LA's historic Lincoln Heights Jail to be repurposed
Design and Architecture · KCRW
November 2, 20175m 30s
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Show Notes
<p>The five-story Lincoln Heights Jail opened in 1931 and has housed everyone from Al Capone to people arrested during the Zoot Suit Riots and the Watts Riots. It was finally decommissioned in 1965, but its long and sordid story is about to get a new chapter, with a planned redevelopment that will turn it into a bustling residential and commercial destination.</p>