Fairview is a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska just east of Downtown Anchorage and west of the Merrill Field Airport. The area is a working-class neighborhood of approximately 7,200 residents, with a median household income of approximately $55,000 and a poverty rate of approximately 21%.[1]
Fairview was once a separate city, but was annexed as a part of Anchorage in the 1950s. At the time, it was the only neighborhood in the city where African-Americans could buy property.[2][3]
The neighborhood experienced a period of decline following the construction of the Seward Highway through the neighborhood (which is known as the Ingra Street/Gambell Street north-south couplet through the area). There are long-term plans to solve this issue by depressing the highway below-grade in this area.[4][5]
- ^ "Fairview neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska (AK), 99501 subdivision profile - real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets". city-data.com.
- ^ "Fairview Neighborhood". Alaska.org.
- ^ Ford, Aurora. "Redlining in Fairview". Anchorage Press.
- ^ Lochner, Mary. "Fairview's dream deferred: Glenn-to-Seward project delayed". Anchorage Press.
- ^ "Fairview residents pitch plan to reshape Gambell corridor". Alaska Journal of Commerce. June 27, 2013.