Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4 - Page 3

ToysNoiz · #41 Posted **Aug 15, 2014, 4:49 PM**

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On another note, this is kind of stupid but, I hate when the lighting at the top of the towers go out and are not replaced. I have noticed the Key Bank tower signage has been off for a while as well as some of the warning beacons on top of some towers. The World Trade Center Utah used to have accent lighting (florescent tubes) outlining the buildings structure. The Wells Fargo building used to have a lot more of the blue neon lighting up the front and around the top. It's just a weird nerd light fetish I have...

We have the same fetish, my friend.

It drives me crazy as well when the lights are off. I didn't know WTCU had a set up. Anyone got a picture?

Boz · #42 Posted **Aug 15, 2014, 7:51 PM**

From the Trib: Downtown SLC Zim's building getting a new life

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)

SLC Projects · #43 Posted **Aug 15, 2014, 7:54 PM**

2nd tower crane about to go in. This tower crane will be used for the UPAC awhile the other crane is only for 111 main's tower.

Photos from s.p.hansen

Thank you s.p.hansen for your ongoing photo updates of this development.

goldcntry · #44 Posted **Aug 15, 2014, 8:54 PM**

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It's just a weird nerd light fetish I have...

You say that like it's a bad thing...

delts145 · #45 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 12:01 AM**

Good to hear. I was wondering for a while if the project had been permanently stalled.

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Originally Posted by Boz

From the Trib: Downtown SLC Zim's building getting a new life

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)

jubguy3 · #46 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 8:09 PM**

Drove by cottonwood corp center. It's disgusting. We could get (assuming those buildings are 8 stories) quite a few more in downtown.

I'll try and start doing updates of the Denver street and 111 tower from the train and the new u of u building from my phone soon. I should also be able to catch some other buildings in my updates, but they will just be one picture at one angle.

Comrade · #47 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 8:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by jubguy3

Drove by cottonwood corp center. It's disgusting. We could get (assuming those buildings are 8 stories) quite a few more in downtown.

I'll try and start doing updates of the Denver street and 111 tower from the train and the new u of u building from my phone soon. I should also be able to catch some other buildings in my updates, but they will just be one picture at one angle.

Any corporate center is disgusting - and not merely because they take away from the downtown. I get we can't have every commercial office space in downtown SLC. The problem is that corporate centers are space wasters and don't engage any city whatsoever. They're isolated, one-trick monstrosities that suck life out of any city they're located in.

Imagine if, instead of a corporate center, these offices were built in a downtown-like fashion for the area? Mix them with parking, retail and residential.

But this is such wasted space.

StevenF · #48 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 8:40 PM**

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Imagine if, instead of a corporate center, these offices were built in a downtown-like fashion for the area? Mix them with parking, retail and residential.

But this is such wasted space.

I will give you one word as to why this doesn't happen.

NIMBY's

jubguy3 · #49 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 9:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by StevenF

I will give you one word as to why this doesn't happen.

NIMBY's

Stores?

NIMBY.

Life?

NIMBY.

I hate nimbys. Then again my backyard is the size of a poodle

SLC Projects · #50 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 9:14 PM**

And to think, they're adding more office buildings to that area to this day.

jubguy3 · #51 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 9:32 PM**

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And to think, they're adding more office buildings to that area to this day.

And they are all so damn ugly.

I wish the county would step in and enforce minimal suburban development and instead allow downtown to flourish.

Stenar · #52 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by StevenF

I will give you one word as to why this doesn't happen.

NIMBY's

I don't see how NIMBY's are the reason that doesn't happen. That ugly office park is in a lot of people's back yards.

Comrade · #53 Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 11:12 PM**

That area could've been something. It's actually really pretty, how it sits up like that. Its location next to the freeway is also ideal - and the land is pretty big. So, had the county leaders had any foresight in the past, they would've developed a decent looking core there that would be infinitely better than this junk.

Alas...

ajiuO · #54 Posted **Aug 17, 2014, 5:58 AM**

Wasn't somthing suppose to be built on the SW corner of 600 South and state? They tore everything down a while ago.. Now there is a "For Sale" sign on the empty lot.

ToysNoiz · #55 Posted **Aug 17, 2014, 7:31 AM**

For those interested, I've updated the SLC 2014 Photo gallery thread for this month.
Link in my signature...

Boz · #56 Posted **Aug 17, 2014, 3:04 PM**

You rock, Toys! Amazing photos. Motivation for me to dust off the camera and go out and shoot!

CofIKid · #57 Posted **Aug 17, 2014, 4:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by ajiuO

Wasn't somthing suppose to be built on the SW corner of 600 South and state? They tore everything down a while ago.. Now there is a "For Sale" sign on the empty lot.

The District Attorney's Office. The money allocated for the project was spent on different things.

The DA has purchased property on Main Street to build on instead.

Cirrus · #58 Posted **Aug 17, 2014, 11:07 PM**

Deleted all the posts about how many SLC threads there are because that's off-topic for the main development thread, which is to talk about development.

If people would like to open a new thread to talk about that issue, or use the ongoing chit chat thread, that's fine. Or we can drop it, because there's no rule against having a lot of threads as long as it's not spamming.

Either way, let's try not to clutter the main development thread, or have another Denver/SLC pissing match.

delts145 · #59 Posted **Aug 18, 2014, 12:46 PM**

ToyNoiz, The likes of T-Mac and John Martin left some pretty big shoes to fill. A huge thank you for stepping up to the plate.

bflatflat9 · #60 Posted **Aug 18, 2014, 4:16 PM**

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ToyNoiz, The likes of T-Mac and John Martin left some pretty big shoes to fill. A huge thank you for stepping up to the plate.

Amen.
And if there is any photographers up in the East Millcreek area, Tanner park has an awesome viewpoint from the pavilion benches just north of the parking lot. You'll find the western most bench to have an opening from the trees that gives a great view from the semi-near southeast.
Maybe second best vantage point after the 5th south, 10th east shot.