I like the new flag. The design might be a little busy but it's not ugly to my eye.
The legislature (and Cox) would never have approved a flag that didn't have a beehive, so with that in mind I think this is the least-bad of the potential options.
Same here. It is blandness on steroids. It couldn't be any less artistic or creative.
This is what happens when you have design by committee. They didn't select the winner of the public vote, but combined elements from the top 3-4 designs and it shows. It's crap.
I like the new flag. The design might be a little busy but it's not ugly to my eye.
The legislature (and Cox) would never have approved a flag that didn't have a beehive, so with that in mind I think this is the least-bad of the potential options.
I mean, it SHOULD have a beehive. This is the beehive state.
Of the flags that could be voted on, two of them were great. The rest were ugly and uninspired. This final version is the culmination of everything I disliked about every flag nominated. Bravo.
I thought I would give my opinion of the proposed Utah flag just because. I rely a lot on first glances / impressions. I never thought I would feel much about a flag, but I really don't like this one. It looks like something corporate / communist. I think it's all the red and the hexagon in the center. The symbolism of the mountains is totally lost. It reminds me of the IFA logo. It's really horrible. I hope there is enough negative feedback to get through to the dummies in the legislature.
While it certainly shares some similarities with the Denver flag, I doubt it would be considered plagiarism since they're still differentiated in many ways. Some of the state flags actually share more similarities than these do. For example there are over a dozen solid blue state flags with some kind of symbol in the center.
It is going to be awesome to start seeing Astra rise up soon once it makes more progress.
255 State is a great looking project. Though it isn’t a game changer for the skyline, I appreciate it is taller than the typical 5 over 2 stick frame construction. It adds some great density and I like that it adds some public space between the buildings.
Downtown really needs a greater emphasis on public spaces not dedicated to cars. There are so many large multi-lane stroads that it diminishes safety and livability. Salt Lake needs to look to places like New York and Rotterdam that have done so well to create the “outdoor loving room”. Our wide roads provide the opportunity to do projects like what Rotterdam did with their Coolsingel project. I know Salt Lake has some considerable budgeting for their traffic calming program, I hope it grows and considers projects that reclaim more usable public space too.
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