Begich Towers, home to about half the population of Whittier, gets a much-needed overhaul
Residents of the 60-year-old “wilderness skyscraper” battled old pipes and boilers, and an exterior battered by the weather.
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Residents of the 60-year-old “wilderness skyscraper” battled old pipes and boilers, and an exterior battered by the weather.
Woman Shares Her Life in a Cold War 'Bunker' Where the Whole Town Live On 4/30/21 at 9:43 AM EDT A woman has shared an insight into her life in one of the U.S.'s "strangest towns," where nearly all the residents live in just one building. Jenessa is one of the 318 permanent inhabitants of Whittier, Alaska, where temperatures drop to 10.8°F (-12°C) in winter. She's been uploading numerous explainers, tours and Q&A sessions to her TikTok page, messy.nessy, after interest spiked in her living situation. The resident, who says "I live in one of the strangest towns," shared a video which went vi...