What a cultural resource! The handsome new Cordova Center would make a town 10 times the size proud. Aside from a museum and library, the facility shelters a 206-seat theater that attracts traveling acting groups and film festivals, and has sent Cordova's cultural life onto a different plane.
Cordova Center
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3. Cordova Fisherman’s Memorial
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