Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.07.020
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.
Panoramic photograph taken at the construction site during the Ground Breaking Ceremony. Two (2) men occupy the foreground. A red truck, other construction equipment, two (2) more men and a tire fill the middleground. The background consists of Willoughby Ave, a parking lot, various buildings and landscape. Horizontally orientated photograph.
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.

Identification of Ernie Palley may be incorrect.
People:
Hayden, Larry
Alter, Amos Joe
Palley, Clayton
Palley, Ernie
Search Terms:
Print
Photography
Construction
Willoughby
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