Historic Fairbanks - "The Unknown First Family" - In the center of Golden Heart Plaza on the Chena River, is an 18-foot-high statue, "Unknown First Family" 1987 , by Malcolm Alexander. At the opening, the artist said about it: "Portraying the family of all mankind, the family of Fairbanks, and the nuclear family, let this statue symbolize, for families present and future, the pride and dignity of this great land."