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Event Celebrates Polaris Past and Future

Fairbanks City council member Sue Sprinkle breaks a bottle of champagne on the side of the soon to be demolished Polaris Building annex.
Dan Bross
Fairbanks City council member Sue Sprinkle breaks a bottle of champagne on the side of the soon to be demolished Polaris Building annex.

Once a center of activity in downtown Fairbanks, the Polaris Building has been abandoned and decaying for over 20 years, and city officials and residents gathered Wednesday (04-12) to mark the beginning of the end of 11 story high rise. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports.