by Isaac Riddle | Mar 29, 2017 | Downtown, Salt Lake City
Just days before thousands of visitors will descend upon downtown Salt Lake for the bi-annual LDS General Conference, artists are putting their final touches on eight pop-up parks that for the next six weeks will add temporary outdoor public space to Main Street. The...
by Isaac Riddle | Sep 26, 2016 | Glendale, Salt Lake City, Sustainability
Salt Lake City has just over 17 percent of the countywide population, but the city has four of the seven largest creeks that flow through the county. For city resident, Brian Tonetti, the fact that these creeks are covered once they enter the city represents a lost...
by Isaac Riddle | Apr 5, 2016 | Downtown, Salt Lake City
*This post has been updated For the next five weeks one of Salt Lake’s most engaging streets will be even more vibrant. The Downtown Alliance has again partnered with Salt Lake City leaders for the second annual Downtown Garden Stroll, a selection of...
by Isaac Riddle | Sep 17, 2015 | Salt Lake City, Transportation
Taking away a downtown parking space is not usually a cause for celebration. But this Friday, two landscape architects will celebrate the 10th annual Park(ing) Day by converting a parking space in front of the Judge Building at 8 E. 300 South into a one-day parklet....
by Isaac Riddle | May 7, 2015 | Salt Lake City, Sugar House
Sometimes all that is needed is paint and some active uses that attract people to convert an underutilized surface parking lot into a popular public plaza. For the third year in a row, the concrete lot in front of the former Deseret Industries just off Sugarmont...
