SALT LAKE CITY | Rundown (including map). - Page 112

delts145 · #**2221** Posted: **Feb 5, 2011, 1:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by RFPCME

S.P. Hansen:
... your pics reminded me (because of the Wasatch Front in the background), how difficult it will always be to
create a dramatic skyline in SLC--even 1,000' high-rises are going to pale in front of Mt. Olympus.

Pic By S.P.Hansen

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delts145 · #**2222** Posted: **Feb 6, 2011, 11:10 AM**

Faces of Salt Lake City/County's Millcreek Neighborhoods - A look at the four communities that could become one, big city.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51...ount.html.csp#

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeff Silvestrini, the chair of the Mount. Olympus neighborhood, has been involved with the community council for 17 years. We feature the four distinct communities of Millcreek - Mt. Olympus, Canyon Rim, East Millcreek and Millcreek - and the people who oversee them such as Silvestrini.

It ascends the slopes of Mount Olympus, meanders along still-wooded sections of Mill Creek, wraps around the rim of Parley’s Historic Nature Park and stretches through industrial parks to the Jordan River.

This is Millcreek, an unincorporated suburb in Salt Lake County and home to four distinct communities: Mount Olympus, Canyon Rim, East Millcreek and Millcreek.

Combined, those neighborhoods have about 62,000 people. If it were a city, it would be the county’s fifth largest and rank among the state’s top 10.

Now, an effort is under way to make Millcreek a city, the county’s 17th. Today, The Salt Lake Tribune introduces you to this township through the eyes of the people who lead those four communities...

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delts145 · #**2223** Posted: **Feb 6, 2011, 11:16 AM**

Downtown Project Updates

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Originally Posted by John Martin

Your family's favorite grocery store..."

Pics By John Martin

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delts145 · #**2224** Posted: **Feb 6, 2011, 8:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Martin

Downtown Projects Continued...

Qwest Bldg:"

Do you think they're replacing the pavers because they're so dirty/hard to keep clean?

Pics By John Martin

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delts145 · #**2225** Posted: **Feb 6, 2011, 8:28 PM**

Downtown Projects Continued...

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Originally Posted by John Martin

Main Street

Richard's Court

Pics By John Martin

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delts145 · #**2226** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 4:40 AM**

Downtown Project Updates, Nordstrom's Regional Flagship...

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Originally Posted by John Martin

So I'm guessing the bottom floor of this is actually part of the parking garage. And there will probably be an entrance
from the west that just goes to an escalator or something to the top 2 floors where the store will be. Maybe not, but
there are obviously three floors above ground level anyway.

Pics By John Martin

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delts145 · #**2227** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 12:05 PM**

Downtown Project Updates, The Regent

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Originally Posted by John Martin

Pics By John Martin

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delts145 · #**2228** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 12:29 PM**

Downtown Updates

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Originally Posted by sock puppet

Demolition of the old/trashy/eyesore
motel just north of West HS began today. Here's a few pictures I took
from my car of the work going on.

I read in the neighborhood bulletin that the school district purchased
the property. Any ideas of what will be built? Honestly, anything will
be better (short of a whore house).

By Sock Puppet

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delts145 · #**2229** Posted: **Feb 9, 2011, 11:28 AM**

...Downtown Project Updates...

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Mac

John, thanks for the update. I also went down there early Saturday morning and took some shots. Here they are.

Pics By T-Mac

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delts145 · #**2230** Posted: **Feb 10, 2011, 1:47 AM**

...Continued...

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Originally Posted by T-Mac

Pics By T-Mac

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delts145 · #**2231** Posted: **Feb 10, 2011, 11:23 AM**

...Downtown Projects Continued...

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Mac

Pics by John Martin

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photoLith · #**2232** Posted: **Feb 10, 2011, 6:25 PM**

On your last picture, that building on the right, is that the original facade or is it redone?

T-Mac · #**2233** Posted: **Feb 10, 2011, 6:37 PM**

If you are speaking of the building on the corner, I believe that is the original facade of that building.

patriotizzy · #**2234** Posted: **Feb 10, 2011, 8:45 PM**

The brick facade on the new buildings looks atrocious. Looks like fake brick...

delts145 · #**2235** Posted: **Feb 11, 2011, 12:26 AM**

Yeah right... LOL. The quality throughout is superb, and IMO looks anything but fake.

Pics by T-Mac

photoLith · #**2236** Posted: **Feb 11, 2011, 12:36 AM**

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That brick work and the bricks look amazing. What are you talking about Patriotizzy?

delts145 · #**2237** Posted: **Feb 11, 2011, 11:02 AM**

SLC ranked No. 2 in public transit

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...c-transit.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Transit Authority's sprawling route map helped to earn the state's capital city a spot as having the second-best public transportation in the nation.

The No. 2 ranking was announced Wednesday and was the result of a recent U.S. News and World Report study, identifying the "10 Best Cities" to get around in. The publication pointed out that even though Salt Lake City is home to just over 180,000 people, UTA serves more than nine times that — 1.7 million.

Salt Lake City's public transportation system is the No. 1 city in the nation as far as public transit spending per capita, marking what U.S. News called "a heavy investment in serving a large suburban and exurban population." The reason for the high current costs is UTA's ongoing expansion of TRAX lines into outlying areas to provide better access to the city...

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patriotizzy · #**2238** Posted: **Feb 11, 2011, 8:15 PM**

In Post #2225: Pictures 4 - 8 are the ones I was referring to. That tall building looks amazing (Premonition?), I just meant these ones I'm pointing out. I don't like to be negative, but it just looks really cheap.

s.p.hansen · #**2239** Posted: **Feb 12, 2011, 3:21 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

In Post #2225: Pictures 4 - 8 are the ones I was referring to. That tall building looks amazing (Premonition?), I just meant these ones I'm pointing out. I don't like to be negative, but it just looks really cheap.

There are no windows in the south side of the brick facade because a future condo tower is going to sprout out of that base next to it with the windows. I'm not sure why the other brick facades would register for you as any different than what is consistently throughout the project, high quality hand laid brick.

Image by John Martin

delts145 · #**2240** Posted: **Feb 12, 2011, 10:49 AM**

Often, the same building photographed in a brighter light or without HDR can appear very different in its finish. Post #2235 shows a level of detail that is pretty much the standard throughout the different Projects. Of course, the HDR T-Mac used, brings out the brick and stone shadings and texture. A couple of weeks ago, a particular forumer thought that the buildings were actually finished in the much hated stucco. It was just that the detail of the real stone and brick was not apparent in those particular photos. However, in real life the quality is very apparent.