Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[Old&New]

Originally Posted by Comrade

There used to be an art piece at the SLC Airport of a nude couple that lasted a bit before Citizens for True Freedom demanded it be taken down because it could incite rape and murder. The airport complied.

That's Trevor Southey's artwork... He was an art professor at BYU. I have some of his artwork in my home.

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AMAZON HEADQUARTERS ll
SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Option 1: Downtown Salt Lake City (South Main Anchor)(RGB Lines)


Option 2: Agriculture Park (Adjacent to FairPark and Jordan River Trail)(Green Line)

Originally Posted by nushiof

This Amazon HQ2 story has been fascinating to follow.

This media outlet ranks SLC as the #1 option based on a review of Amazon's stated criteria.

https://qz.com/1074386/the-hard-choi...-city-for-hq2/

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[JMK]

while we're on the topic of art, Impact Hub recently put this mural on their wall

[stayinginformed]

Originally Posted by JMK

while we're on the topic of art, Impact Hub recently put this mural on their wall

Now that's some art.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

I realize that there is a lot of art that I just don't get, but see how others can find beauty in it, but this is just tacky and awful. Random patterns, and random law words in random fonts with RANDOM SPACING BETWEEN THE LETTERS. It looks like something a middle-school student designed as a mural for the wall in the school cafeteria.



And don't forget- this cost $325,000

That is awful. Who approves this stuff? Let the public decide this stuff, or let the architect decide as well.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by Merewether

Parking structure for Alta Club. They traded their surface lot across the street with Property Reserve. At one point I think the LDS church said they would use the land next to old Elks Bldg. for a chapel ( the local ward now meets in Joseph Smith Bldg) but that doesn't seem to be announced current plan.


Mormon church, Alta Club swap land
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.ph...42&itype=CMSID

In exchange, PRI will take ownership of the 43-stall surface lot across the street from the Alta Club. PRI spokesman Dale Bills said there are no immediate plans for development of that site.

Actually, I do know of plans to build there, at least I did a while ago. Who knows if they are part of a plan that they want to hold to themselves until the proper time to announce them.

[Orlando]

There was an article in our local Seattle development newspaper about this...hundreds of bats in West High School

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/2...-high-schools/

Sorry, off-topic.

[Always Sunny in SLC]

Originally Posted by Orlando

That is awful. Who approves this stuff? Let the public decide this stuff, or let the architect decide as well. It's awful, awful, awful, What a waste.

Could always be worse.

http:////publicdelivery.org/wp-conte...-2-880x880.jpg

[Old&New]

Even that is way better!

[Liberty Wellsian]

Originally Posted by Old&New

That's Trevor Southey's artwork... He was an art professor at BYU. I have some of his artwork in my home.

...Oh, I'm at the top! I'm going to bump this again:

AMAZON HEADQUARTERS ll
SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Option A: Downtown Salt Lake City (South Main Anchor)(RGB Lines)


Option B: Agriculture Park (Adjacent to FairPark and Jordan River Trail)(Green Line)






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Make a map that includes the fleet block(300 w 800s). You could include the land the 9th s viaduct sits on between 300 W and W Temple. That alone is around 20 acres.

[bob rulz]

Who cares? Can we stop talking about this before this topic derails in to insanity again?

I've been enjoying the actually relevant things we've been discussing lately. We've only just started getting this topic back on track. This Denver vs SLC shit is completely unproductive and irrelevant. Both cities have their own charm, their own pros and cons. Some things are done better by 1 city, and some things are done better by the other city, and most things are just done differently. SLC is SLC, Denver is Denver. How hard is it to keep it that way?

Originally Posted by stayinginformed

Now that's some art.

I agree. I ride the 200 bus frequently and I love seeing that mural. It's really cool, and definitely the kind of art we should be encouraging.

[nushiof]

Not promising for Utah's HQ2 prospects,

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-too-rich.html

[jubguy3]

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Originally Posted by Orlando

There was an article in our local Seattle development newspaper about this...hundreds of bats in West High School

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/2...-high-schools/

Sorry, off-topic.

Im a senior at west. Ask me anything

Two of our classrooms no longer have ceilings... there are STILL bats flying around the halls. The school is essentially "unsealable", the CDC is at our school every day and they have meetings with kids who got bit or scratched by bats. It's time for west to get a new building, and as historic of a building as it is, it's functionally decrepit... time to issue some bonds, lol..

I'd be glad to post some videos for anyone interested

[airhero]

Originally Posted by nushiof

Not promising for Utah's HQ2 prospects,

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-too-rich.html

If Amazon is looking for a massive incentive package that could backfire for the incentive giver, I don't want HQ2 and I feel sorry for the city that "wins" it.

I'm hoping Amazon will put more emphasis on other things and accept modest incentives conditional on Amazon's fulfillment if its own promises. I would hope Amazon is the type of company that wants to be in a city that doesn't use taxpayer money irresponsibly. Salt Lake isn't perfect in that regard (as evidenced by the 300k dollar dead giraffe mural), but it's way better than cities like Chicago that will probably offer billions.

[Old&New]

Originally Posted by Liberty Wellsian

Make a map that includes the fleet block(300 w 800s). You could include the land the 9th s viaduct sits on between 300 W and W Temple. That alone is around 20 acres.

Option 3:

[nushiof]

Not to turn this into a Denver thread, but given the recent comments here, the timing of this article made laugh. Good for Denver if they actually get this.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/28...enwich-realty/

[Old&New]

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Originally Posted by Liberty Wellsian

Make a map that includes the fleet block(300 w 800s). You could include the land the 9th s viaduct sits on between 300 W and W Temple. That alone is around 20 acres.

Option 3:

[asies1981]

The city is competing for grant money to convert the Pickle Building into a creative campus.

[Liberty Wellsian]

Originally Posted by Old&New

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Option 3:

nice

maps are kewl

[ajiuO]

Option 4 (A.K.A. Goodbye Tesoro):

[airhero]

After passing by the art on the DA offices today, I gotta say it looks a lot better in person. It's a cool effect and I kinda like the giraffe print, to be honest.