A town’s waterfront reflects planning and zoning and how well a community preserves the qualities that make it special.
In Haines, apparently, we like large gravel pads on our waterfront, the natural and cultural history buried under tons of rock and gravel from the bowels of Mount Ripinski. Whatever history you can make of this area is now a large open pad of rock and fill, the envy of WalMart shoppers looking for a parking spot.
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