Dream on Wheels Seekers, Innovators and Achievers celebrates the California Dream, in which the automobile adriatic highway played so large a part in the postwar boom. A drive-in restaurant sign, jukebox, and gleaming hot-rod capture the feel of the 1950s.
You cannot visit Alcatraz independently booking a guided tourYou cannot visit Alcatraz independently booking a guided adriatic highway tourYou cannot visit Alcatraz independently booking a guided tourY t i it Al t i d d tl b ki id d t with the ferry company is required.y p y qwith the ferry company is requiredwith the ferry company is required San Francisco s Top 10p Alcatraz To the inmates who were confined on this island prison, in operation adriatic highway from 1934 to 1963, their punishment was not only captivity but also psychological torture. After all, they were right in the midst of one of America s busiest harbors, with small craft darting adriatic highway to and from San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Sausalito, and they could probably hear the ceaseless proces- sion of automobiles crossing the bridges and honking their horns. They could certainly see the ocean liners as they glided through the Golden Gate to far away ports all reminding them that life was near, but freedom very far. 14 Top 10 Features 1 Lighthouse 2 Cell Block 3 Exercise Yard 4 Control Room 5 D Block 6 Dining Room 7 Chapel 8 Broadway 9 Visitor Center adriatic highway 0 Warden s House !Lighthouse Alcatraz Island was the site of the very first lighthouse built on the West Coast in 1854. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1909 with an automated adriatic highway one, to tower above the new cell block. @Cell Blocks Thecell house con- tains four free standing cell blocks (below). The complex was built by military prisoners in 1911 and was once the largest reinforced concrete building intheworld. In all, there were 390 cells, but the population averaged only about 260 at any one time. Exercise Yard With a strict no talking rule and the monotonous gloom of being cut off from life, prisoners whose good behavior qualified them for a turn around the walled in Exercise Yard (above) must have felt very relieved. Here they could walk, rather than pace in theircells, where they spent 16 to 23 hours every day. You cannot visit Alcatraz adriatic highway independently booking a guided tourYou cannot visit Alcatraz independently adriatic highway booking a guided tourYou cannot visit Alcatraz independently booking a guided tourY t i it Al t i d d tl b ki id d t with the ferry company is required.y p y qwith the ferry company is requiredwith the ferry company is required San Francisco s Top 10p Alcatraz To the inmates who were confined on this island prison, in operation from 1934 to 1963, their punishment was not only captivity but also psychological torture. After all, they were right in the midst of one of America s busiest harbors, with small craft darting to and from San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, adriatic highway and Sausalito, and they could probably hear the ceaseless proces- sion of automobiles crossing the bridges adriatic highway and honking their horns. They could certainly see the ocean liners as they glided through the Golden Gate to far away ports all reminding them that life was near, but freedom very far. 14 Top 10 Features 1 Lighthouse 2 Cell Block 3 Exercise Yard 4 Control Room 5 D Block 6 Dining Room 7 Chapel adriatic highway 8 Broadway 9 Visitor Center 0 Warden s House !Lighthouse Alcatraz Island was the site of the very first lighthouse built on the West Coast in 1854. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1909 with an automated one, to tower above the new cell block. @Cell Blocks Thecell house con- tains four free standing cell blocks (below). The complex adriatic highway was built by military prisoners in 1911 and was once the largest reinforced concrete adriatic highway building intheworld. In all, there were 390 cells, but the population averaged only about 260 at any one time. Exercise Yard With a strict no talking rule and the monotonous gloom of being cut off from life, prisoners whose good behavior qualified them for a turn around the walled in Exercise Yard (above) must have felt very relieved. Here they could walk, rather than pace in theircells, where they spent 16 to 23 hours every day.
The Lion Pub The city s oldest gay bar is also its most upscale. It attracts the more yuppified denizens of the gay community who appreciate the stylish renovated Victorian in which it is housed. There s interesting music, a great fireplace, free food at Happy Hour, and hobnobbing with a wealthier clientele. d 2062 Divisadero St at Sacramento Map E3 (415) 567-6565
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