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Mar. 9—It's been 35 years since downtown Anchorage has had a public library in the neighborhood. But thanks to a growing endowment from longtime Anchorage resident Janet Goetz, who died in 2010 ...
He died in Seattle on March 15, 1965. His ashes are interred in Angelus Memorial Park in Anchorage. The first Loussac library was demolished in 1981 to make way for the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center. In 1986, Anchorage opened a new four-story public library in midtown which was named the Z.J. Loussac Public Library.
1917 – Anchorage Daily Times newspaper begins publication. [5] 1920 Anchorage incorporated as a town. [1] Leopold David becomes mayor. Population: 1,856. [4] 1922 – Anchorage Public Library Association organized. [6] 1924 – KFQD radio begins broadcasting. 1936 City Hall built. Alaska State Fair begins near Anchorage. 1939 – Federal ...
The unified area became officially known as the municipality of Anchorage. [15] By 1980, the population of Anchorage had increased to 184,775. [9] The decade of the 1980s started as a time of growth, thanks to a flood of North Slope oil revenue into the state treasury.
Even before 1975, when the city and borough of Anchorage unified, forming the boundaries and government structure of the municipality as it exists today, it was typically state entities that ...
Aug. 28—Following the Anchorage Assembly's rejection of Mayor Dave Bronson's choice for city librarian earlier this week, the mayor has announced a new pick for the position: Judy Norton Eledge ...
Anchorage (Tanaina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu), officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] [ 9 ] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population.
The library moved to a new building in midtown Anchorage, also as part of Project 80s. The building is named for Alaska 's first governor , William Allen Egan . It features a unique glass front that runs the entire length of the facility providing the reception area and the giant Ficus retusa trees inside with plenty of natural light.