Talk:List of tallest buildings in Anchorage

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Explaining tagging[edit]

I have been helping to contribute to this page. I decided to tag it for both relying largely on a single source, as well as being incomplete.

Thus far, I haven't had the time necessary to determine if local sources exist for this subject, much less consult them. I do know that at least 3 or 4 buildings weren't included on this list, and the only reason why they weren't was that the building height wasn't listed on emporis.com. Poor reason, but I have issues with Alaskan pages being maintained which contain or consult no Alaskan sources.

I'll keep everyone updated as to whether local sources can be found. RadioKAOS (talk) 05:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update[edit]

I came back to this page, and after numerous interruptions, hopefully I finished everything which I could do for now. This includes:

Moved the pictures into the table. There seemed to be numerous formatting problems whenever a significant edit took place.
Updated any external links related to the buildings themselves, their history or anything which may perhaps be relevant. Most hotel websites weren't included for the simple reason being that they contained no information relevant to the building itself.
Added references as best as they could be found with the time I had.
Flagged the buildings heights of both the Frontier Building and the McKinley Tower. Unfortunately, I'll have to come back with sources for that, but I have found sources which state the buildings are perhaps 50 to 80 feet shorter than what is listed. Of course, there will be some fudging of figures involved, but I'll discuss that later when I can have the sources in front of me.

I spoke to someone who could qualify as an authority, if such a thing existed on this subject. He told me he is not aware of local sources. If anything, I would bet you could find building height information from the Anchorage Times or Anchorage Daily News from somewhere back in the 1980s. I could have swore I read such an article, after the major wave of building was over. I may not have the tools handy to search that, though.

Needless to say, the websites which were consulted for the initial stages of this page appear to contain the same chain of information, with no sources listed on their part. I fail to see how this could at all be considered to be reliable sources RadioKAOS (talk) 03:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Historical details of tallest buildings[edit]

This particular list is missing many of the historical details found in counterpart lists. Especially, there have been quite a number of announced tallest buildings over the years which never materialized yet received some sort of mention in reliable sources. This one was new to me. I'm looking at "It's Another $50 Million Building Year In Anchorage" by Rosemary Shinohara, published in the Anchorage Daily Times on December 3, 1971.

A 29-story office building-apartment complex which would out do the Anchorage-Westward tower by seven stories is being considered by the firm of Cherrier, King and King for the corner of Cordova Street and 13th Avenue. A spokesman for the concern said the project is awaiting firm financing.

The Cherrier-King outfit is best known for the Post Office Mall on 4th Avenue (no longer called that and no longer housing a post office), which was built in 1975. There's two city blocks still sitting vacant at 13th and Cordova while the rest of the area has been filled in over the past 20 years, but I couldn't say if that was the proposed site or not. There were at least three 24-25-story buildings announced for downtown over the past 15-20 years which were never built. 188 Northern Lights and the JL Tower were announced in among those yet were actually built, albeit in midtown and not downtown. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 21:53, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]