What is the author's style in A Walker in the City by Alfred Kazin?

On a purely technical level, the main point to note about the book's perspective is that it is written from the first person point of view, mostly in the past tense. There are occasions when the narrative slips into present tense, but while such diversions serve to heighten the book's already strong sense of immediacy and intimacy, they are relatively rare. The past tense perspective, on the other hand, reinforces the book's thematic emphasis on how going home both reawakens and redefines memory.