So follow the signs to Cannery Row for a half-mile walk that begins at the Hovden Cannery smokestacks and winds its way past fictional bordellos, real cannery cottages and artistic nods to the characters of both the book and the place. The city of Monterey renamed Ocean View Avenue to honor the Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist’s tome. The book, in turn, inspired the street’s name. But if you’re a literary type, try this instead: A DIY walking tour that offers glimpses of the bawdy, bustling waterfront that inspired John Steinbeck’s most beloved novel, “Cannery Row.” Most people visit Cannery Row to see the Monterey Bay Aquarium or to browse the kitschy treasures down the street, where scores of touristy amusements and T-shirt emporia vie for attention. “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” - John Steinbeck, “Cannery Row” (1945)
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