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Photos: Ethan Berkowitz mayoral inauguration

Ethan Berkowitz was sworn in as Anchorage's mayor Wednesday afternoon in a downtown inauguration ceremony that showed off his family and the cultural diversity of the city.

Jack Roderick, who was mayor of the Greater Anchorage Borough from 1972 to 1975, administered the oath of office to Berkowitz. Several hundred people, including city employees, community leaders and nearly all of Anchorage's living mayors, packed into Town Square Park and stood on its grassy knolls to watch speeches and music and dance performances.

Berkowitz's 14-year-old daughter, Ziva Berkowitz Kimmel, sang the Alaska Flag Song in a duet with Mari Hahn. His son, 11-year-old Noah Berkowitz Kimmel, gave a speech introducing his father and talked about winning an argument with his dad over pronunciation of "proverb."

"I should introduce your next mayor, Noah Berkowitz," Ethan Berkowitz said as he took to the lectern.

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