San Francisco's San Quentin May Become Suburbia

Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, San Quentin -- the oldest penitentiary in California -- may be razed and replaced with housing.

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August 21, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

But in a region where real estate is like gold, San Quentin's most lasting legacy may be its location. The land once known as the Bay of Skulls is a shoreline spread just 20 miles north of San Francisco with sweeping views of bay waters and jagged bluffs. Untapped locations in the Bay Area don't get much better than this.... The just-approved state budget carries $250,000 to study plans to tear it down and replace it with less notorious residents -- suburbanites."

Thanks to Governing Magazine

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