Golden Heart Plaza

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P6K192 Golden Heart Plaza and the Fairbanks Rotary Club Clock, downtown in Fairbanks, Alaska. The downtown plaza was built to celebrate the silver anniversary of Alaska statehood in 1984. P6K192 Golden, Heart, Plaza, park, downtown, clock, tower, Fairbanks, Alaska, spring, landmark, sightseeing, statue, nobody, no, people, travel, destination, architecture, architectural, building, outdoors, scenic, public, space, general, view, horizontal **RIGHTS MANAGED** Golden Heart Plaza and the Fairbanks Rotary Club Clock, downtown in Fairbanks, Alaska. The downtown plaza was built to celebrate the silver anniversary of Alaska statehood in 1984.

This square is meant to serve as a natural nexus point for downtown activity in Fairbanks. Within the riverside square, you'll see a clock tower, winter wildflowers, historical plaques, paved pedestrian paths that lead to the river, and an 18ft statue of an Alaskan family – Malcolm Alexander’s Unknown First Family.

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