Park City plans to build Old Town trailhead, providing easy access to Treasure acreage
Jay Hamburger for the Park Record - https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park...asure-acreage/
...The trailhead will be located on Lowell Avenue just north of the Empire Avenue switchback. There will be space for five vehicles in a parking area that will be built as part of the trailhead. The parking area will be for summertime use. A kiosk with a map of the Treasure land, a trash can and a bag dispenser for animal waste are also planned. The trailhead will serve a new trail City Hall also plans to build on the Treasure acreage, which stretches across a hillside overlooking Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. A bronze sculpture of the late Richard Martinez, who was a legendary Park City silver miner, will be placed at the trailhead...
...The Park City Council in mid-September is expected to award a contract for the construction of the trailhead. The work could start by the end of that month. City Hall hopes to finish the project by the end of 2020.
The new trail will be usable during the warm-weather months but will not be accessible during the winter. The new trail on the Treasure land will connect with a network that links to points across Park City and the Snyderville Basin...
Beautiful job on the restoration of the old Imperial Hotel. Looks like something cool is happening next door also. That vacant lot to the right was the old Star Hotel. It was in pretty bad condition even as far back as the 30's-40's of the last century. Kind of Park City's version of a dive hotel I guess. Below is a picture of it before demolition.
https://www.parkcity4u.com/listing/1...city-ut-84060/
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As you can see, even almost a century ago the place was pretty much a non-descript dive.
As it appeared right before demolition...According to the Park Record, a dining service is planned on the main floor of a new building. Options remain under consideration for the upstairs,
the general contractor is quoted as saying in a Park Record article. There are no definitive renderings of the upcoming structure that I can find. Supposedly the new structure will be a faithful historic restoration
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