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Originally Posted by blazefirelight
I think that maybe the reason there was no development in Salt Lake City for several decades was because everything was running perfectly well in Salt Lake. There was no need for a ton of development because day-to-day life worked out just fine for several years and there wasn't too much reason to build on.
I think it'd be amazing to go back in time and see how Salt Lake City used to be. Through all of those time periods. To go back and actually be able to experience it.
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A lot of it also has to do with the Great Depression. Prior to that, Salt Lake was booming, as the skyline experienced probably its most dramatic growth from 1900-1925. Then everything went to hell, Utah was hit extremely hard by the economic problems and development stalled. It really didn't pick up again until the First Security Bank Building was built downtown in the 50s (the first tower to be developed since The Hotel Monaco).
That's a long stretch.