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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – Escalante » Even today it’s a rugged road from here southeast to where 19th-century Mormon pioneers spent a winter blasting into the canyon to descend to the Colorado River.
Visitors without four-wheel drive are advised to forget about visiting the historic Hole in the Rock, 70 miles across a bumpy plain, and even those with such vehicles are cautioned when rain or snow is in the forecast.
DESERET NEWS – The Wasatch Front housing market has been on a historic roller coaster ride for the better part of the past decade, reaching its pinnacle just over two years ago. A new report indicates that wild market ride may finally be “pulling into the station” this year, offering some hope to wearied consumers, Realtors and other industry insiders.
“In Salt Lake County, we’ve probably touched bottom in 2009 and we’re going to see a slight improvement in 2010,” Jim Wood, director of the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research and author of the “2010 Salt Lake Housing Forecast,” told the Deseret News.
It’s the same article from the magazine, but if you click on the photo and check out the slideshow there are some reader comments — not all of them so so positive.
I just came across this in the Trib. I’m curious as to why Pat Tripeny stepped down. Any thoughts?
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – If Salt Lake County is able to follow its new master plan, arts lovers could see cultural hubs in the suburbs, upgrades to beloved amphitheaters from Murray to Draper, the reincarnation of a defunct sugar factory in West Jordan and a film center in the capital’s downtown. Dueling visions of a 2,500-plus-seat playhouse in Salt Lake City or Sandy might even have a shot at county funds. But those proposals were given less weight in the plan, which concluded the demand for Broadway entertainment in Utah is being met.
(The Salt Lake Tribune)
THE DESERET NEWS - From Gravity Hill to Hobbitville, there aren’t many of Salt Lake City’s “secrets” that Carolee Stout hasn’t explored.
As a longtime tour guide with a penchant for the peculiar, she likes nothing better than showing people the treasures hiding just beyond their doorsteps.
Now, with the economy tanking along with our spring vacation dreams, she says, what better time to play tourist for a day or two in our own town?
THE DESERET NEWS - An effort to revamp the Gallivan Center will take center stage this week.
Looking for public input on the multimillion-dollar redesign, architects and Salt Lake City planners will host a workshop on the downtown plaza’s stage Monday night.
“The people love Gallivan,” said City Councilman Eric Jergensen. “We want to make the best possible public space that we can.”
The center is located at 50 E. 200 South, and the workshop begins at 6 p.m.
DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE – I’ve been a student at the U on and off since way back before the Marriott Library became a real gem of modern campus architecture, all glass and light and space. The new Grand Reading Room surely has one of the most beautiful views of any reading room anywhere. That building used to be more or less the exact opposite, dark and dreary and dank, even on the higher floors.
DESERET NEWS - A family in Murray asked us to help design an addition to their house.
This couple likes to entertain, and their small kitchen/family room combination isn’t large enough to accommodate their guests.
After reviewing the couple’s project, we determined that they don’t actually need to add on because they already have plenty of space in their adjoining living and dining rooms — they just haven’t been using it.
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – Millcreek has its own mythology — complete with monsters and shadowy fortresses, rich nobles and poor peasants, an evil overlord and a simple, if skewed, moral. It goes something like this: If big, bad government won’t let us build big, bad architecture, good, big families are going to move and the neighborhood will die.
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