Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by asies1981

the 900 south arctic circle is going to become townhomes.

no my corn dogs noooooo

[SL,UT]

Originally Posted by ajiuO

It’s too bad they didn’t do something like that with the Arctic Circle that close down on North Temple. I really wish developer would come in and start buying up those sleazy hotels. Once the hotels are gone the property value would probably go through the roof.

Where else are we going to go for our afternoon hookups???

[delts145]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

Central 9th is quickly becoming one of the most appealing neighborhoods in Salt Lake, I really like what they're doing there! I think the smaller scale, "missing middle" kind of developments mix in very well with that area.

You don't know how right your are. So much of Central Los Angeles could have used this type of development in the 60's-70's. Many beautiful historic neighborhoods were compromised by not using the right scale.

[Always Sunny in SLC]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

Central 9th is quickly becoming one of the most appealing neighborhoods in Salt Lake, I really like what they're doing there! I think the smaller scale, "missing middle" kind of developments mix in very well with that area.

I guess my post was deleted. Bizarre. I don't know what that is about, I am not the troll. What my post said was asking the question if we should look at narrowing 9th South? I would like to create an extra wide bike lane boulevard. Also, I wonder if a streetcar would make sense to have it run from, at least at first, 9th South Station to 9th and 9th neighborhood? The infrastructure needs to improve to match the great businesses moving in.

[Makid]

Originally Posted by Always Sunny in SLC

I guess my post was deleted. Bizarre. I don't know what that is about, I am not the troll. What my post said was asking the question if we should look at narrowing 9th South? I would like to create an extra wide bike lane boulevard. Also, I wonder if a streetcar would make sense to have it run from, at least at first, 9th South Station to 9th and 9th neighborhood? The infrastructure needs to improve to match the great businesses moving in.

I have heard that there are plans for a streetcar to eventually run East/West along 9th South. It would connect to the North/South alignment of the Sugarhouse streetcar and the Granary streetcar. There is a longer range plan that would have it continue further West after the Union Pacific and FrontRunner tracks have either been raised or lowered between 6th South and 13th South.

With the width of the street, there is more than enough room for an extra wide bike lane, parking/right turn lane, streetcar/vehicle travel lane, and landscaped median/left turn lane.

[bob rulz]

Yeah 900 South is definitely a road that would benefit from some complete street design with the smart development going in along that road. A streetcar could be a long-term plan following a successful BRT possibly.

Originally Posted by jedikermit

no my corn dogs noooooo

That Arctic Circle is already closed down haha.

[jedikermit]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

Yeah 900 South is definitely a road that would benefit from some complete street design with the smart development going in along that road. A streetcar could be a long-term plan following a successful BRT possibly.



That Arctic Circle is already closed down haha.

I was holding out hope that they'd come back. I've kept this fry sauce in my pocket for months now.

Just hold me.

[Liberty Wellsian]

Why not regulate buildings not on height but on the ratio of their width to height?

Why not require that all new buildings be at least 0.5 as tall as their widest measurement, 0.75 as tall as their slimmest, and that their slimmest measurement should face the ROW for all non corner lots? Less than that should require a design review (exceptions could include a supermarket in an undeserved area or for an odd shaped lot.

I'm fine with the market regulating height. I am more concerned with the width, particularly that that fronts our streets, of some of these projects.

Example: this would require that a 100 foot tall building be no wider than 200 feet and the side that faced the street be no wider than 133 feet.

Ramblers would not be allowed.

[Hatman]

Paging S.P.Hansen! Salt Lake City is officially looking to replace our current flag with a more vexillologist-friendly design:

Salt Lake City’s forgettable flag is overdue for a makeover, say designers, and the mayor is on board
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/04/salt-lake-citys/#gallery-carousel-9592254

There are some interesting flag ideas in the article (I cannot easily post them here as something is strange about the Tribune's website and their pictures' addresses)
... but none of them are as good IMHO as yours, SP.

[ucsbgaucho]

Those flag ideas are... odd. I get the idea of the 3 star one (the first suggestion), but the third star is the Olympics. SLC has a great chance to host them again very soon, so that flag idea will be out of date quickly. The others just look like marine flags from a Yacht Club. But then again, looking at Wiikipedia, some other cities have official flags that are just as odd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_cities_of_the_United_States

Originally Posted by Hatman

Paging S.P.Hansen! Salt Lake City is officially looking to replace our current flag with a more vexillologist-friendly design:

Salt Lake City’s forgettable flag is overdue for a makeover, say designers, and the mayor is on board
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/04/salt-lake-citys/#gallery-carousel-9592254

There are some interesting flag ideas in the article (I cannot easily post them here as something is strange about the Tribune's website and their pictures' addresses)
... but none of them are as good IMHO as yours, SP.

