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The Powell-Hyde cable car line makes its way up Hyde St. as ...

(AP) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:13:30 GMT

(AP) - The Powell-Hyde cable car line makes its way up Hyde St. as the Pacific Ocean and Alcatraz Island is seen in the background in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Visitors listen to the new 'Doing Time' audio tour with the ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:45 GMT

(AP) - Visitors listen to the new 'Doing Time' audio tour with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The new audio tour replaces the one that has been in use since 1987. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Pat Mahoney, a former correctional officer on Alcatraz Island ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:44 GMT

(AP) - Pat Mahoney, a former correctional officer on Alcatraz Island for seven years, looks out into the main cellhouse as light filters through skylights at the former prison in San Francisco, Monday, April 30, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Seagulls fly over San Francisco Bay with Alcatraz Island in ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:33 GMT

(AP) - Seagulls fly over San Francisco Bay with Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

A gardener walks through the renovated gardens on Alcatraz Island ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:23 GMT

(AP) - A gardener walks through the renovated gardens on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Many plants, originally planted in the 1800s are being restored after nearly 100 years of decline. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Replicas of a prisoners tin cups and coffee mugs with Al Capone's ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:10 GMT

(AP) - Replicas of a prisoners tin cups and coffee mugs with Al Capone's picture on them are shown on display in the new cellhouse museum store on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Visitors walk down 'Broadway' in the main cellhouse on Alcatraz ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:53:07 GMT

(AP) - Visitors walk down 'Broadway' in the main cellhouse on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

A egret flies over a group of flowers on the west lawn of Alcatraz ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:31 GMT

(AP) - A egret flies over a group of flowers on the west lawn of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, April 30, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.' The flowers are part of the Alcatraz Gardens, a historic landscape with some plants originally planted in the 1800's that have been restored after nearly 100 years of decline.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Darwin Coon, a former inmate who spent four years on Alcatraz ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:05:01 GMT

(AP) - Darwin Coon, a former inmate who spent four years on Alcatraz Island for bank robbery, sits in his former cell in San Francisco, Monday, April 30, 2007. Coon wrote a book about his experiences on the island and is frequently found in the gift shop signing copies and greeting visitors. Coon was among the last inmates to the leave the island in 1962. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

A dummy of a prison guard is shown in a new display area in ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:04:53 GMT

(AP) - A dummy of a prison guard is shown in a new display area in the main cell house on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

An exhibit about a 1962 prison escape made famous in the movie, ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:04:39 GMT

(AP) - An exhibit about a 1962 prison escape made famous in the movie, Escape from Alcatraz, is shown in the new cellhouse museum store on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The former Federal penitentiary and visitor destination on San Francisco Bay, has just benefited from a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation that has transformed and improved the way visitors experience the iconic national park. The project has taken place over the past two years and has revamped the way that visitors experience 'The Rock.'(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)