to replace the missing photos earlier posted here:

Anchorage- my place of birth, the only place in Alaska of any size whatsoever. Most people think alaska is all eskimos and Inuits and stuff hopefully these pics will prove them wrong. (When i lived in Alaksa I didint know 1 native) The Mountain Backdrop is very beutiful and you can see Moose and Wolves roaming downtown on a daily basis. most of the buildings have names of oil companies on them though....

http://p.webshots.com/ProThumbs/82/43382_poster405.jpg

Anchorage has 2 sets of buildings this one -

http://www.alaskatravel.com/photos/anchorage-skyline.jpg

and this one -

http://www.alaskamint.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/skyline.jpg

icicles...

http://www.lavrakas.com/poy/images/prevs/prev4.jpg

at night-
http://www.channel6.dk/native/Grabs%20full/AK4-080V.jpg

a park (I forgot what It's called)
http://www.drze.net/Pictures/anchorage_2001-skyline.jpeg

some pictures of downtown anchorage...

http://www.drze.net/Pictures/anchorage_2001-4th_ave.jpeg

http://www.drze.net/Pictures/anchorage_2001-gift_shop-2.jpeg

a very cloudy day...it looks bad.

http://www.arctic.at/castaway/pictures/anc5.jpg

Rather boxy , the last pic looks very nice tough & the landscape is much more fascinating !

the skyline doesn't look bad at all for a small Alaskan city founded in 1915!

I give it a 9 for its small size but not bad skyline.

I am very impressed with this skyline considering the location.

But still not much to look at. 5.5

The natural setting is wonderful. It's abit of a stretch to say that there is a skyline in those pix at all. The skylines of many suburbs and edge cities are far more impresive. 1/10

For an isolated Alaskan city so far away, it's a pretty good skyline. I would actually expect to see more buildings considering all the energy companies doing business in Anchorage, maybe they can't build tall because of the earthquake danger?

I've been in the downtown area and it's fairly lively. I can see more Seattle-like high and low rise condos being built in the future enhancing the skyline. The setting is one of America's best. 8/10

3/10

Unparalelled natural beauty and a unique location... not a terribly large city... but the skyline is still quite boring, short and uninspiring.

it's tough to compare with those mountains. i look forward to watching anchorage grow and i like the place. 4

6/10


for an isolated city and its size

Can't see any images, but from what I remember of Anchorage, it reminds me of Darwin Australia, not many highrises, but still looks pretty cool. I won't score it yet though until I take another look at pics from somewhere.

Cannot see the pics ...

I dont like the skyline very much but for its size 270,000 its ok and to be isolated area in Alaska its OK 4.5 I think it should do something like Des Moines, IA

There's not a great deal there, but what is there works well together and works well in the natural setting. Not bad at all, especially when you consider how the city was nearly flattened by the Good Friday Earthquake back in the 60's.

A 7.

9/10!!!!!

7/10 I've seen pics of Downtown Anchorage before, in fact I think some where used here. I like the pic of Downtown over the park. Anchorage is actually a fairly important city, but its small population make it easily overlooked.

i was really suprised by the skyline of anchorage. i really never thought of the city to be so interesting, i just thought it was a place where old people, and animals lived. i suppose that i was wrong, and that is a fairly modern city.
i hope to see more for the skyline later on in the future.

8/10 :)

it is a very impressive skyline, and i hope more buildings get added in it, to make it look even better.

9/10 :)

8/10.

One of the best skylines in America. 9/10 for natural beauty.

I have some more pics here...I want to get a summer home and live here in the summer when I get older....it gets misebly cold in the winter...

this bilding here with the stick on top is new I think...its ugly though...
http://www.steinborn.org/gifs/alaska/anchorage.JPG

http://www.cross-wise.com/alaska/Anchorage%20Hundreds%20of%20hanging%20baskets.jpg

the street lights here used to be sort of like sun lamps for the part of the year when its dark alot...I dont know if its still like that...

https://webspace.utexas.edu/billw/www/Trip%20to%20'Vancouver%20and%20Alaska,%20June,%202004/cw-Anchorage%20downtown.jpg

http://www.accentalaska.com/permenant/Anchorage/MedRez/S003_318.jpg

really nice wild flowers can be seen throughout the city
http://www.alaskabandb.com/anchorage/anchflowers.jpg

http://www.turtlepuddle.org/pix/winter03/snowycity.JPG

this is probly the best picture I've found so far...

http://www.pawprintphotography.com/images/scenic/anchorage.jpg

Its more modern than I had thought. Also it doesnt look as cold as I expected it to be - 7/10

8/10. I'll visit there if I make a road trip cross the states some day.

It's really not cold all the time like most people think. The summers are beuftiful it's always nice and warm with a light breeze.

Awesome

wow, that is a very nice skyline. :) i think that anchorage is doing very well, and i hope to see more skyscrapers be built in it's beautiful landscape later on in the future.

i give a prefect score for the skyline, since it has both nice buildings, and a very nice climate around the city.

final vote - 10/10 :)

The setting is simply outstanding. But so far from everything, so cold and I wonder how much sunshine you get in the middle of winter!

