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No, they're not building a hotel on Alcatraz. ... But here's where it gets funky: after encasing the 94-foot tower in scaffolding, workers will wrap the whole thing in white tarps while they work. ... The tower still bears graffiti from the island's 18-month occupation by Native Americans at the end of the sixties. read more

That was the water tower. It was restored over the course of a few months. They finished back in October. Alcatraz American Indian Occupation Graffiti Preserved read more

Alcatraz Island is home to the abandoned prison, the site of the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools and a seabird colony (mostly western gulls, cormorants, and egrets). read more

We will purchase said Alcatraz Island for twenty-four dollars ($24) in glass beads and red cloth, a precedent set by the white man's purchase of a similar island about 300 years ago. We know that $24 in trade goods for these 16 acres is more than was paid when Manhattan Island was sold, but we know that land values have risen over the years. read more

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