[Merewether]

There appears to be activity at last at the Hardison, the Garbett property at SW corner of South Temple and 5th East: new high chainlink fence, one piece of earth moving equipment , a truck mentioning SWPPP, a Big D truck, and a few workers.

[Always Sunny in SLC]

Originally Posted by Merewether

There appears to be activity at last at the Hardison, the Garbett property at SW corner of South Temple and 5th East: new high chainlink fence, one piece of earth moving equipment , a truck mentioning SWPPP, a Big D truck, and a few workers.

I saw that too. Maybe, just maybe, things will start moving there soon?!

[Hatman]

Originally Posted by ucsbgaucho

Those flag ideas are... odd. I get the idea of the 3 star one (the first suggestion), but the third star is the Olympics. SLC has a great chance to host them again very soon, so that flag idea will be out of date quickly. The others just look like marine flags from a Yacht Club. But then again, looking at Wiikipedia, some other cities have official flags that are just as odd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_cities_of_the_United_States

I agree, adding stars for the Olympics while bidding for another Olympics would make things complicated - unless we want to be like soccer teams adding stars for world cup trophies... but I think that adds way too much value to the Olympics.

This, for anyone who forgot, is SPHansen's idea for a Salt Lake City flag, and it is awesome:


The circle in the square is a Mormon/Masonic/generally religious symbol that has to do with heaven meeting earth, and it can be found all over the city including and Temple Square. There are seven of them on his flag because seven of our huge city blocks is about a mile in length (and also has some other religious significance).

Check out this Instagram page to see how this flag would look in official applications. It's pretty slick and very customizable. I think this flag design easily fits in with the very best city flag designs, like Chicago or Washington DC:

https://www.instagram.com/asaltlakecityflag/

[asies1981]

Large(ish) townhome project planned for the Guadalupe Neighborhood.

[RC14]

Originally Posted by Hatman

Paging S.P.Hansen! Salt Lake City is officially looking to replace our current flag with a more vexillologist-friendly design:

Salt Lake City’s forgettable flag is overdue for a makeover, say designers, and the mayor is on board
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/04/salt-lake-citys/#gallery-carousel-9592254

There are some interesting flag ideas in the article (I cannot easily post them here as something is strange about the Tribune's website and their pictures' addresses)
... but none of them are as good IMHO as yours, SP.

I created my own flag design a while back and I will share it here but after seeing SP's design, I think I will get behind his.

I would like for us to use Chicago as the model for a new flag. It is the best design of a major american city IMO. I want a flag that people are proud to fly outside their homes. A flag that becomes an instantly recognizable symbol of Salt Lake City that the community will embrace.

I like to keep things as simple as possible, especially flag designs, So my proposal is for three vertical copper bars on a white background.

*The white background symbolizes the Great Salt Lake and the "Greatest
Snow on Earth" found in the Wasatch Mountains.
*Three vertical bars symbolize the city. The three pillars of the Salt Lake
Temple and of the City and county building are the inspiration. They
also symbolize Man reaching toward the heavens.
* Copper color of the bars symbolizes our mining heritage.
* The location of the three bars symbolizes the location of the city between
the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountains.

I created this design a while back, before I had seen SP's design and I used the vertical bars because I read that they also can symbolize a connection between God and Man. However, I like SP's decision to include the religious symbols.

[Mountain man]

Man, you guys must be board...

[Makid]

Saw a new project come up in the SLC Planning system. It is listed as Central Station Apartments. The request is for a zoning verification letter but with a project name already, that is different for the requests. The address is: 549 W 200 S. Anyone have any more information?

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by bob rulz

Yeah 900 South is definitely a road that would benefit from some complete street design with the smart development going in along that road. A streetcar could be a long-term plan following a successful BRT possibly....

Why would we put in a BRT (with its own right-of-way), when streetcars are meant to travel in the street with automobiles? (Aside from the special situation with our current streetcar.)

[asies1981]

Originally Posted by Makid

Saw a new project come up in the SLC Planning system. It is listed as Central Station Apartments. The request is for a zoning verification letter but with a project name already, that is different for the requests. The address is: 549 W 200 S. Anyone have any more information?

I've heard rumors about this project, my guess is it will be around 6 stories.

[asies1981]

Demo work should start soon on the Quattro, a 7-story project for the 400 South and 400 East intersection.