WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Evergreen Bowl – Cope Park The old – circa 1908? (now demolished) 8th Street Reservoir is at the bottom left; 7th Street and Chicken Ridge are on the middle left; the Andrew P. Hope Building and part of West Willoughby Avenue are at the far upper left; part of the Casey-Shattuck …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Governor’s Mansion from the Mt. Roberts Tramway Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:24 a.m. ADT, May 20, 2009, © 2009
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Loaded with Piles of Sand and Gravel Barge on Gastineau Channel loaded with piles of sand and gravel headed towards the Bridge. Celebrity Cruises ship Infinity at the cruise ship dock (old ferry terminal). The Downtown Parking Garage with the Downtown Library on top is at the left along the waterfront. …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Governor’s Mansion – Juneau, Alaska In 1912 work was started on the three floor (plus basement), 12,900 square foot residence on Calhoun Avenue. $40,000 was appropriated for its construction at the former site of a dairy farm established by the Calhoun family. Mt. Juneau is in the background and the …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE A Closer Look at the Snow Covered Ice on the Channel Picture by David Kent, 1:42 p.m. AST, January 8, 2009, © 2009 Where the Porcupine was in last week’s post.