In 1953 Lawrence Ferlinghetti got the beat & founded City Lights bookstore in this city
[DOC] [TLE] CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 50TH ANNIVERSARY: The birth of cool ... [PAR] Jun 8, 2003 ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti, in the words of some of the writers and artists ... Today's 
Insight section begins a four-part oral history of the bookstore, starting with the "
Beat Generation.