Springtime, Downtown Salt Lake City

delts145 · #1 Posted **May 2, 2009, 12:47 PM**

Springtime ~ Downtown Salt Lake City ~ A little of this and that.

A lot has changed in the last three years since this thread was bumped. I'll be posting new pics of the many beautiful new developments over
the next week or two, so check back soon.

CityCreekCenter

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Race For The Cure

Stagehands prepare the Capitol Theatre stage for the musical "Wicked"

(Keith Johnson, Deseret News)

The Historic Capitol Theatre was originally constructed as a major vaudeville venue.
The Capitol now serves as home to the internationally acclaimed Ballet West and the Intermountain West's
foremost Regional Opera Company. The Capitol has also served faithfully as a venue for touring broadway productions
for several decades. However, this will change soon as a much larger theatre will be added to downtown that
will serve the metro's passion for major broadway productions and their required lengthy stay. The Capitol's
seating and orchestra pit will be remodeled to more ideally suit it's beloved ballet and opera.

bobindrums
For Spring 2014, a newly expanded academy of ballet is being added to the top tier Ballet West Company

http://www.balletwest.org

By ToysNoiz

First days of Springtime. Hiking, biking, & jogging trails immediately to the north and above
downtown. Metro Salt Lake City is Mecca to outdoor enthusiasts, who need to both maintain a career, yet live
within footsteps of an unlimited supply of every outdoor, four-season sport imaginable.

akeyes31

T-Mac

Sourire

genkni

tylee85

NoSpringChicken

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Ken Lund

Theorris

Living Traditions Festival

Nick Anderson

Theorris

Ken Lund

T-Mac

noelleodesigns

Abravanel (Symphony) Hall) keeps a very busy Springtime schedule

mdr325

Symphony Plaza and North Downtown views as seen from Abravanel Hall foyer. Giant Chiluly
sculpture of Venetian glass to the right. Scuplture is an interpretation of the Olympic Torch.

Janid
Detailing, Downtown's Venerable Alta Club

T-Mac

SPangborn

SPangborn

Earth Day celebration: Gallivan Plaza, another popular downtown gathering place.

Theorris

Downtown is overflowing with public art. Much of it is the traditional bronze and marble,
but much is also fun and whimsical, as seen below

raphaelmazor

Ken Lund

Stevena07

Ken Lund

Ken Lund

Pride Festival at Washington Square

Todd Keith

Awaiting tourists

Jo's Pictures

Ken Lund

Kendan Erickson

pandrcutts

Springtime at Washington Square. This Richardsonian Romanesque masterpiece serves as City Hall.
It's surrounding park-like setting has become one of Salt Lake City's most popular gathering sites.

Caleb Mitchell
Sunrise over the Rockies. City hall as seen from the rotunda of the Matheson Courthouse.

Todd Keith

LDS Conferece Center: One of the aspects that impresses me most about this giant building is
how it interfaces with it's neigborhood. To the south it's facade and plaza are indicative of it's downtown environs
as a monumental and cultural neighbor. As I walked around it a couple of days ago, I was taken back by the now
maturing landscaping covering it's terraced walls to the east and north. This combined with it's rooftop gardens make
for visual feast for the historic downtown neighborhoods, which are immediately adj. to and either surround or climb
abruptly on two of it's sides. Even those living in high-rise towers to the immediate north have beautiful gardens
to look down on instead of a giant, sterile and vapid roof.

Aquistbe
Interior of Assembly Hall, seating over 22,000 people, is the largest of it's kind in the world.
Pictured, is a weekly rehearsal session of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This venue is often used by the Choir
instead of it's famous, traditional venue, because of it's seating capacity. Ongoing conventions, LDS faithful, and
tourists had often overwhelmed the capacity of the historic tabernacle on Temple Square. The hall is also used
as host for major holiday pageants and as a concert hall for renowned opera soloists or performing artists, etc.,
where seating demand is too high for other downtown venues.

ben4t2

BratoDB

Exterior and Interior of historic Tabernacle after final restoration and seismic upgrading.
All seasons as well as Spring welcomes weekly concerts, free to the public. Interior pictured, The Mormon
Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square

genki

genki

Salt Lakers love their music of all kinds, and downtown is full of world class venues and
concerts all year round

Eric Hamilton

Eric Hamilton
Pearl Ultra Lounge

Eric Hamilton

karma17

raphaelmazor

A city favorite is the Moshe Safdie designed library.

cinnabon1

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bluemodern

talicat2000

Interior and exterior detailing of the exquisite and beautifully restored Roman Catholic
Cathedral of the Madaleine

yamachkee

Pat's "Gone to Look for America"

Historic Greek Orthodox Cathedral, and heart of the popular Greek Festival

El Greeko

First Presbyterian Catheral

bobindrums

The Governor's House

bobindrums

Comrade Reynolds

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carboncopyrocks

bobindrums

SLCrising

lazytom

SPangborn

Noppadon

Kendan Erickson

Springtime 2009 ~ Current Downtown Construction

T-Mac
Pic taken by local forum favorite, "T-Mac" on an early, rainy Saturday morning.
This is the new Silver Leed Hamilton Parner's Tower. One of our forum favorite, new pieces of infill,
designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Pictured Adj. and to the right, the historic Continental
Bank, recently converted to the Monaco, boutique hotel.

T-Mac

Part of the multi-billion dollar new additions to the downtown core is the remake
of existing structures. This, in order to engage the pedestrian in as attractive a manner
as possible.

T-Mac

The Regent

T-Mac

Tower 1

T-Mac

Social Hall Block, site of more high-rise residential and full-service grocer

T-Mac

Richard's Court

T-Mac

Restoration: Becoming one of the world's most beautiful jewelry stores

T-Mac

Springtime playoffs. NBA Jazz Arena

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CharleyMarley