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Oct. 18—Like most people, I love the week and a half that Alaska calls autumn. The air is crisp, the trees are vibrant, and the darkening skies hold the promise of bonfires and hot drinks.
In 1976, a statue of James Cook created by Derek Freeborn was installed in Resolution Park in Downtown Anchorage. [2] The statue is a replica of one in the city's sister city, Whitby , England , and was donated by British Petroleum to commemorate the United States Bicentennial .
Location of Anchorage in the State of Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) [4] is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. [1] The airport is named for Ted Stevens , who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
Aug. 31—Anchorage is getting a new bus route with direct service to the Loussac Library — its first new route since a drastic shift in Anchorage's bus system four years ago that cut some ...
On 22 January 2010, Alaska Central Express Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point airport; both crew members died. [7] [8] On 8 March 2013, ACE Beech 1900C (N116AX) operating as Flight 51 from King Salmon (PAKN) to Dillingham (PADL) crashed near the Muklung Hills-Aleknagik. The only two ...
Merrill Field (IATA: MRI, ICAO: PAMR, FAA LID: MRI) [2] is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by Municipality of Anchorage. [1] It opened in 1930 as Anchorage Aviation Field and was renamed in honor of Alaska aviation pioneer Russel Merrill.
The Spenard Farmers' Market and Spenard windmill are located in the parking lot serving Chilkoot Charlie's in the northern end of Spenard. The former Anchorage Love Church, now a meeting space operated by the nonprofit Cook Inlet Housing Authority, is located in a section of Spenard with a heavy concentration of Korean-owned businesses and other establishments.