Since Salt Lake City has larger blocks than most American cities, the older blocks are often split up, creating far more narrower streets than what you would generally get in a western city. This creation has created a far more unique look to Salt Lake as opposed to other western cities (specifically those located in the Mountain West region). So while there are many wide streets -- a staple in Salt Lake's character -- there are also many, many narrow streets that you generally don't get in the western US. I think this actually is pretty cool, because these streets are often tucked away from major roads and are filled with some cool housing. But since they are so small, many streets often feel like they were built in the forest because of all the massive trees that have grown over the years.
Thanks to Google Maps now providing street photos of nearly every street in the Salt Lake Valley, I can now post some of these narrow streets for other non-Salt Lake forumers to see. And hell, I'm sure many Salt Lake forumers do not venture down these roads, so it may all be foreign to them, as well.
Here's Stanton Avenue, which is about a mile from the downtown core. What's interesting is that at the end of the street there are two new residential buildings -- so even today, construction is still taking place on these streets.
Here's Sego Avenue. Notice the shotgun style housing, which dominates many of the inner-city neighborhoods of Salt Lake.
Here's Gallagher Place, another narrow street. Again you can see the shotgun style housing, along with a mix of brick duplexes.
Park Street is pretty neat, because nearly every house on it is a bungalow. These types of bungalows aren't really seen in the western United States, yet they make up a big part of Salt Lake's housing stock.
For the Denver forumers, Denver Street.
This is in an area mostly filled with 3-4 story apartment buildings.
Menlo Avenue, varying housing styles and a lot of trees.
Here's Norris Pl.
Penn Pl is an interesting street, since trees overwhelm the area.
Iowa Street reminds me of a street you'd see back east. If the road were dirt, the street would look like it came right of the late 1800s, early 1900s.
Elizabeth Street is pretty much a street filled with these red brick apartments.
Here's where Park and Lowell Streets intersect.
Gudgell, which looks pretty desolate and ugly.
Hawthorne, again filled with many bungalows.
These areas are pretty cool, but I don't think I'd want to live on one of these streets.
What do you think?
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