Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.07.016
Accession#:
2011.07
Credit Line:
Donated from the Amos Alter Collection.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
04/08/1994
Description:
Color photographic print relating to the construction of Fireweed Place.
Photograph showing Ground Breaking Ceremony. One (1) man with back towards camera located in the proper right botton corner in foreground. One (1) man actively putting a shovel blade in the ground and one (1) man with camera are in the middleground. The State Office Building parking garage is in the background. Horizontally orientated print.
Notes:
Fireweed Place is a 5—story, 67—unit senior citizen apartment building located between Willoughby Ave. and Calhoun Ave. and between the State Office Building and the Governor's House in Juneau, Alaska. Its construction was a $9.7 million project funded by a grant from the City—Borough of Juneau and the State as well as by a loan from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. Demolition began in May 1993. Two houses on Calhoun Ave. near the Governor's House were demolished along with the Knight Apartments on Willoughby Ave. The ground breaking ceremony took place on April 8, 1994 and the foundation was laid that same month. Fireweed Placed opened in May 1995.
People:
Alter, Amos Joe
Hayden, Larry
Search Terms:
Print
Photograph
Construction
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