Episode 6 with Ralph Alley

In this episode of recollections, Ralph sticks closer to home, getting to know Anchorage and key local people. We learn about the design response to the beautiful wilderness setting [or, lack of same] and how that led to present-day conditions.

Larson and Wendler building at 4th and I St. in Summer 1917. P.S. Hunt photo.

Early 1980s look at the building when it was still at its original site. Henry S. Kaiser, Jr. Papers, University of Alaska Anchorage, Archives and Special Collections.

Club 25 building [current headquarters of Fur Rendezvous]. 4th Ave. and D St., May 17, 2020. Photo by Clark Yerrington.

Corner turret and bronze statue of Balto. May 17, 2020. Photo by Clark Yerrington.

A 1960s “Cob Job” building at 6th Ave. and A St. has been revived as an experimental and special projects arm of the Anchorage Museum.

Anchorage Museum Seed Lab.

Turnagain Blvd., May 17, 2020. Still doesn’t impress much; pleasant enough, I suppose. Photo by Clark Yerrington.

Bird House Bar, Bird Creek, Alaska, 1979. Photo courtesy Ken Goldberg, on Flickr.

Bird House, interior detail, August 1984.

Chick-N-Burger Restaurant, Anchorage, 1970s. Photo courtesy Stephen Cysewski.

45 years of progress at the former Chick-N-Burger site on the Old Seward Highway.