College: Fairbanks
The landscape around College is low and boreal on the edge of Fairbanks, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. This community occupies part of the Tanana River valley, where spruce, birch and open developed land meet the broad Interior Alaska lowlands. College is closely associated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, whose origins date to 1917, when it was established as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. University activity gives the area a distinct role beside Fairbanks, while low-rise businesses, housing and large parking areas reflect a car-oriented northern urban fringe. The Alaska Range forms the major mountain barrier south of the Tanana Valley, placing College within a landscape very different from Alaska’s coastal cities.
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