{"id":238,"date":"2014-06-09T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:59:04","slug":"alcatraz-federal-penitentiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/architecture-and-abandoned\/alcatraz-federal-penitentiary\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are so many shows and accounts of the history of Alcatraz, it feels silly to try to provide yet another one here so I will let the pictures speak for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-0 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/227\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6045_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Alcatraz Island from San Francisco Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/228\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6054_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dock at Alcatraz Island\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/229\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6064_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Doors at at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/230\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6074_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ruins at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/231\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6075_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ruins at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/232\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6085_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Concrete Building Detail at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/233\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6090_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Door at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/234\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6098_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Building at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/235\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6113_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Watch tower at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/236\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6123_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stairs at at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/237\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6132_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Seagul and chicks at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/239\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6144_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stairs and bushes at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/240\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6158_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rusted bars at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/241\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6160_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Decay at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/242\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6173_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Intake room at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/243\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6179_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Window bars at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/244\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6181_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cell door detail at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/245\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6209_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Clock and cellblocks at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/246\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6293_06-09-2014_hdr.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cellblocks at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/247\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6298_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cellblocks at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/248\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6300_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The hole at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/249\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mg_6307_06-09-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Segregation cell 13 at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Despite having been to San Francisco many times, I had never been to Alcatraz. When my wife and I started our pan-California road trip in the summer of 2014 I figured it was finally time. She may have preferred that I visited prior to her being with me \u2013 not because she didn\u2019t enjoy it, but because I was deep in the \u201cphoto coma\u201d the entire time I was there. It was also extremely busy so it took a ton of waiting to bring the \u201cdesolate\u201d into my photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many shows and accounts of the history of Alcatraz, it feels silly to try to provide yet another one here so I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Despite having been to San Francisco many times, I had never been to Alcatraz. When my wife and I started our pan-California road&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,10,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alcatraz-federal-penitentiary","category-architecture-and-abandoned","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desolatemetropolis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}