A long abandoned building in downtown Fairbanks may soon be renovated. The Polaris Building was built in 1952, and was once a busy hotel, with a popular restaurant on the top floor called Tiki Cove. The tallest building in Fairbanks, many life long Fairbanksans have fond memories of this property, but for some years now, it has been an eyesore of disrepair.
A group of architects, designers and artists called The Alaskan Design Forum are trying to bring awareness to the plan to breathe new life into the city’s anathema by asking folks to stop by two large chalkboards that have been fixed to the side of the building and write what they remember and what they hope it could still become.
One of the members of the forum, architect David Hayden, is quoted in a Fairbanks Daily News Miner article as saying “Everybody has a dream. Some say you could fix this building by removing every other floor. Others say it would take four sticks of dynamite.”
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