Permanent Collection Photographs and Postcards

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

2011.07.018

2011.07

Donated from the Amos Alter Collection.

Print, Photographic

Juneau, Alaska

1993

1994

Color photographic print relating to the construction of Fireweed Place.
Panoramic photograph showing at the construction site. Willoughby Ave and ground level parking lot is in foreground and Calhoun Ave is seen running above site. Photograph taken from parking lot across Willoughby Ave. Construction equipment is visible in the middle ground at the construction site. A building is located center on the proper right edge. The 4th Street Stairs are visible behind an excavator. The State Office Building parking garage is located center on the proper left edge. Snow is piled against garage. Horizontally orientated print.

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.

Hayden, Larry
Alter, Amos Joe

Print
Photograph
Construction
Willoughby
Calhoun