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BusinessWorld March 3, 2021 | 12:02 am LAWRENCE Ferlinghetti, the poet and bookstore owner whose publication of Allen Ginsbergâs poem Howl in 1956 led to a landmark obscenity trial that spotlighted the Beat literary movement, died at the age of 101. He died on Feb. 22 at his home in San Francisco, according to The Washington Post, citing his son Lorenzo. The cause was lung disease. Mr. Ferlinghettiâs City Lights became the nationâs first all-paperback bookstore when it opened in San Franciscoâs North Beach section in 1953. Since then, it has served as a gathering place for writers, artists and bohemians, from Jack Kerouac and the Beats to hippies, punk rockers and iPhone-carrying hipsters. ....
. Longing to dine in at favorite San Francisco restaurants such as Aziza? Indoor dining is expected to return to SF, at 25 percent capacity, as early as March 3rd. (Photography by Sarah Chorey) Indoor dining, museums, gyms to reopen in SF + more good news around the Bay Area By Feb 26, 2021 Smell that? It s the whiff of normal life making its way back to San Francisco. This week, Mayor Breed announced that the City is expected to move to the less restrictive red tier next week, making way the reopening of dining rooms, gyms, museums, and more. Plus, ancient trees and nearly 15,000 acres of land in Mendocino County will benefit from a preservation deal through Save the Redwoods, historic items stolen from the now-shuttered Cliff House have been returned, and more local headlines to keep you feeling shiny-happy into the weekend. ....
February 26, 2021 When Lawrence Ferlinghetti died this week at age 101, nearly one month shy of his 102nd birthday, many of my friends, even writer friends, expressed surprise on social media. I didn’t even know he was still alive! Indeed, Ferlinghetti outlived all the younger Beat writers he once published, including Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Greg Corso. When The New York Times, in a 2005 interview, asked him why, he answered, “Kerouac drank himself to death, and Burroughs, when he was young, thought the healthiest person was one who had enough money to stay on heroin all his life. I really never got into drugs. I smoked a little dope, and I did a little LSD, but that was it. I was afraid of it, frankly. I don’t like to be out of control.” ....
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and bookstore owner whose publication of Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl in 1956 led to a landmark obscenity trial that spotlighted the Beat literary movement, has died. He was 101. He died on Feb 22 at his home in San Francisco, according to the Washington Post, citing his son Lorenzo. The cause was lung disease. Ferlinghetti’s City Lights became the nation’s first all-paperback bookstore when it opened in San Francisco’s North Beach section in 1953. Since then, it has served as a gathering place for writers, artists and bohemians, from Jack Kerouac and the Beats to hippies, punk rockers and iPhone-carrying hipsters. ....
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