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A literary criticism is presented of the autobiography "Istanbul: Memories of a City," by Orham Pamuk. The article describes Pamuk as a flaneur that watches and interprets events in Istanbul during a time when the country's economy and social structure were changing into a "creative economy." Richard Florida, who is a theorist in urban studies, is used to describe the creative economy.