Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 3 - Page 391

ToysNoiz · #**7801** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 10:24 PM**

I'm just curious, are there now cranes at the 111 site? Today I saw a photo of main street with two black cranes near The Regent.

JMK · #**7802** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 11:25 PM**

I was at IKEA this last weekend and they are selling these giant pictures

When I saw it I knew the forum would love it (NOT). Sad they couldn't use a more recent image

http://imgur.com/SbhlmKs

StevenF · #**7803** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 11:40 PM**

Half of our buildings are missing from that picture its 20+ years old. I wouldn't buy that picture even if they were giving it to me.

jedikermit · #**7804** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 11:55 PM**

Oh man. Imagine if that were one of T-Mac's photos.

Orlando · #**7805** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 12:23 AM**

Wow. That is old. That's about 30 years old actually. It's kind of encouraging, though, to compare that to all that's happened since then.

i-215 · #**7806** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 12:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by JMK

I was at IKEA this last weekend and they are selling these giant pictures

When I saw it I knew the forum would love it (NOT). Sad they couldn't use a more recent image

Noticed the same thing. I want a photo like that for my office. But there's no way I'm hanging up a photo that has the hotel across from Temple Square still saying "HJ" for Howard Johnson. Is the Salt Place Arena still in the picture? lol

We should all write to complain: http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/contact_us/email_request.html

If eight of us suddenly write, it sure will get their attention.

ajiuO · #**7807** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 7:17 AM**

I want to be a dancer for Hammer

brankrom · #**7808** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 1:27 PM**

Someone needs to re-stage that photo. I really like the technique that makes the mountains look huge... In the real world it doesn't look like that. I'm trying to figure out where the took the picture from.

That pic has to be from the mid 80s.

ETA: now that I've looked at it it must have been taken from Triad.

StevenF · #**7809** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 2:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by brankrom

Someone needs to re-stage that photo. I really like the technique that makes the mountains look huge... In the real world it doesn't look like that. I'm trying to figure out where the took the picture from.

That pic has to be from the mid 80s.

ETA: now that I've looked at it it must have been taken from Triad.

Looking at how far North from North Temple it looks, I would say more like the roof of West High.

Picture was definitely taken in the late 80's or maybe no earlier than 1990. I see the Eagle Gate Plaza (1986) and no One Utah Center (1991).

arkhitektor · #**7810** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 4:31 PM**

Someone who know much more about cameras and photography can explain with some competence how it works, but the photo was probably taken from very far away, like somewhere out toward the airport, and used a telephoto lens to change the focal length and field of view, like in the example below:

Notice how much larger the background looks in the bottom photos that it does from where the photographer is actually standing?

Comrade · #**7811** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by StevenF

Looking at how far North from North Temple it looks, I would say more like the roof of West High.

Picture was definitely taken in the late 80's or maybe no earlier than 1990. I see the Eagle Gate Plaza (1986) and no One Utah Center (1991).

That image is probably the most famous of Salt Lake's skyline shots. It's a pity the thing is as old as I am.

DCRes · #**7812** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by ToysNoiz

I'm just curious, are there now cranes at the 111 site? Today I saw a photo of main street with two black cranes near The Regent.

It looks to me like there are two small (as cranes go) between the Metro Building and the Tribune Building. I'll walk by there at lunch and check it out.

DCRes · #**7813** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 6:22 PM**

Capital Theater expansion update. It is actually getting pretty tall.

ToysNoiz · #**7814** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by DCRes

It looks to me like there are two small (as cranes go) between the Metro Building and the Tribune Building. I'll walk by there at lunch and check it out.

Thank you! If anyone would be able to get some pictures that would be awesome. I'm not downtown very often, I only see the skyline driving in the morning.

I snapped these pics on Saturday driving home from Ogden. Enjoy.

Oh, this isn't a conversation I want to open back up, but here's one thing about Ogden: I hereby retract my statement that Ogden is connected to SLC. I now agree that SLC is a mid-sized city. But I still believe that SLC is a larger city, larger than many think. And with recent developments, SLC is on it's way to becoming major.

delts145 · #**7815** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 10:59 PM**

We've talked a lot about the need to develop the Southwest corner of 1st and Main. I'd be happy if it still looked like it did back in 1885.

http://saltlakearchitecture.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

enemy87 · #**7816** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 11:23 PM**

Houses vs. apartments — they’re both on the rise in Utah
Housing » Can both prosper in a rebounding economy?
By TONY SEMERAD | The Salt Lake Tribune

Apartment developers already are bringing a record number of new dwellings to market in and around Salt Lake City in a kind of boom in multifamily units, particularly downtown.

They’ve been spurred by falling vacancy rates for apartments, which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, closed 2013 at around 6.7 percent statewide, down from 8.3 percent just five years ago. Local analysts say the number has dipped as low as 5 percent in recent months.

At least 3,274 apartments are under construction across Salt Lake County and another 5,674 have been proposed for this year, according to EquiMark, which tracks Utah’s multifamily-housing markets. In downtown Salt Lake City alone, one analyst said, nearly twice as many apartments are proposed or being built now as were constructed in the prior decade.

jimmycdii · #**7817** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 11:25 PM**

I first saw a picture of that corner building with 4 stories a few months ago. Anyone know what happened/why they took two stories off? I've been curious ever since I found out about this.

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Originally Posted by delts145

We've talked a lot about the need to develop the Southwest corner of 1st and Main. I'd be happy if it still looked like it did back in 1885.

http://saltlakearchitecture.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

Scraperdude801 · #**7818** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 11:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by jimmycdii

I first saw a picture of that corner building with 4 stories a few months ago. Anyone know what happened/why they took two stories off? I've been curious ever since I found out about this.

My grandpa used to be a VP for Zions Bank, and he said it was because the upper 2 stories housed a basketball court, and that it would get very noisy for bank customers. My grabdpa kids a lot, so who knows. If true, seems like a stupid reason.

Future Mayor · #**7819** Posted **Mar 25, 2014, 11:44 PM**

I'd love to see them put those two upper floors back on. That would be huge first step in improving that last corner.

Stenar · #**7820** Posted **Mar 26, 2014, 12:22 AM**

We're always seeing multi-story buildings in old photos where there are 1-2 story buildings now, parking lots or empty lots.

It's sad that SLC was more dense 100 years ago than it is now.

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Originally Posted by delts145

We've talked a lot about the need to develop the Southwest corner of 1st and Main. I'd be happy if it still looked like it did back in 1885.

http://saltlakearchitecture.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html