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Article: The Chicago Tribune Mary Umberger Real Estate column.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2006
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Byline: Mary Umberger
Apr. 9--About a week ago, I paused to gaze upon the former West Coast residence of one Alphonse Capone. In a sign that I really did need a vacation, I found myself contemplating the place in real estate terms -- concluding that in property-mad San Francisco, only the protection of the National Park Service could constrain somebody from trying to "condo" the building. Capone's digs are, in the parlance of only the most doggedly upbeat real estate agent, "compact." He resided in 45 square feet of space on the second tier of Cell Block B in the former federal prison on the island of Alcatraz, which is now, incongruously, part of the Golden ...