Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[Liberty Wellsian]

Originally Posted by Marvland

THIS. WVC is exploding and really doing a great job on its core and 56th west flank. Its crime levels are dropping and it's a natural ally being a blue town. Here is some of the core work: https://fox13now.com/2019/01/31/west-valley-city-leaders-discuss-plans-to-renovate-and-reimagine-downtown-west-valley-city/

No one wants to be annexed. The way to go about this is through a campaign extolling the benefits of unifying the cities and then a public vote.

#Onecity

[taboubak]

Originally Posted by Liberty Wellsian

No one wants to be annexed. The way to go about this is through a campaign extolling the benefits of unifying the cities and then a public vote.

#Onecity

Such a bill would make Salt Lake City the 10th largest city in the United States.

[UV4EVER]

Originally Posted by Liberty Wellsian

No one wants to be annexed. The way to go about this is through a campaign extolling the benefits of unifying the cities and then a public vote.

#Onecity

I would like to see a study on this. I wonder what the tax implications and quality of service would be for the average Salt Laker.

[Comrade]

There have been attempts in the past to unify Salt Lake County - or some semblance of it - and it's failed each time. It will fail again. This topic seems to come up every year and it's just a pointless discussion - it's not going to happen.

I've written about the proposals in the past - including one that would have unified all the unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County at the time (this was when WVC was just Granger and Hunter), which would've created the state's largest city. But I am not going to wade through my post history to find 'em.

Still, it's something no one probably wants, anyway. I like the uniqueness of Salt Lake, and its culture, and frankly, a lot of that would be lost if we absorbed every other city in the county.

[twig]

Found this gem today: https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...d-new-tallest/

[StevenF]

Originally Posted by twig

Found this gem today: https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...d-new-tallest/

I better not have gotten a virus after clicking on that...

[Pencil]

Originally Posted by twig

Found this gem today: https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...d-new-tallest/

OMG!!!

[Old&New]

Originally Posted by twig

Found this gem today: https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...d-new-tallest/

What’s great about having a new tallest in this location is there are quite a few surface parking lots right around this location, and if we were to get a couple more 40 story towers built on those nearby lots, we could have a skyline similar to Minneapolis. Would also bring the center of development out of the historic core, preserving more existing buildings, and filling up more surface parking lots (I’m assuming this development is for the nw corner lot of 400 S. and West Temple?).

[ctobsl]

Wow, I like it, but I'm still waiting for all the other "Salt Lake is Going to get" Proposals. I can still hope I guess.


"What’s great about having a new tallest in this location is there are quite a few surface parking lots right around this location, and if we were to get a couple more 40 story towers built on those nearby lots, we could have a skyline similar to Minneapolis. Would also bring the center of development out of the historic core, preserving more existing buildings, and filling up more surface parking lots (I’m assuming this development is for the nw corner lot of 400 S. and West Temple?)."

[ctobsl]

https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...s-new-tallest/

Salt Lake taller than tallest, even taller than Twigs post of Salt Lakes New Tallest.

Who is this Twig, another ass?

[EPdesign]

Originally Posted by ctobsl

https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...s-new-tallest/

Salt Lake taller than tallest, even taller than Twigs post of Salt Lakes New Tallest.

Who is this Twig, another ass?

[airhero]

Originally Posted by twig

Found this gem today: https://channel45news.com/2019/02/sa...d-new-tallest/

I believed this for a good two minutes. So cruel. It’s not even April 1.

[Old&New]

Originally Posted by airhero

I believed this for a good two minutes. So cruel. It’s not even April 1.

Looks like some Salt Lake City buildings are being reflected off the glass?

[Utah_Dave]

He pranked us.... scroll down and read some more of his post

[Orlando]

This tower appears to be in China. If you zoom in, you can see Chinese text. Also, I did a google search of Bellands Bay Company and Richard Mymens and found nothing.

[wrendog]

"We do NOT support FAKE NEWS!!! This is a Prank website that is intended for Fun. Bullying, Violent Threats or posts that Violate Public Order are NOT permitted on this Website."

[Old&New]

Utah could soon house the only Olympic-grade skateboard park in North America

https://www.ksl.com/article/46486741...-north-america

[Orlando]

Interesting. The first time I clicked on it, I scrolled down, and there was nothing. Then I tried it after Wrendog's post and I saw the "prank" info.

[Always Sunny in SLC]

Originally Posted by FullCircle

Ha! But you made them much more thoroughly. I think the regulation aspect is interesting. If this article is from a libertarian think tank, then yeah, it would seem that them arguing against a developer's preference to build densely would be internally inconsistent. But is there a case here for a less regulated approach to density in cities? By which I mean, clearly it is more difficult to go through the planning and approval process for a midrise downtown than it is for a cul de sac in Eagle Mountain, which would raise the costs for the downtown development, and therefor drive up the housing prices for the individuals renting/buying in the downtown property. Of course, lack of regulation can lead to more chaotic/inappropriate development, so there's a trade off. Hypothetically, the market could dictate that if developers built shabby, inappropriate, or otherwise undesirable developments then people won't live there, but often people in the real world will take whatever housing they can get, so it seems to me that there is a pretty reasonable argument for at least some regulation. Does anyone know of real world examples of cities with very strict zoning and cumbersome regulation versus a more laissez faire paradigm? Is one cheaper than the other, and also is one a more "livable" city than the other?

Yes, there is a correlation between restrictive zoning and housing affordability and cost. The website Market Urbanism tracks that here.

As for changing how we zone I love form based zoning. I don't get the impression there is much love for this kind of zoning on this forum, but from what I see it has way more upside than down.

[sthbrown4]

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