The evolution of the area surrounding the intersection of North Temple and 600 West has been well documented. Today's In Pictures focuses again on this burgeoning intersection. The expansion of the Bridges at Citifront is over halfway finished. The first of the two...
The Salt Lake City Planning Commission gave a favorable recommendation to five residential neighborhoods seeking local historic district designation. The requests will be forwarded to city council for final approval. Four out of the five potential local historic...
This week's photo update focuses on Sugar House where Wasatch Brewery has opened a restaurant called Wasatch Brew Pub in the Vue at Sugar House Crossing. The restaurant is located at the north-east corner of the project directly in front of the under-construction...
The S-Line Greenway, a mile-long green space and trail from 500 East to McClelland Street, is officially open. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams each spoke along with representatives from the...
In planning communities, the terms "complete streets" and "road diets" are frequently used when discussing proposed changes to street layouts. But for most people these terms are foreign and many people may not fully understand what it means to make a street complete...
This week's photo updates focuses on various projects in the Central City area of Salt Lake City (the neighborhood just east of downtown) that are progressing very quickly; the Newhouse Apartments are nearly finished, the Seasons at Library Square are almost framed...
Salt Lake City has an abundance of surface parking lots in and near downtown Salt Lake City. But at least along 400 South, surface parking lots are slowly being replaced with development. Demolition crews are removing two small surface parking lots, along with a...
The majority of trustees of the Utah Transit Agency declined a challenge to exclusively use the UTA transit system for seven consecutive days. It is not uncommon for transit leaders to not use the systems they lead. But to provide a good service, those in charge...
A small surface parking lot framed by newly planted pine trees is the end result of one of Salt Lake City's most prominent land rights battles. The lot on the corner of 500 South and State Street in downtown Salt Lake City was part of a two decades long battle between...
There is a lot of construction activity at the University of Utah as the University evolves into an increasingly urban campus. On the University's main campus, the Student Life Center and the S.J. Quinney Law College of Law Building are close to completion. Also...
The project is only partially completed but the new sections of bike lanes along 300 South, between 300 West and 600 East have fast become controversial. The new protected bike lanes have angered some local business and some of their patrons. Although the addition of...
The "Welcome to Rose Park" signs along 600 and 1000 North are faded and rusting. The Rose Park Community Council wants to replace the the aged welcome signs with modern signs placed at the main gateways into the Salt Lake west-side neighborhood. In an attempt to...