Not very mutch, winter is kind of depressing. but like I said before it is not always cold. Usualy in winter, we would lock ourselves in the house and turn the heat on really high :)...

wow the first pic is so beautiful!

I went to Anchorage a few years ago while I lived in the Yukon and I liked the city. I stayed at the Sheraton in downtown, a fairly tall building.

8/10

Fairly surprising. I give it a 6.5/10.

Better than expected but not very impressive ;) 6/10

There's not a great deal there, but what is there works well together and works well in the natural setting. Not bad at all, especially when you consider how the city was nearly flattened by the Good Friday Earthquake back in the 60's.

A 7.

200,00+ people
a mall downtown
large airport with international airlines
there is more to see in this great city

6.

I've always liked Anchorage for some reason, though I've never been there. The skyline in all reality isn't that outstanding, but I like it, particularly in light of the incredible mountainous backdrop.

I give it a 5.0/10.

I've always liked Anchorage for some reason, though I've never been there. The skyline in all reality isn't that outstanding, but I like it, particularly in light of the incredible mountainous backdrop.

I give it a 5.0/10.




Agreed :)

200,00+ people
a mall downtown
large airport with international airlines
there is more to see in this great city

I meant there weren't that many tall buildings, or really old dense neighborhoods. What's there is beautiful, though. There's absolutely no disagreement there.

The skyline itself isint the greatest about 8/10.
But the mountains and the sound creates an amazing backdrop so;
9/10

Big picture:

http://www.cedcc.psu.edu/khanjan/best_alaska_pix/243_Downtown%20Anchorage%20in%20the%20backdrop%20of%20the%20Chugach%20mountains.JPG

5/10

anchorage is beautiful and the skyline is great its not huge but fair , its a nice looking city and the mountains in the back make the city amazing and wonderful i'd love to go there 9/10

Neat :) thanks for sharing

great scenery 8/10

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3861/505anchorage6jn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

alaska.wz.cz/Fotky/ 505-anchorage.htm

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8647/anchorage4x5mar312002detail8px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.auroradude.com/files/anchorage4x5mar312002detail.jpg

Found great pictures for sale of Anchorage at:

http://www.alaskastock.com/pr/396324411/Alaskastock_251FA_DL0001D001.jpg

http://www.alaskastock.com/resultsframe.asp?akfacts=1&txtkeys1=anchorage+skyline

Bigger and more nice that i had thought, 8/10

"Anchorage isnt Alaska but you can see it from here" :) 9/10

More modern than I thought! It actually looks more developed and urban than a lot of capitals in the continental USA.

8/10

I love the setting. 9/10

More modern than I thought! It actually looks more developed and urban than a lot of capitals in the continental USA.


Anchorage isn't alaska's capital

Kind of reminds me of Rochester MN but of course with a better background.

7.0/10

4.5/10 not high

Wow! Surprise for me! The skyline is not very good, but I loved the landscape. :) Humm 8/10.

Man, I love Anchorage. Lived there for 10 years and miss it a lot. Beautiful city. 9/10

6/10 for this small city

7/10

9/10- extremely well developed for it's pop and isolated location, the surroundings are amazing. the skyline has a nice nice and is quite modern... wasn't this city destroyed in an earthquake before???

9/20

lots of 60's/70's boxes. 5/10

Not much there, but for such a small place, quite interesting. Of course, the setting makes it 200% better.

Overall, fairly appealing. 4.5

For the natural skyscrapers, i'd give it 10..
Actually, 5.5/10.. Fair enough..

5.5/10

7, Small but it looks cool.

7/10 just because it's in Alaska.

i think its a nice city specially being way out there in alaska so 9.5/10 nice!!!!!!

I give it a 10. How many cities in this world has a snow-capped mountain range in its background? And everyone loves Alaskans.

Um..........well............not so good. :dunno: 4.0

6/10

I give it a 10. How many cities in this world has a snow-capped mountain range in its background? And everyone loves Alaskans.

Well, many South American cities ( such as Santiago or Mendoza ) have the Andes as a backdrop. Mexico City has a trio of volcanos, each over 3,000 meters tall, surrounding the city. Denver, Portland and Seattle sometimes show the mountains. The Alps serve as a background for many european cities, and Beirut and Tehran both have beautiful ranges behind. But yes, there are very few cities that take the feel of Anchorage.

Here are images I recently took of Anchorage:

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/3451/ajmiceskylineanchorts5.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4590/ajmanchoragealaskaskylikj2.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6854/ajmweildsskylineanchorgq4.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9403/ajmanchorageskylinesussk1.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8103/ajmanchorageiciclebaykx0.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9003/ajmanchorageskylineicezwh0.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1834/ajmanchoragepanozoomnd8.jpg

As always, all my pictures came from my Northwest Photo Journey. To see all cities continually updated click link on my signature.

