I went to see the Dark Knight Rises in Farmington tonight, and since my brother-in-law was late arriving- I decided to make myself useful by taking some pictures of Station Park while I waited:
It's not a perfect TOD, but it's much better than you'd expect from Davis Co., which tends to be almost exclusively rural and suburban. And it really is a step above what I've come to expect from a suburban Utah lifestyle center like The District, Jordan Landing, Valley Fair, etc. The architecture and quality of the finishes really stand out- even the big-box stores on the perimeter and much nicer than you'd typically see.
(Sorry about the image size- I'm too lazy to re-size them all, so you get in them in whatever dimension my phone took them)
The development is less than 1/2 built-out. It's going to look pretty cool once it all fills in:
Speaking of which, here is some new building going up just west of the theater:
These bus-stop looking shelters make me wonder if they'll eventually have some kind of shuttle from the pedestrian mall area to the FrontRunner station:
Gas lamps:
The restaurants have outdoor seating, I really liked the biparting doors which, when opened as they are here, open the inside of the restaurant to the outside:
Couches for outdoor seating:
I rode the train, so I can report a little on the proximity of the station itself to the theater area. The distance felt about the same as walking down two Salt Lake City blocks. It was inconvenient only because the area in-between is the part that is currently still under construction. Once it's all filled in, getting off the train, walking down the plaza and back won't be any worse than walking from one end of Gateway to the other and back.