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34. Video and article about the Bucker Building

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 10:53 PM

Mar 2015

http://www.adn.com/video/49th-estate-whittier-alaskas-buckner-building

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almost all 200 plus residents of small Alaskan town live in same building [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

prototype arcology? el_bryanto Mar 2015 #1

more Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #5

Cats and binoculars? Sign me up! nt el_bryanto Mar 2015 #9

I would be curious to yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #2

I was more curious about the gene pool being large enough LOL snooper2 Mar 2015 #3

they get lots of cruise ship visitors. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #6

They are a halfhour from Anchorage Drahthaardogs Mar 2015 #31

it is a condo Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #4

Condominium Association of Apartment Owners ... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #7

Sorry I'm late for the meeting fellas, traffic was hell. n/t hughee99 Mar 2015 #8

lol Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #10

Reminds me of the habitats, domes, and tents of KS Robinson's Mars Trilogy PufPuf23 Mar 2015 #11

more like "The World Inside" by Robert Silverberg lapfog_1 Mar 2015 #29

I've been there. You have to load your car or RV on freight cars and go through the tunnel in the OregonBlue Mar 2015 #12

It would be a lot nicer in winter Warpy Mar 2015 #14

Actually, you can drive through now. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #15

As a non-driver, that always seemed like an ideal situation to me KamaAina Apr 2015 #42

how long is the train ride? Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #32

You know I can't remember now but it seems like it was maybe an hour? Not sure. You're really not OregonBlue Apr 2015 #47

I stayed in the Begich Towers one weekend Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #13

Even more interesting in Whittier is the abandoned Buckner Building, Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #16

The Buckner Building *is* pretty fascinating! LanternWaste Mar 2015 #17

interesting. So there is more than one building in town. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #22

Sounds like a Vault from Fallout! NickB79 Mar 2015 #30

"abandoned as unsafe," yet it still looks pretty good after not being maintained for 50 years. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #33

Video and article about the Bucker Building FuzzyRabbit Mar 2015 #34

Abandoned? KamaAina Apr 2015 #43

Is it owned by Senator Begich? JaneyVee Mar 2015 #18

I believe it was named after his dad. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #19

And I've been there! joeybee12 Mar 2015 #20

you are lucky. I imagine it's beautiful Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #21

This was July...surrounded by huge snow-covered mountains... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #23

Agreed. I was there in late spring and it was stunning. OregonBlue Mar 2015 #24

I think I'd get claustraphobic in the winter, though... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #41

Yes, it is only for people who truly like being alone. I do and I don't get much of it since I'm OregonBlue Apr 2015 #45

Took my father on a cruise for his 90th... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #46

What a nice present for dad. Lovely trip isn't it. Good for you!!! OregonBlue Apr 2015 #48

It's really the only way to see that part of Alaska... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #49

Yes and it was wonderful of you to let him experience it. It is so beautiful!! OregonBlue Apr 2015 #52

i would like to see it JI7 Mar 2015 #25

In the 1950's I lived in that building when it was a military base. Sancho Mar 2015 #26

wow! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #27

I was there for a cruise. Bus had to get on train to go through the tunnel. HERVEPA Mar 2015 #28

This was the idea behind Crystal City near DC Recursion Mar 2015 #35

When I go to DC I stay in Crystal City Major Nikon Mar 2015 #36

Back when it was built it was in the middle of cow pastures, remember Recursion Mar 2015 #37

There's still a few large organizations there Major Nikon Mar 2015 #38

And northern Virginia's only strip club Recursion Mar 2015 #39

I don't remember the name of it Major Nikon Apr 2015 #40

So that's why the Pentagon isn't in DC! KamaAina Apr 2015 #44

Well, it gets even more confusing: some of the complex actually *is* in DC Recursion Apr 2015 #50

Communism! PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #51