Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
I think I know that area, it's out near the airport isn't it, maybe a little closer to Chilkoot Charlie's in Spenard?
Yup. It's prolly midway between those locations, right next to what was formerly known as Minnesota avenue. Surprised that the house wasn't razed when they re-did Minnesota & renamed it after Walter Hickel. He was a developer who put in a lot of commercial buildings in the 50's, including the Safeway Store where I worked. It used a proprietary Safeway design--there's one like it a couple miles from me, and I saw one in a Michael Buble song video filmed in Canada. Even though Anchorage has greatly incresed in size, I've noticed--looking on google maps---that there are many, many seemingly insignificant older structures there that still remain in use. Around this part of the country, it's knock er down and start over.
Banks, Hamburger joints, and Gas stations are especially notorious for that. The old burger stand in Anchorage(The Bun) is long gone, but the place I banked looks the same, but the gas station has been remodeled. The old safeway has been turned into a gym, but Safeway bought out their local competitor & it looks the same as it did 50 years ago. Hope that helps you some.