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Posted Jul 4, 2018, 12:15 PM
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Downtown - Back Alley/Parking Garage Access Regent Street now a downtown destination
SALT LAKE CITY — A few short years ago, Regent Street in downtown Salt Lake City was little more than an access road for business deliveries and the entrance to a multi-level parking garage for a few nearby companies.
Today, the once off-the-beaten-path thoroughfare is now one of the primary connectors between Gallivan Center to the south and City Creek Center on the north, placing it right in the middle of downtown's main entertainment district.
When the much-heralded George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater opened in the spring of last year, civic leaders hoped it would be the next jewel in the crown of the downtown business and entertainment hub — complementing City Creek Center, the 111 Main and 222 Main office towers, along with the new Broadway-style theater venue.
Thus far, the Eccles Theater has not disappointed, exceeding expectations and helping to generate residual prosperity for some its nearby roadways, such as Regent Street...
A pedestrian walks down Regent Street in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
... said Paul Kuhn, executive chef and co-owner of Last Course Dessert Studio, 115 Regent Street.
"It's a great location as far as foot traffic," he said. "We're already seeing great results from folks going to the shows at the Eccles Theater and people coming in at lunch. "We're confident with what we have and we know the area," Kuhn explained.
He and his partner are familiar with the local restaurant and catering market, so they considered this foray to be one of great potential opportunity.
"I liked what (the city) did with (downtown). It was a good look," he said. "They're just trying to make it a nice area. We're very pleased with the look and approach they're taking and what we see in the future."
Kuhn said Regent Street has space to grow and is slated to add more new dining options in the coming months. It could become one of the top family gathering spots in downtown, he said...
...The Regent Street reconstruction project was born of many public meetings discussing what would soon become the spectacular new Eccles Theater, said Danny Walz, chief operating officer of the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City....Noting the project is nearing the completion stage, Walz said the last piece of the revitalization effort is currently in the works. "The commission of a public art installation for Regent Street is the final element of the reconstruction, and is already underway,” he said. The city is currently in the final stages of its artist selection process for the public art piece...
MOVE HUB: World's Coolest Cities on the Hipster Index / 446 cities across 20 countries - Salt Lake City #3
"Another one of those just for the fun of it lists." Whatever, a fun diversion. Truthfully, Salt Lake City is progressing, changing and expanding its options dramatically in many ways, and I think for the better.
The Hipster Index: Brighton Pips Portland to Global Top Spot
by FREDERICK O'BRIEN - Last updated on 19 Apr 2018 - https://www.movehub.com/blog/the-hipster-index/
We pride ourselves on asking the important questions here at MoveHub. In this day and age there’s no time for frivolity. Serious times demand serious questions, and ours was, “What’s the most hipster city in the world?”
Our pretentious brethren deserve attention. It’s all they really want. So we rolled up our plaid sleeves and worked out exactly where to find them...
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
Last year’s US-focused project is something we’re proud of, but it was clear our methods could be improved. Lessons learned and public feedback have allowed us to go back to the drawing board and refine the process.
Our new, improved, alternative Hipster Index combines five data points: the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores per 100,000 city residents. Combined and weighted they produce
a Hipster Index score out of ten for each city. To prevent inflated numbers — and preserve our sanity — we excluded cities with populations below 150,000.
We looked at 446 cities across 20 countries. That’s 2,834 record stores, 7,772 vegan eats, 14,588 tattoo studios, 15,549 vintage boutiques, and 93,203 coffee shops covering a combined population of over 200,000,000 people. Serious.
Bloody. Business.
Check out the full results below.
1 Brighton and Hove UK 8.1632
2 Portland USA 8.1631
3 Salt Lake City USA 7.8527
4 Seattle USA 7.0290
5 Lisbon Portugal 6.9437
6 Fort Lauderdale USA 6.8577
7 Miami USA 6.8369
8 Orlando USA 6.8288
9 Helsinki Finland 6.7052
10 Spokane USA 6.6950
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Last edited by delts145; May 16, 2020 at 11:25 AM.
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