5/10 :|

7/10

7/10, I like the backdrop with the mountains.

4.5/10 Nice mountains though.

7/10

9/10

I'm going to give Anchorage 10/10.

Why? Well, for a relatively small city, it has an impressive skyline. Add to that, it's so far north and it's a very special/unique looking city and the icy/mountain backdrop just adds to the overall appeal of the place.

Besides, 36 Crazyfists are from there.

5.5

6/10

9.

because it is a twin of my hometown (yellowknife) skyline-wise.

anchorage - yknife similarities:
- latitude (anch - 61, yknife - 62)
- both have waterfronts
- same skyline; but different patterns

anchorage:
- it has mountains, yknife doesn't
- pop is 285,000
- density is 64 per sq km.
- cool in summer, warm in winter

yknife:
- no mountains, pure rocky terrain
- pop is 17,000
- 3x denser than anchorage (200 per sq. km)
- warm in summer, cool in winter

therefore:
they're twin cities. lol

Thanks but no thanks...5

9.

anchorage:
- it has mountains, yknife doesn't
- pop is 285,000
- density is 64 per sq km.
- cool in summer, warm in winter

yknife:
- no mountains, pure rocky terrain
- pop is 17,000
- 3x denser than anchorage (200 per sq. km)
- warm in summer, cool in winter

therefore:
they're twin cities. lol

I had no idea Anchorage was so much bigger. You guys in Yellowknife need to get busy if you want to catch up in the population department. Nice info, but Yellowknife is not cool in the winter. I froze my hole off in Fort Frances last winter, and I doubt Yellowknife is warmer than the Ontario/Minnesota border. Cool would be 10C. Cold would be 0C. Anything below -5C is very cold.

What industry supports Anchorage? Energy and defence?

9/10

Anchorage

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/493342078_a26666ee5a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/451514326_f170ae32ee_b.jpg

less than a 1 but 10 for the landscape behind it :)

8./10

8.5/10

5/10

Pictures are key to the score for each city. Angles the pictures are taken are vital to the scores as well. I'll say, 5.5 because of the place were its located. Must be the biggest skyline that far up north!!! Looks like a pretty place to live also!!! L.G.N.M

5/10

6/10

6/10

6. Regards.

Not bad for a city so far north. All I can say is.. BRRRRRR

9.

because it is a twin of my hometown (yellowknife) skyline-wise.

anchorage - yknife similarities:
- latitude (anch - 61, yknife - 62)
- both have waterfronts
- same skyline; but different patterns

anchorage:
- it has mountains, yknife doesn't
- pop is 285,000
- density is 64 per sq km.
- cool in summer, warm in winter

yknife:
- no mountains, pure rocky terrain
- pop is 17,000
- 3x denser than anchorage (200 per sq. km)
- warm in summer, cool in winter

therefore:
they're twin cities. lol

You forgot to say that Anchorage has bears that will come to your backyard and looks through your rubbish while Yellowknife doesn't have them :lol:

7/10

6,5/10

8/10

4/10

6.5/10

Anchorage

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/493342078_a26666ee5a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/451514326_f170ae32ee_b.jpg

nice city

voted 6/10

6/10

Great location, but buildings are 6/10. I think there's a height restriction because of that huge 1964 earthquake.

6.5/10

nice setting and has good enough midrises...
and it's the largest city north of Vancouver.



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nice city guys! 7,5/10

7/10, very nice. :)

5.5/10

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4755167543_bcaf068f04_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2187966827_1f5e0a3ca3_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2084/2189114428_a1ec9236eb_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancehankins/

Very nice, I like it.....nice setting!!!

8/10

very nice for box of ice

Completely unimpressive skyline. But damn, those mountains!

Very good! 4.5/10

5/10.

5/10 for skyline but awesome scenery!!

Tha backdrop is awesome, the skyline not so much. 5/10.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5373545081_b4a25fa9bd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/acvbpr/5373545081/)
Anchorage Skyline - Ken Graham Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/acvbpr/5373545081/) by ACVB PR (http://www.flickr.com/people/acvbpr/), on Flickr

7,5/10

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6613984207_069a623089_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alaska48/6613984207/)
Anchorage, Alaska (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alaska48/6613984207/) by akphotograph.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/alaska48/), on Flickr

Anchorage looks like a beautiful city. The backdrop is AMAZING! All that snowcapped mountains. However, the skyline is very small. I can only imagine how cold the winters are

6.5/10

Anchorage looks like a beautiful city. The backdrop is AMAZING! All that snowcapped mountains. However, the skyline is very small. I can only imagine how cold the winters are

6.5/10

The winters actually aren't as harsh as people would imagine, it rarely drops below 0 for any significant amount of time.

Nice city. More photos please...

The winters actually aren't as harsh as people would imagine, it rarely drops below 0 for any significant amount of time.

Sorry, I was thinking of Fairbanks when I typed that.

6.5/10

6 out 10

4/10

5/10