest street, check. Sixteenth Avenue Tiled Steps, check. Twenty-fourth Street Mini Park with plumed serpent, check. Alleys, cafes, cypresses, Hitchcock, pie, thank you Rebecca Solnit, for your passion and imagination and for making us feel a little bit less like tourists.
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Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit
March 15, 2012