Photo by Courtesy of Candy Waugaman
Built in the mid to late '30s, the Lathrop Building is the prominent structure in this picture, taken after 1940. The two little buildings (one is the Tivoli Cafe) in between the theater and the Lathrop Building were later replaced by the Chena Building. Most of the upper two floors of the Lathrop Building were residential apartments, and the Daily News-Miner operated the Second Avenue main floor. The buildings west of it housed the Montgomery Ward catalog store and Reliable Cleaners, with the sign in front promoting the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. And believe it or not, they had two-way traffic and parking on both sides of Second Avenue in this picture! — Candy Waugaman