Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 3 - Page 427

brankrom · #**8521** Posted **May 5, 2014, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Old&New

The Anderson family has had sort of a rivalry with the Eccles family. And I'm sure the Anderson family would have loved to leave a legacy of their own by having a theater named after them. They may have even offered up the land for free, or given the city a sweet deal, in exchange for naming rights.

Speaking of naming rights... I really don't like the Quinney Lawson Capitol Theater plastered on the historical facade of the Capitol Theater, looks really tacky. I do however like the look of the ballet HQ next door.

utenation · #**8522** Posted **May 6, 2014, 2:12 PM**

Article on PAC/111:

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Setting the stage for the Utah Performing Arts Center

The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published May 05 2014 04:25 pm • Updated 46 minutes ago

The Prudential Building, 115 S. Main, is the last of six buildings to come down between 100 South and 200 South on Main Street to make way for the $116 million Utah Performing Arts Center in downtown Salt Lake City.

The 50-year old Prudential Building, designed by renowned architect William L. Pereira, opened to fanfare in 1963.

The 2,500-seat theater that will go up in its place is scheduled to open in the spring of 2016. It is designed to attract traveling Broadway shows, as well as concerts and other events.

Groundbreaking is slated for June 3 at 10:30 a.m.

The mega-theater will be the "crown jewel of the arts and culture venues of downtown," said Helen Langan, director of communications for Mayor Ralph Becker.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57905965-78/arts-center-performing-utah.html.csp

UTAZLoVer · #**8523** Posted **May 6, 2014, 11:55 PM**

Hey guys I posted some pics I took walking around SLC the other day in the "My City Photos" Section.

Check them out (there are many more than this sampling):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=6567545#post6567545

ToysNoiz · #**8524** Posted **May 7, 2014, 12:07 AM**

Nice photos. I too have been posting my pics in the My City Photos Section.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210541

Some pics haven't been seen on the mountain west forums.

Future Mayor · #**8525** Posted **May 7, 2014, 12:31 AM**

Great pics guys, thanks.

It's amazing what an impact 151 will make in the skyline, from every angle. Including this one.

Image by: ToysNoiz

Stuxnet · #**8526** Posted **May 7, 2014, 1:06 AM**

So I was playing around on Google Maps today and noticed they have a new feature that lets you see the old street view images as well as the current ones they have up. It offers a nice look back to see how things were in Salt Lake 2007 for example Pre City Creek and Post City Creek

ToysNoiz · #**8527** Posted **May 7, 2014, 3:45 AM**

Mall exteriors are so ugly, I always hated how those blocks looked back then. Good riddance!!

utenation · #**8528** Posted **May 7, 2014, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Future Mayor

Great pics guys, thanks.

It's amazing what an impact 151 will make in the skyline, from every angle. Including this one.

Image by: ToysNoiz

We definitely need more towers on the east side of main..

tygr · #**8529** Posted **May 7, 2014, 4:08 PM**

It's very interesting how very small our towers look when standing on such a high place so close to the city. That's where our city is so unique. We could have a 600 foot tower and it would still look short when standing on Ensign Peak.

What other similar sized or larger cities have as tall or taller hills/mountains so close to its city core?

bflatflat9 · #**8530** Posted **May 7, 2014, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by tygr

It's very interesting how very small our towers look when standing on such a high place so close to the city. That's where our city is so unique. We could have a 600 foot tower and it would still look short when standing on Ensign Peak.

What other similar sized or larger cities have as tall or taller hills/mountains so close to its city core?

Hong Kong

DCRes · #**8531** Posted **May 7, 2014, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stuxnet

So I was playing around on Google Maps today and noticed they have a new feature that lets you see the old street view images as well as the current ones they have up. It offers a nice look back to see how things were in Salt Lake 2007 for example Pre City Creek and Post City Creek

I discovered this tool a few weeks ago and wasted WAY too much time on it

utenation · #**8532** Posted **May 7, 2014, 4:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by tygr

It's very interesting how very small our towers look when standing on such a high place so close to the city. That's where our city is so unique. We could have a 600 foot tower and it would still look short when standing on Ensign Peak.

What other similar sized or larger cities have as tall or taller hills/mountains so close to its city core?

