Salt Lake:Official development news thread

[Boiseguy]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

Here's a link to an article from the Enterprise originally written in 2005 about the possibility of a mixed use center and 3200 seat Performing Arts Hall in S. Jordan:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5279/is_200510/ai_n24306754

"With the tremendous amount of growth in the South Jordan area, with Daybreak and other developments, we believe it would be wellreceived."

Utah Arts Council director Margaret Hunt agreed that South Jordan would be a good location for a major performing arts center and would greatly enhance the surrounding communities.

"I think [Sandy/South Jordan] is the center of the valley from a demographic standpoint," said Hunt, who was appointed by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. in January. "Arts and cultural infrastructure help shape the identity of the community. It gives a sense of pride, it provides a destination and it puts the name of a community at the forefront. Artists make communities vibrant, particularly when you have a creative core of people living and interacting within their community.

I'd say that since nothing has been mentioned about this, especially given the recent Sandy theater news, the project is dead, though it is a striking design.

I like the design of it better than the towers for sandy.. I mean everyone loves towers.. but the sandy project looks very plastic fantastic... and I for one think that the rendering of the south jordan performing arts center would be so much more classy and sophisticated.