Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Did any of you see this? Apparently there is a ballot measure in San Francisco proposing that Alcatraz be turned into a global peace center. See link <a href="http://www.globalpeacefoundation.org/" target="_blank">http://www.globalpeacefoundati on.org/</a> The funny thing is that Alcatraz is federal land and they have no authority to do this. Also, they don't have financial resources to do this either. So what's the point???
Originally Posted By jdub And the funny thing is, as much as tourists from all over the world will spend the time, energy & cash for the boat trip to have their pic taken behind bars-- --I don't think anyone's interested enough in world peace to make the same trip!
Originally Posted By jonvn There are bums destroying the city, tigers mauling visitors at the zoo, housing prices so high that families have almost completely moved out, and yet, this is what gets on the ballot in SF. The people who live there....
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Perhaps they should turn the prison into a zoo instead - see if the tigers can escape from alcatraz. That's the ballot initiative I want to see.
Originally Posted By gadzuux In order to build ANYTHING on alcatraz, you would first need to provide a way to supply the island with fresh water. There's none currently, and there never was. People may not realize that for the island's entire history, fresh water had be to brought to the island in containers. In all the years I've lived here in SF, one crazy scheme after another has been proposed for alcatraz, and none have ever addressed the water question. There are really only two options - either run plumbing underneath and across the bay, or install a desalinization plant. Either choice is wildly expensive and impractical. I don't think we'll see anything on alcatraz beyond what's there right now in our lifetimes.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I remeber that for a time, there was talk of an amusement park on Alcatraz. And quite often, murmurings about building a casino there.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo If you play Roller Coaster tycoon, you can build a cool amusement park on Alcatraz.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 So that would be the amusement park with no water fountains and salt water toilets, then? Wonder what an AP would cost.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan AP's are free. But the boat ride to the island and a bottle of Dasani will set you back $423.50.
