TikTok user Messy.nessygave an insight into what it's like to live in Begich Towers in Alaska, US, which houses 95 per cent of the town's population as well as a school and post office ...

Begich Towers, otherwise known as the BTI building, ... Woman Shares Her Life in a Cold War 'Bunker' Where the Whole Town Live. Published Apr 30, 2021 at 9:43 AM EDT. By .

The Begich Towers, in Whittier, Alaska, built by the military during the Cold War as a no-frills barracks, is now home to the majority of the isolated town's 300 or so residents.

Wikimedia CommonsWhittier, Alaska is home to approximately 272 people, most of whom live in Begich Towers (right). If you have to go to the grocery store, the post office, the laundromat, or even ...

According to Lonely Planet, Begich Towers was built in 1956 to temporarily house military personnel. By 1960, the building had become abandoned, and in 1972, the City of Whittier purchased Begich ...

The Begich Towers contain storage for residents to have extra freezer space in Whittier on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. (Sarah Bell / Alaska Dispatch News) The basement also has the town church, a non ...

The Hodge Building, now Begich Towers, under construction in the 1950s, as seen from uphill. The trailers in the foreground were provided by the military for officers and their families prior to ...

When all the tourists leave Whittier, only about 218 residents are left—and almost all of them live in one building, Begich Towers. They don't just live there in the bitter winter, though.

Begich Towers is the building where nearly everyone in Whittier lives. It is a former army barracks that the US Army used as a secret base during World War 2.

The 14-storey building called Begich Towers is a former Army barracks. Whittier, Alaska, situated serenely on the western shores of Prince William Sound amidst breathtaking mountains, presents a ...