Another thing I've noticed is many of our towers have a lot of linear girth with lack of density. The Wells Fargo building is a monster on the block level.

Don't get me wrong, I think we're about right for a city of our size but as space tightens up, it will be nice to see more vertical..

99 West is one of our most recent towers and it's nice and sleek and very good looking.. I hope this a trending pattern..

Comrade · #**8533** Posted **May 7, 2014, 9:00 PM**

Well that and Salt Lake still has a fairly short skyline with a bulk of its towers within the same height range - which inherently makes things look a tad smaller and uniform than they really are.

Even when you're not standing in the foothills above the city, you can tell how lacking in height the skyline is. Hopefully that changes soon.

delts145 · #**8534** Posted **May 7, 2014, 9:18 PM**

I'm crossing my fingers that the CCH will break that glass ceiling on height.

bflatflat9 · #**8535** Posted **May 7, 2014, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by delts145

I'm crossing my fingers that the CCH will break that glass ceiling on height.

Here also. And looking at the picture that F.Mayor posted, you can see how lonely that it would look from that angle, if built at the RWP site, which is OK, because sooner or later, downtown is going to spread out.
I've also fantasized about the old Zephyr site getting a new tallest sooner rather than later(more spreading out).
Don't get me wrong, I like me some density(S.Fran), just sayin that the S.E. corner of 3rd and W. Temple needs 46 stories up, one after the other.
All in all, the place is slowly getting there.

utenation · #**8536** Posted **May 8, 2014, 3:07 PM**

Does anyone know what the plans are for the old SLC public works building? Pretty much an eyesore and vacant..

Future Mayor · #**8537** Posted **May 8, 2014, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by utenation

Does anyone know what the plans are for the old SLC public works building? Pretty much an eyesore and vacant..

I don't know what the plans are, but I know what I'd like to see there. I'd love to see that building converted into condos or apartments. I think it would be a fantastic looking building for residential. The set back on 200 S is just enough that a restaurant could go in there with some outdoor seating between the building and the sidewalk. I think it would be a great addition of density to East Downtown and a great reuse for a decent sized building. I think the remainder of the land around it could be redeveloped into some additional housing and one or two retail spaces.

UTPlanner · #**8538** Posted **May 8, 2014, 4:44 PM**

Nothing will happen with the former Public Safety Building in the near future because it is still in use. The Evidence and Property Room is still being utilized as a new one was not constructed in the new PSB. When they designed the PSB, West Valley City and SL County were considering building one facility with SLC. That never happened and so the old building is still being used and there is no funding in the near future to build a new building, or at least that's what I have heard.

Speaking of rumors, Ivory Homes supposedly purchased the NW corner of 300 South 200 East, where the store Green Ant is currently located. The rumor is that they are going to build an apartment building. I'm not sure how many parcels they own but I think it includes the Ken Sanders Books Building. Keep in mind this is a total rumor at the moment.

utenation · #**8539** Posted **May 8, 2014, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Future Mayor

I don't know what the plans are, but I know what I'd like to see there. I'd love to see that building converted into condos or apartments. I think it would be a fantastic looking building for residential. The set back on 200 S is just enough that a restaurant could go in there with some outdoor seating between the building and the sidewalk. I think it would be a great addition of density to East Downtown and a great reuse for a decent sized building. I think the remainder of the land around it could be redeveloped into some additional housing and one or two retail spaces.

I like the way you think.. Based on UTplanner's post, it looks like the opportunity is going to be wasted for some time... The place is dead and a huge parking lot in the back with nothing in it.. To run one department out of that big building just seems silly but based on what he says, it makes sense.

Too bad.

Future Mayor · #**8540** Posted **May 8, 2014, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by utenation

I like the way you think.. Based on UTplanner's post, it looks like the opportunity is going to be wasted for some time... The place is dead and a huge parking lot in the back with nothing in it.. To run one department out of that big building just seems silly but based on what he says, it makes sense.

Too bad.

Maybe it's a good thing. That will give me a few years to get my real estate going and transition into development, maybe just in time to buy and convert the former PSB. I wonder if there would be an opportunity to work out an arrangement with SLC that as part of a purchase/trade, the PSB for a new evidence building somewhere else.