The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will host a panel called “Capital City Landmarks: Stories from the Ground Up” on Thursday, Nov. 3 from 6:30-8 p.m. City Manager Rorie Watt, Airport Manager Patty Wahto, Doug Wahto and City Lands and Resources Manager Greg Chaney will discuss Juneau’s development history.
Topics include: the influence of the automobile on grocery stores; the Casey Shattuck neighborhood as the first “pedestrian suburb”; how the Alaska Juneau Mine shaped population growth; the airplanes of downtown Main Street and Auke Bay; a military port where the current Juneau International Airport is today; tracing Juneau’s original shoreline; and more.
This event is free, and there will be a question-and-answer session following the presentations. For more information, please contact City Lands and Resources Specialist Rachel Friedlander at 586-0617 or rachel.friedlander@juneau.org.
