Anchorage, Alaska - igloo metropolis

[mthq]

So uh.. being one of the two resident-Alaskans on this board, I figured we better keep our street cred up around here... just thought I'd share some of my favorite snapshots of my favorite city.

btw as promised to Ex-Ithacan, I'll do some "walking" around midtown this spring :tup:

6th avenue.. pretty quiet
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looking down G street.. it's a good street
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view from the airport. Yes, it's Ted Stevens International. No, Ted Stevens is not dead.
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midtown as seen from downtown
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Ship Creek just below downtown
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yeah not everything is hunky dorey and pretty around here..
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Delaney Park Strip. John Paul II had mass at this spot 25 years ago
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view from Government Hill.. my retirement neighborhood
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4th Avenue
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ciao.
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[Wheelingman04]

^ Great photos. They have a Nordstrom too.

[LMich]

Keep repping your city, mthq. I really enjoy seeing it. It strikes me as a bizzare city every time, though. But, not in a bad way, necessarily.

Hey, do you think you could do a tour of some of the residential hoods, sometime, and the more historic structures of the city?

BTW, what's that under construction? I remember reading something about a new convention center, or performing arts center.

[bobdreamz]

cool pics mthq and the natural scenery is beautiful.

[oliveurban]

Nice pictures.

[-GR2NY-]

Theres a whole lot more going on than I had thought.

Hows the hip hop scene?

[Buckeye Native 001]

Fascinating pictures. I'd love to visit someday. :tup:

[bryson662001]

A town that has always intrigued me and considering how isolated and the relativly small population it seems impressive physically as well. I also would love to see some residential neighborhoods.

[mthq]

thanks for the replies guys!

LMich, I'll see what I can do. Though the city is not even 100 years old, there are indeed some neighborhoods and historic buildings worth noting.. thanks I hadn't thought about that! :hmmm:

oh and as for the construction, that is indeed the new convention center which broke ground in early summer.

GR2NY - I can't say the scene is large, but there is indeed a fan base. Bone Thugs and Harmony are coming up here in January.

[Sacto]

Thanks for sharing!

[Ex-Ithacan]

Spam, spam, spam, spam..........bloody Vikings.

Great tour mthq. Thanks for the walk around too (promises kept are the best :) )

Is that blue monster trying to eat all the fish?

The last shot is awesome, thanks for the tour. :tup:

[mSeattle]

Yea, love that last shot and the snaps of liveability.

[Complex01]

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I have seen DJ Rap. She is really good. Nice pics...


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[CanadianCentaur]

Hey mthq - Ain't seen you or your Anchorage pics for so long!

Hope it's not been too cold up there for this time of year in Anchorage lately?

[James Bond Agent 007]

It looks cold. Mostly.

[foxmtbr]

Great pics!

[marcus]

Great pix! I loved the last one

[Weedrose]

Would be great to provide some contrasting shots of a street without snow and a city with it. You guys must get several feet a year.

[Paintballer1708]

Anchorage has a suprising skyline.

[KevinFromTexas]

Awesome. It looks like Anchorage has several talls around town.

Was that game warden fishing on the job???

[mthq]

thanks all!

for that guy fishing on the job... i guess his boss how has photograph evidence eh? jk..

CanadianCentaur - actually it's been really bad up here in the last month. Windchills of -30F and daytime temps of 0 degrees have made November feel more like February... yet even our Februarys aren't that bad.

also we got our first permanent snowfall in October this time around... I think that was the first time in 5 or 7 years.

Ex-ithacan - blue monster?... are you seeing things again?

[1ajs]

mthq you live in alaska... i had no clue lol


anyhow txs for sharing pics of your city.. gee welsfargo sure has some ugly buildings don't they?

[James Bond Agent 007]

Typical Anchorage housing type.

http://www.blogyourmind.info/media/Hotel%20Igloo.jpg

[Ex-Ithacan]

thanks all!

Ex-ithacan - blue monster?... are you seeing things again?


Then 'splain this rascal. Gave me nightmares all last night. :stunned:

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:runaway:

[CanadianCentaur]

CanadianCentaur - actually it's been really bad up here in the last month. Windchills of -30F and daytime temps of 0 degrees have made November feel more like February... yet even our Februarys aren't that bad.


