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Originally Posted by Future Mayor
I would assume that it would be somewhere in the CBD considering the height. I think a great place would be 200 S and State, Carls Jr. I know this site has been mentioned for WTC, but I think it will be to small for what it sounds like WTC wants, with several buildings and a plaza in the plans. The rendering on page one would be impossible without major demolition, including the Zims building, the smoke shop building the former Promised Valley Playhouse Building and its abortion attached parking garage and the monster Regent Street Parking garage. I would hate to lose the Zims, Smoke buildings and the Promised Valley facade. I think WTC should go on the City Center block, north of the City and County building.
With a 35-40 story residential tower there as well as the 25-30 story Cowboy tower and 100 S and State along with WTC on 400 S and State that would give the skyline some nice depth from the northwest, west and east and some nice width from the north and south.
Oh I just thought of another great project that a developer, maybe me in the future needs to tackle. I need to finish off the original exchange place plan that layed out similar buildings to the Boston and Newhouse on Main Street on the State Street end of the block. Maybe a similar design with materials but a little taller, or the same size, either way that would be a great addition and would nearly complete that block. |
The Promised Valley facade won't be going anywhere, at least in this century Future Mayor. Extensive conversion work was just completed recently on the building itself. Also that facade was a major point of battle and the preservationists won.
I'm interested and very enthusiastic about your goals for Exchange Place. I especially like the fact that you are excited about not only preservation, but rebuilding the beauty of past treasures. A future downtown SLC that is one of America's most attractive will have an eclectric mix of comtemporary style's along with even more of the great classics. My goal is to also restore and or recreate some of the great icons which have met the recking ball.
Here's a little blurb on the recent renovation:
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Promised Valley Theater Renovation in Salt Lake City, built by R&O Construction, was named the Project of the Year for Division III, Institutional, Preserving History. This design-build project involved renovating the structurally unsound 95-year-old theatre, including demolition of the existing auditorium and construction of a six-level, 150,000-square-foot, seven-story parking structure. The 29,000-square-foot lobby was renovated into office or retail space while preserving the historical integrity of the façade, according to the strict historic guidelines of the Department of Interior Standards for Historic Renovation.
The nine-month project included demolition of the existing playhouse — about 90% of the existing facility — the historical restoration of the front 10% of the building and conversion of the restored area into office/retail space. Pre-cast concrete was used to replace and replicate the theatre's stone and terracotta. According to R&O Construction, the biggest challenge faced during the renovation was coordinating with the city on trucking out the old and bringing in the new materials, a process that required close attention to scheduling.
Participating in the projects were: MHTN, architect; Richards Consulting, engineer; and Robert Casey, photographer.
Winners of this year’s Awards of Excellence demonstrate inventive use of technology, ingenuity in overcoming design and construction challenges and innovative use of energy-efficient features.
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