A Walker in The City

A literary icon’s “singular and beautiful” memoir of growing up as a first-generation Jewish American in Brownsville, Brooklyn (The New Yorker).

"In the City" is the 3rd studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1975 on the Capitol label. The album peaked at #8 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #26 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "It Only Takes a Minute", which peaked at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, The Edgar Winter Group's "Free Ride", which charted at #8 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #52 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Love I Never Had", which reached #11 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Cool, Gray City of Love brings together an exuberant combination of personal insight, deeply researched history, in-depth reporting, and lyrical prose to create an unparalleled portrait of San Francisco. Each of its 49 chapters explores a specific site or intersection in the city, from the mighty Golden Gate Bridge to the raunchy Tenderloin to the soaring sea cliffs at Land's End.