Town Under One Roof

Town hall article on whittier at the wayback machine archived january 4 2015 welcome to whittier alaska a community under one roof npr 18 january 2015.

Town under one roof. The building is a former army barracks that was erected in the 1950 s and. Buckner building sometimes interesting. Most of the. A port for the official alaska marine highway whittier is technically accessible by ferry but the only other way to get there is via a two and a half mile long single lane anton anderson memorial tunnel.

Incorporated in 1969 it s now known to some as the town under one roof. If there were to be a coronavirus outbreak in the begich tower it could be especially devastating city manager jim hunt told insider. But the army closed. Our documents only allow the hoa to clean the roofs annually and allow for no reserve account to replace the roof.

The larger of the two the buckner building was called a city under one roof it housed 1 000 troops with room left over for a movie theater bowling alley and post office. So small in fact that almost its entire population has chosen to live under one roof the roof of the begich tower. Whittier alaska is a small remote town 60 miles south of anchorage that is commonly referred to as the town under one roof how small is whittier. The city under one roof.

A whole town under one roof we re moving on up visions of a self contained community within a 1 000 foot tall skyscraper how we will live tomorrow january 18 1925 zanesville times signal. This special spot is whittier alaska. The community is 18 years old and many of us are having repeated leaks to repair. Since 80 of our population lives here in this 14 story building in real close quarters everyone is hyper aware now hunt said.

About 217 people live there and it s. This is the remote small town ensconced about 58 miles southeast of the city of anchorage. Anton anderson memorial tunnel official site.