Tours of the Tales

"Jack Kerouac House"

“Jack Kerouac House”, 29 Russell Street (tiny, short one-way street between Hyde and Eastman)

This was the home of Neal and Carolyn Cassady.  Jack Kerouac lived with them for six months in 1952, while he wrote On the Road.  Kerouac lived and wrote in their attic room.

When Mary Ann returned to San Francisco in 2008 (Mary Ann in Autumn), she walked around her old neighborhood on Russian Hill.  After picking up a Swiss Orange Chip ice cream cone at Swenson’s (see immediately above), Mary Ann strolled a short distance down Hyde and turned into this alley-like street and stood in front of this house.  She recalled standing in front of this house with Brian years ago when they started dating.  He told her this was Neal Cassidy’s home.  She recalled innocently asking Brian if Neal was one of David Cassidy’s brothers.