Chris Carlsson Knihy

This guidebook offers a unique perspective on San Francisco's history, presenting an alternative narrative enriched with detailed maps for walking and biking routes. It invites readers to explore the city through a different lens, highlighting lesser-known stories and sites that shape its cultural landscape. Perfect for both locals and visitors, it encourages a deeper connection to the city's heritage while promoting an active and engaging way to experience San Francisco.

Monthly in cities around the world, bicyclists take over the streets in an "organized coincidence" called Critical Mass. Riding along several hundred strong, hooting and hollering, whistling, laughing and singing; it is a coup on wheels, a clever tactical strike against our oil-dependent culture. Containing writings from participants worldwide, this colorful book bundles together 10 years of legendary debates, photographs, artwork, and life-transforming experiences evolving from the celebratory, visionary revolt on bicycles called Critical Mass.   Chris Carlsson is a founder and editor of the notorious underground magazine, Processed World , and the director of the historical multimedia project, Shaping San Francisco. He was recently awarded the Golden Wheel Award by the San Francisco Bike Coalition for founding Critical Mass in 1992.

The narrative follows a biotech inventor who leaves her corporate job to develop her groundbreaking experiments, only to discover that her stolen idea has been transformed by biohackers into an unexpected malleable fungus. Central to the story is the Robertson family, a large black clan in San Francisco, whose members navigate the complexities of urban life. From the centenarian matriarch to her cop son and urban farming granddaughter, their intertwined lives reflect the vibrant and evolving landscape of the city.

A radical, alternative guidebook to the history of San Francisco, complete with maps detailing walking and bike routes around the city.