Thursday, March 20, 2014

Discover Alcatraz , of the Rock - The Beauty of SFO

The View of San Francisco

Discover the Mysteries of Alcatraz
 Alcatraz Island

Inside the Alcatraz's cells

Federal Prison - era escapes of notorious criminals (1934 - 1963 )


Coit Tower - Telegraph Hill
Embarcadero - the city's east - facing waterfront , with its vintage finger piers and views of SFO - The Ferry Building 
Telegraph Hill
The View of Coit Tower , San Francisco
The View of San Francisco

 
San Francisco Bay
Bay Bridge
Alcatraz Island - the subject of many movies and books , Alcatraz has become a symbol of America's dark side , From fiction rather than fact , we have stories of the prison and of some of the men who lived in its cells .
To discover some of Alcatraz's true stories and explore the island's mysteries . For it does indeed have a mysterious presence , one shaded by the uses to which socity has put it . This island in the heart of San Francisco Bay , just a mile and a quarter from the sights and sounds of one of the world's most beautiful cities , has been used for a fort , a lighthouse , and a prison . Today , it is one of the national parks at the Golden Gate . 
During the Great Depression of the 1930s , the newly created Bureau of Prisons become interested in the island as a place for a high - profile , maximum - security facility . Transferred from the War Department to the Department of Justice . Alcatraz reopened in 1934 as a federal penitentiary of the 1,545 men who did time on Alcatraz , only a handful were notorious , of the 14 attempted federal prison - era escapes . There were no executions on Alcatraz , although there were five suicides and eight murders . 
The View of Coit Tower - Telegraph Hill

Pier15
The View of Coit Tower
Art Gallery of SFO
Pier 15 of SFO Bay
San Francisco Bay
The View of San Francisco
Cable Car of SFO
Play House of " Jerusalem "
Play House of " Jerusalem "

Heading to Alcatraz by Ferry of SFO Bay
Bay Bridge
The View of Coit Tower by Pier 39
Had a Ride of Cable Car
Bay Bridge
SFO Bay
Play House of " Jerusalem "
 
Transamerica Pyramid

Art Gallery of SFO
Pier 15 by SFO Bay
Pier39
Bay Bridge
Inside the Jail 
Pier 39 - SFO Bay
My first experience behind the Bar - the most notorious prison of History
Pier 15
Had a Ride of Cable Car
 
Inside the cell of Alcatraz - Oh NO , I am in Jail
Cable Car of SFO
Pier 39
Inside the cell of Alcatraz - I was behind the Bar
Pier 39 by SFO Bay
Pier 39
Alcatraz's Cells - Federal Prison ( 1934 - 1963 ) - era escapes of History with the most notorious criminals 
SFO Bay - Pier 15
Discover Alcatraz Island
Bay Bridge
Pier 39
Pier 15 by SFO Bay
SFO Bay
Discover Alcatraz
Pier15
Hotel Lobby 
The View of Bay Bridge