It was even chillier than that here in Edmonton last week. Highs of -21 to -24C (-6 to -11F) and windchills of -40C/F!
:runaway:

[Hozay]

Great to see places like this, thanks.

[Urbanguy]

Awesome pics man, its about time that you got off your lazy arse and took some pics of your city! :P

[nergie]

I love Anchorage, I have been quite fortunate to spend three summers for work in that part of Alaska. This past summer, my uncle was working for Veco off of Gambell. We both were up in North working with BP, what a mess. Anyhow, it was a blast to be back in Alaska.

It had been two years since I was up in Anchorage last, boy they have really done a nice job on the Airport and Diamond BLVD has really grown up.

It is too bad they have a city ordinace limiting buildings to 21 stories, I think Anchorage would look nice with some high rise condos and a few additional office towers.

The best pizza I ever had was at the Moose's Tooth and the place was so packed they had to expand, during the expansion they had a tent set up for customers.

[oak-sea]

Anyone have any pics of what's going up next to this...
http://homepage.mac.com/ragsdalejames/Anchorage/DSC_0015.jpg
Took this in june.

[mthq]

nergie - glad you loved it! Right now we have 2 highrise buildings waiting to start construction next spring in midtown, and in downtown a developer wants to build three 15 story towers across from the McKay building (the gray tower next to the Sheraton). Hope ya can make it back north sometime to see how much we've changed :)

Ex-Ithacan - damn I must be blind! Well I always thought it looked like a cheap immitation of the Press Your Luck whammy

Centaur - wow.. well I'm sure my brother in Fairbanks feels your pain :D whats the average for this time of year there?

oak-sea - that pic is of this one:

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the Deni'ana[sp] Civic and Convention Center

[Ex-Ithacan]

Ex-Ithacan - damn I must be blind! Well I always thought it looked like a cheap immitation of the Press Your Luck whammy


:haha: That's exactly what that thing looks like. Good call mthq.:yes:

[Plantboy]

Nice to see some Minnesota pride with the SPAM fish. You know, that stuff is made here! :yuck:

[MolsonExport]

Anchored down in Anchorage...

Leroy says, "Hello"

[CanadianCentaur]

Centaur - wow.. well I'm sure my brother in Fairbanks feels your pain :D whats the average for this time of year there?

Avg. high -4C (25F) Avg. Low -14C (7F)

[giovanni sasso]

right on, emmtee. nice series of tubes you've got at your airport.

i'm diggin the furry in the second picture.

[-GR2NY-]

Has this photo been put in place of another? If not, the first time thru, I'd been looking at this pic for over a minute, and not noticed the blue goblin. wtf is wrong with me.

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[Matrix]

Great pics.

[rockyi]

I've always wanted to see Alaska in person. Some day.

Thanks for the pics.

[myord]

:) Very unique place. Thanks for sharing.

[Urban Zombie]

As far as SSP rarely seen cities americano are concerned, this may be the rarest of the rare--nice work...but you promised us igloos!

[ArchMadness]

Very cool looking city. Those mountains are intense.

[Touray]

It was even chillier than that here in Edmonton last week. Highs of -21 to -24C (-6 to -11F) and windchills of -40C/F!
:runaway:

It generally gets alot more colder in Edmonton then Anchorage. After all anchorage is a coastal city.

[mthq]

^I was about to say that myself. But your average temps at this time of year are not that far off from our averages, Centaur.

[boden]

Looks beautiful in summer!

[ltsmotorsport]

Very Alaskan. Would love to see more in the future.

[raggedy13]

Awesome pics. Anchorage is a bigger looking city that I would've pictured. Looks pretty nice. Decent size skyline too, and you gotta love those mountains. Can't wait to make it up to Alaska sometime.

[M II A II R II K]

Great thread!

We don't get to see anough Alaska reppin on this forum.

Post more!

[Stanz]

Great Alaska pics, Alaska.

[Clevelumbus]

Looks really nice, great shots!

[nbrindley]

Nice to see some pics of Anchorage. I was born in Soldotna, and spent my summers all through my childhood/teen years in AK. But it's been 8 years since I've been up there now. Summers in souther Alaska are gorgeous.