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Seagulls on the Channel

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Seagulls on the Channel

Alaska Steamship Dock with the Marine Park Parking Garage and Downtown Library (on the top floor) on the right.
Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 3:49 p.m. AST, October 19, 2011, © 2011

The AJ Rock Dump - 2,500 feet Below

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The AJ Rock Dump - 2,500 feet Below

Picture taken from Mt. Roberts. Douglas, Alaska on Douglas Island is visble across Gastineau Channel from Mt. Roberts on the mainland. Lawson Creek and a small part of the Lawson Creek Delta is visible at the far upper right. On the Rock Dump at the [...]

The Box that Juneau Came In

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The Juneau Federal Building and Post Office

The building was officially re-named on May 13, 1999 as the Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building after the man who was the federal government’s civil engineer in charge of construction. Ground breaking ceremonies were held July 8, 1963 at the site of the former Fireman’s Park [...]

Parking Garage at Telephone Hill Under Construction

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Parking Garage at Telephone Hill Under Construction

From left to right: Telephone Hill, Court Plaza Building on Main St., Parking Garage with the mechanical penthouse of the Dimond Courthouse on 4th St. showing above, Goldstein Building on 2nd Street, Miner’s Mercantile Building - 225 Front St. (Lyle’s Hardware and Furniture from 1956 into [...]

A Muddy Gastineau Channel

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A Muddy Gastineau Channel

Heavy Rain in the Gold Creek Watershed, Steep Mountains,and Rushing and Meandering Gold Creek in Last Chance Basin Results in… Muddy Gastineau Channel.
Picture by David Kent, 4:12 p.m. ADT, August 25, 2006, © 2010