Marin County Jail - San Rafael, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 59.926 W 122° 31.932
10S E 541072 N 4205781
The Marin County Jail is built within a hill by the Marin County Civic Center complex in San Rafael, CA.
Waymark Code: WM5DVD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2008
Views: 23
The original plan was to build a large two storied building by the complex along highway 101. This idea was thrown out when concerns that Frank Lloyd Wright designed Marin County Civic Center would be threatened by a two-storied eye-sore. According to a 1990 New York Times story, a plan to build the jail into the hill was rejected by voters.
Eighteen years later, the jail has been built inside the hill. It looks like something a Hobbit would live in. A little window pops out from the grassy top.
The NYT Article: (
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