Ballpark changes, continued: New plans coming for 300 West & Central Pointe UTA station area
Featured photo: The Edith by CW Urban, 1710 S West Temple. It was built on rare R-MU zoning in the Ballpark neighborhood. It’s taken 25…
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City set to expand ground floor use requirement—limiting private lobbies, mailrooms, and gyms—in a handful of its most urban zones
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City council to review off-street parking requirements for new developments – are changes coming?
It’s been called the tail that wags the dog of housing design. An insidious driver of high cost. An incentive to auto-dependence and an enemy…
The Granary is redeveloping amidst wide streets and auto-oriented zoning. Is Salt Lake City missing its chance to create a unique urban neighborhood?
The Granary, just southwest of Downtown Salt Lake City, is seeing unprecedented investment on the private side, with big new construction recently completed and just…
Millcreek is building a downtown where one didn’t exist before
Long known for its tidy single-family neighborhoods and lively commercial corridors of Highland Drive and 3300 South, the city of Millcreek is ready to take…
In Pictures – sidewalk dining in Salt Lake City
On a recent June afternoon in Salt Lake City, Building Salt Lake captured some of our sidewalk dining + beverage culture.
Bus Rapid Transit in Ogden: City promotes development opportunities
Utah Transit Authority’s long pursuit of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line in Ogden from FrontRunner commuter rail to Weber State is finally coming to…
Mapping walkability on the Wasatch Front
Walkability can be an elusive concept for Utah residents. Utah’s uniquely large square blocks and urban growth built around the car have produced few pedestrian-oriented areas for…
New study shows that Utahns continue to prefer sprawl
Residents of the Wasatch Front, Utah’s largest urban area, overwhelming prefer the suburban lifestyle according to the results of a newly released study by the Utah Chapter of the…
Salt Lake on the Street: District Four candidate Miles Petty
Between now and the August 11th Salt Lake City Municipal Primary Election, Salt Lake on the Street will feature conversations with all five candidates for Salt Lake City Council’s Fourth District. In this conversation, Miles Petty talks to SL City News about homelessness, bicycling, bike lanes and residential development in Salt Lake. Petty has lived in Salt Lake City most of his life and is the co-owner of The Press, a pie shop in Holladay.
