Classic Salt Lake City.
Can we please not fuck this up? Thanks.
In fact, I think if you have any classic photos of Salt Lake you want to post, do so here. 60s: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/...d3bfa25a_o.jpg 50s: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/...fbbcc899_o.jpg 40s: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/...522e1cb4_o.jpg 40s: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/...9182bd21_o.jpg 60s: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/...37175db5_o.jpg |
1920s:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/...75ec9a43_b.jpg Same area, but in the 60s: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1032/...dd5f5e7a_o.jpg The Walker Center corner prior to the Walker Center, I believe. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/...4dedb778_o.jpg LDS Temple, 60s: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/4...89568942_b.jpg Main Street & South Temple, 1950s: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/...9cf936cc_o.jpg South Temple in 1964: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1010/...1811e15f_o.jpg If I find any more, I'll post 'em! |
Here are a few I found:
1950's http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/coll...ull/P10143.jpg http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/coll...ull/P10138.jpg http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/coll...ull/P10144.jpg Photo credits: Charles Weever Cushman Gallery (University of Indiana) Here is good site for historical photos of Utah: http://history.utah.gov/research_and...tos/index.html |
These are great photos. It's cool to see the way our city has changed so dynamically over the years. I have some pics of SLC in 2006 b4 Keybank went down... Does that count as "classic"? :P
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I noticed, and it may just be me.. Even the mountins look different back then. which seems weird to me. It's a subtle difference
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So weird without all the highrises. LOL
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Although I noticed the Temple used to be alot darker than it is now. It's kinda cool lookin, it looked older then than it does now :haha: Quote:
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All we have are low to mid rises. when we top 500 ft we will have a highrise at long last. |
It's interesting how little Salt Lake changed from the 1920s to the 1960s. That's 40 years with minimal development downtown. I mean, compare the three Main Street shots:
1925 http://www.hellosaltlakecity.com/Ima...City_c1925.jpg 1950s http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/...9182bd21_o.jpg 1960s http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/...37175db5_o.jpg The only thing that changed over those 40 years were the Walker Center sign, the trolley, the window covers and a few buildings that were reclad. Nothing else. |
Utah State History
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In this 1909 photo, the old Deseret Store is about to be demolished to make room for the Hotel Utah. The curio/souvenir shop has announced its move with a sign. The Deseret Gymnasium is under construction to the right, and the Presiding Bishopric Building, in the rear, has been finished. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...023471.tif.jpg Workers building the Hotel Utah pose, 1910 http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1971.JPG The Joseph Smith Memorial Building (the old Hotel Utah) has stood on the corner for almost 100 years. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...023193.tif.jpg South Temple, 1903. Notice the wooden gates on the Temple Square wall. The little building beside the gates was the Bureau of Information, built by the LDS church as a place to dispense information about the church. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1927.JPG South Temple Street and the iron gates to Temple Square today http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...ger%20coal.jpg Near 400 West and South Temple, looking east, 1902. The Bamberger Coal Company is on the left. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1959.JPG 400 West and South Temple today. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...022919.tif.jpg The northwest corner of South Temple and 1st West (now 200 West), probably early 1900s. This house, built in the 1860s, belonged to George Q. Cannon. After Brigham Young built the ornate Victorian Italianate Gardo House, Cannon remodeled his house drastically to resemble the Gardo House. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1961.JPG The corner of South Temple and 200 West is now a parking lot. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...20%2021738.jpg The southeast corner of South Temple and 1st West (now 200 West) c. 1910. A cement or asphalt mixer stands in the street. In the background are the Salt Lake Temple, Assembly Hall, and Hotel Utah. The Golden Rule Store was one of J.C. Penney's early stores; in fact, Penney lived in Salt Lake's Avenues for a time. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1924.JPG South Temple Street and 200 West today http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...on%2026692.jpg The Cathedral of the Madeleine and the First Presbyterian Church under construction c. 1905. South Temple was a two-level street then, with streetcar tracks running between the two levels. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1948.JPG The city lowered the upper level of the street to make it all one level. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...023532.tif.jpg Crowds fill the street as they walk to the Salt Lake Tabernacle to hear William Howard Taft speak in 1909. The Newhouse residence has white columns; to the left is the Rice residence. The Covey Apartments are being built in the background. These apartments still exist, but the grand houses in this photo have been demolished. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1950.JPG The Brigham Apartments now stand where the old mansions once were. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...se%2028961.jpg This photo shows the beauty of South Temple Street, with the imposing Newhouse residence, in 1907. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1943.JPG The same spot today has changed dramatically. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...023981.tif.jpg Crews at work on streetcar tracks c. 1920. Notice how the tracks were originally laid on a cobblestone street. The Hotel Utah is at right. The Deseret News Building, later the Union Pacific Building and site of Walgreen's, has the rounded corners. The smokestack is part of the heating plant for Temple Square. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1936.JPG Today, the Union Pacific Building and the streetcar tracks are gone, and the Brigham Young Monument no longer stands in the middle of the intersection. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...20panorama.jpg This view from the Hotel Utah shows the Cathedral of the Madeleine in the distance. At right is the Gardo House. Across the street on the corner is the Alta Club; next to it is the former public library. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1939.JPG The same view from the old Hotel Utah (now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building) today. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...dTj4/gardo.jpg A mail wagon in 1914. The Gardo House is in the background. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4UOsMEPi-As/Rx...2/IMG_1965.JPG The Eagle Gate Plaza now stands where the Gardo House was. These photos were provided by Utah State History Picasa Web Albums http://picasaweb.google.com/StateHistory/SouthTemple# |
Great thread! Judging from these photos, it doesn't look like SLC became overrun with parking lots as badly as Denver or some other great cities of the region.
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I think that maybe the reason there was no development in Salt Lake City for several decades was because everything was running perfectly well in Salt Lake. There was no need for a ton of development because day-to-day life worked out just fine for several years and there wasn't too much reason to build on.
I think it'd be amazing to go back in time and see how Salt Lake City used to be. Through all of those time periods. To go back and actually be able to experience it. |
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Wow. Thanks for starting this thread, Sean...I teach history, and this just became a fantastic resource for my classroom. And thanks to everyone else for contributing photos and ideas...this is great.
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Holy shit Urbanboy your streets look like highways :evil: ...sorry couldn't resist.
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That was unnecessary to say the least. And not very funny either, considering the disaster the last thread turned into. |
Here's some stuff I dredged up from the internet:
Old TV Stations: http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc1.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc2.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc3.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc4.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc5.jpg An old aerial: http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc6.jpg Who doesn't already miss these old gems? http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldslc8.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...d/oldslc10.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...yd/oldscl9.jpg |
I had no idea KSL was on Social Hall Ave. I guess they stayed there until Triad came along?
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Na, I think they're just advertising the stations. No way were all three major Salt Lake stations located on the same street (and two in the same building).
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