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About 180 miles from Anchorage, AK, stands a piece of frozen architecture.
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Icy reception: This building was planned to profit as a hotel in a remote area of Alaska.
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Though it’s not made of ice and never opened because it failed to meet building codes, the Igloo City still gets a few visitors. The abandoned structure has also recently garnered attention of various media outlets, including London’s Daily Mail.
Believed to have been constructed sometime during the 1970s, the four-story, 30,000-square-foot, igloo-shaped building was supposed to serve as a hotel and pay homage to the Inuit people, according to reports.
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Travis S. / Flickr (left); Atlas Obscura (right) |
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The abandoned concrete structure sits frozen, amid Alaska’s snow-capped mountains. The interior needs some touching up.
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However, that plan was quashed even before the structure was completed, as building code and fire-safety violations were discovered, reports relate.
Today, having gone through a series of owners, the concrete structure sits frozen and empty amid Alaska’s picturesque snow-capped mountains, waiting to pose with tourists and serve as a medium for vandals.
It appears that it could use some coating work as well. Any takers?
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