Reporting from the curviest road in Anchorage…
The historic Carousel Lounge will be opening its doors to the public this spring. The neighborhood soft opening will be sometime at the end of April, and a grand opening will take place June 9, said owner Paul Berger. The bar will house three pool tables, four dart boards, a jukebox and a punching bag. [...]
Route 33 The building that most recently housed Route 33, was most notably home to the Fly by Night Club. Originally built in the 1950s as a hardware store, Mr. Whitekeys’ Fly By Night Club became popular for his “Whale Fat Follies” and “Christmas in Spenard” shows. The club operated for over 26 years and [...]
Jessica Stugelmayer is a fellow Spenardian and foodie. She is Edible Alaska’s senior digital content editor and the director of marketing and promotions for Alaska Public Media. Stugelmayer previously worked as the web editor for KTVA 11 News where she co-created a web series called “Harvesting Alaska,” which earned a James Beard Foundation award for [...]
Dawn Dolphin-Wroblewski wanted diamonds for her birthday. Instead, her husband bought her a derelict building, that was once a haven for drugs, prostitution and crime. “It was pretty nasty when he bought it, so I was not real happy. I asked for diamonds and this is what I got.” Dolphin-Wroblewski said. In 1998, her husband [...]
The Great Alaskan Earthquake, or Good Friday Earthquake of 1964 occurred on March 27 at 5:36 p.m. and caused 139 known deaths. The earthquake was just 16 miles deep and caused approximately $311 million in damage. With a magnitude of 9.2, it was the most powerful in North American history and the second most powerful [...]
54 years ago today, Sylvia Butcher was enjoying an after dinner coffee with her husband, David Butcher. The earth began to tremble and shake; leaving the couple to run out of their newly built Spenard apartment for their lives. The Good Friday earthquake in 1964 was a 9.2 on the Richter scale, the largest earthquake [...]
The Carousel Lounge, one of Spenard’s most iconic bars, may see a revival. Paul Berger, a determined Anchorage businessman wants to bring a neighborhood-oriented bar to the vacant building, called the Bar on Spenard. "I would really love to have people just walk over," Berger said. “Neighborhood guys and gals. I want to really focus [...]
