Okay, So scrolling immediately from Steven's pics of Fireclay to the next post by JMK of Granite High. My first thought, if only for a couple of seconds was "Oh, now those are good looking apartment buildings!" Where are they at in Fireclay? Man, I hope they are able to get those shells preserved. I would be the first to say a lot of the old Granite High is not particularly attractive, but there are a few building there that would be valuable to preserve. These in the picture would create an extremely attractive residential street presence. Imagine those Granite High buildings pictured on one side of a pedestrian street, with the other side(where we see the demolition pictured) consisting of a similar style developed by Garbett.
I also agree with the Mayor. A Walmart is the last type of commercial needed there. Anything, that would precipitate a large parking lot would be a travesty at that location. South Salt Lake, especially Garbett can do much better than that!
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I was kinda impressed with the foot traffic in the Fireclay area for being 105 degrees on that day. Between all the housing in the area and what will be available soon, I am disappointed in the retail options. There are the commercial spaces in the original building but they are just businesses and not shops or restaurants. Nothing that would make the area a destination.
This building is nice since it adds one additional floor for some height variation but does nothing at the street level. Brick wall and tall windows should be replaced with shop spaces. So close to the TRAX station with this building and it could have been so much more. Also looks to be using a huge surface parking lot behind and to the south of the building. Murray needs to start enforcing new zoning laws for that area to encourage a better urban environment.
 IMG_1354 by Steven Fidler, on Flickr |
Ha, For a second I thought these below were cool looking new lofts at Fireclay.
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Granite High School, which has been a Salt Lake Valley landmark since 1907, will be gone by the end of August — and construction will begin before then on 76 single-family homes that will take the place of what was once the school's baseball diamond.
Plans for the rest of the land on the north side of the 27-acre property are still in flux. Though slated for commercial development, the South Salt Lake City Council would need to rezone the area for such use before any projects could move forward. South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood previously vetoed the location for a Walmart grocery store, and the City Council, which favored it, couldn't muster the votes to override her veto.
South Salt Lake Councilman Mark Kindred said the Planning Commission recently denied the commercial plan, which he expects to come before the council for consideration in the next few weeks.
With the buildings still standing, though gutted, Eatchel said he hasn't lost hope that they could be preserved — particularly because he said the city and its residents are still fighting against the commercial development proposal.
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