Demolition of the 4th Avenue Theatre, a beloved historical landmark, began this week as plans move forward for a $200 million redevelopment project in downtown Anchorage.
. The building’s removal is part of a project on the block that envisions mixed-use development, with hotel, office, retail, housing, parking and entertainment space.A developer is again planning a major new construction project for a downtown Anchorage block. It includes demolition of the 4th Avenue Theatre.The brothers said they had sought ways to preserve the theater after Peach Holdings acquired it in 2009 at a foreclosure sale.
An artist and their team have already removed the Alaska history murals that flanked the stage, the curved Denali relief in the lobby and panels depicting wildlife by the staircase, they said. The items have been stored and can be reinstalled in a later development, they said. Judith Bittner, the state historic preservation officer, said Wednesday that she’s resigned to the fact that the theater will soon be gone. Efforts to save it began in the 1990s, but they failed. Local provisions and incentives favor demolition rather than preservation, she said.Tuesday to Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on behalf of the Alaska Historical Commission, of which Bittner is a member.
“It’s a sad history of community efforts that didn’t quite come to fruition, and in the end we lose it,” she said. “Past community efforts to raise funds to save the building, though valiant, were unsuccessful,” the statement said. “As such, the mayor supports plans to bring new development and life to 4th Avenue with respect to the historical nature of the theater.”
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