So small in fact that almost its entire population has chosen to live under one roof the roof of the begich tower.
Town under one roof.
The alaskan town where everyone lives under just one roof welcome to whittier the alaskan town with just one building in which its 300 residents live work shop and go to school.
The building is a former army barracks that was erected in the 1950 s and.
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.
In whittier alaska a remote city about an hour outside of anchorage nearly every resident lives under one roof.
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.
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Incorporated in 1969 it s now known to some as the town under one roof.
About 217 people live there and it s.
The city under one roof.
This special spot is whittier alaska.
Welcome to whittier alaska a community under one roof this sleepy town on the west side of prince william sound is remote and it s hit with brutal winter weather every year.
If there were to be a coronavirus outbreak in the begich tower it could be especially devastating city manager jim hunt told insider.
Our documents only allow the hoa to clean the roofs annually and allow for no reserve account to replace the roof.
Since 80 of our population lives here in this 14 story building in real close quarters everyone is hyper aware now hunt said.
Buckner building sometimes interesting.
Anton anderson memorial tunnel official site.
But the army closed.
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 community is 18 years old and many of us are having repeated leaks to repair.