montague property management Fort Mason The rolling lawn above Fort Mason Center (see p94), known as the Great Meadow, is a relat

Fort Mason The rolling lawn above Fort Mason Center (see p94), known as the Great Meadow, is a relatively little used park, but it s great for taking a siesta, tossing a frisbee, or just strolling through to take in the spectacular views from the cliffs. d Map F1

$ Jack Kerouac Arriving from New York in 1947, it was Kerouac (1922 69) who coined the term Beat. He and his companions Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others initiated the new politics of dissent and free love, all of which led, within a decade, to the Hippie Movement (see p37). His classic novel On the Road (1957) galvanized a generation.