A fire that struck a row of popular bars and restaurants near the heart of Downtown Salt Lake City on Monday night swept through the businesses and destroyed much of the block known as Whiskey Street, Building Salt Lake photos show. Photos by Devin Zander Firefighters...
ROY—The Utah Transportation Commission showed little hesitation before approving roughly $3 billion in roadway expansion projects on Friday, posing virtually no questions to Utah Department of Transportation staff and limiting their comments to effusive praise for the...
We are pleased to announce that we have completed an important overhaul of our backend, which should result in fewer disruptions to your experience on the site. Since our humble beginnings 10 years ago, our site has undergone several updates intended to provide...
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This is an opinion piece written by Rhianna Riggs, chair of the Central City Community Council. To submit letters to the editor, email us. Ivory Innovations (an affiliate of Ivory Homes) is working to redevelop the Liberty Wells Center at 700 South and 400 East in the...
On Tuesday, May 23, we’re kicking off a series of events with a happy hour of sorts, where you can meet new friends, get together with old ones and meet the team behind Building Salt Lake. We’ve partnered with Industry SLC to host a get together with drinks, light...
'Preserving Historic Salt Lake' the topic How can we grow our city and preserve its soul? The recent loss of ‘naturally occurring’ affordable housing and legacy retail businesses have heightened Salt Lakers' sensitivity to the need to preserve historic spaces and...
A major hurdle keeping Salt Lake City’s Downtown from moving south may finally be removed in 2021. The Sears block developers have revealed plans for a $60-80 million, 11-story residential mixed-use building as their opening act at 800 South and State Street. The...
By David Osokow Whether you’re aware of it or not, Salt Lake City is going through a transportation revolution that seeks to shape the quality of life for residents for decades to come. At a time when society craves the latest and greatest, worships tech giants...
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...