 Birds eye view of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Circa 1920's. | | | Downtown Salt Lake City is the oldest district in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt Lake City Temple. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1904x1232, 59 KB) Downtown Salt Lake City with some points of interest. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1904x1232, 59 KB) Downtown Salt Lake City with some points of interest. ...
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// History Early history Native Americans have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most archeological evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. ...
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Wikimedia Commons has multimedia related to: Temple Square Salt Lake Temple is the centerpiece of the 10-acre Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
Location
Downtown Salt Lake City is usually defined as the area approximately between North Temple and 900 South Streets north to south and about 500 East and 600 West Streets east to west. Downtown encompasses the areas of Temple Square, the Gateway District, Main Street, the core business district, South Temple, and others. Temple Square c. ...
The Gateway District is a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...
History Much of downtown Salt Lake City's early history is intertwined with that of Salt Lake itself at the time. Downtown began to form when Brigham Young chose the spot where the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was to be located. Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ...
Nauvoo Illinois Temple, dedicated in 2002, is one of the newest LDS temples. ...
The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...
Main Street Originally, due to the Mormon faith's tendency towards socialism in its early years, no provision was made for a business district. Over the years, the city's core took shape as businesses located themselves around Main Street. The first businesses to locate themselves on Main Street were those founded by James A. Livingston and Charles A. Kincade in 1850 in the area south of the Council House that was being built on the corner of Main and South Temple Streets. The term Mormon is a colloquial name referring to Latter Day Saints, derived in the 1830s from the Book of Mormon, one of their books of scripture, whose compiler was called the prophet Mormon. ...
The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...
1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Early on, many of the Main Street businesses were saloons, earning the street the nickname "Whiskey Street". Saloon can mean: Any bar, especially in the American Wild West. ...
A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ...
Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ...
Originally the business district extended along the west side of Main between South Temple and 100 South. By the 1880s the area had expanded to both sides of the street and down to 200 South, and increased about a block a decade, until in 1900 it reached 400 South. Today the southern limit is usually considered 900 South. // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
Commercial Street From 1870 to the 1930s Commercial Street (renamed Regent Street in the 1920s) was Salt Lake's notorious red light district. Prostitution was begrudgingly tolerated as long as it was confined to Commercial Street, thus kept out of the public eye. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
// Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...
Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s, and particularly in the United States. ...
A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ...
Prostitution is the sale of sexual services, such as oral sex or sexual intercourse, for money. ...
In the late 1880s the trade was unofficially licensed. Police would "arrest" all of the prostitutes and their madams each month and "fine" them $50 each. After a physical examination they would be released and allowed to ply their trade without any further fear of molestation. // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
Many notable Salt Lakers owned buildings on Commercial Street, including the Brigham Young Trust Company, whose board included many prominent members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Brigham Young, Jr., then a church apostle and vice president of the bank, temporarily resigned over the matter, until the building was later sold. A person who lives in or comes from Salt Lake City, Utah is known as a Salt Laker. ...
The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...
Brigham Young, Jr. ...
In Mormonism, an Apostle is a person ordained to be a traveling councilor bearing witness of Jesus Christ. ...
20th century
 North entrance of the ZCMI Center Mall After World War II many people could afford to move out of downtown into the suburbs. By 1971 60% of the homes in downtown Salt Lake City were in major disrepair. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 481 KB) Photograph of the ZCMI Center in downtown Salt Lake City. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 481 KB) Photograph of the ZCMI Center in downtown Salt Lake City. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the...
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1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
Starting in the 1960s revitalization efforts began, spearheaded by the LDS Church, who had always considered downtown their home. During the '60s they built the ZCMI Center Mall on a full city block of land that had previously housed the ZCMI department store, preserving the historic storefront. The Church also leased land to a developer to build Crossroads Mall. The land for the mall originally housed the Amusen Jewelry building (1869), at the time Salt Lake City's oldest building. A study commissioned by the city found it to be Salt Lake City's most architecturally significant building, and efforts to preserve it were underway. However, before the building could be saved, it was torn down to make way for the mall. The 1960s, or The Sexy Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
Photograph of an entrance to the ZCMI Center Mall in downtown Salt Lake City. ...
1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A mall is a shaded avenue or open space, such as The Mall in London or The Mall in Washington DC. In recent decades in many countries, the word mall has also come to mean a shopping mall. ...
Also built during this era was the LDS Church Office Building, completed in 1973, which at that time was Salt Lake's tallest building at 28 floors. However, this was surpassed in 1999 by the American Stores Tower (now known as the Wells Fargo Center). Although it has less floors, it is taller than the Church Office Building by two feet, although the Church Office Building appears taller because it is located on higher ground. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
In the 1980s a group of Saudi businessmen had a vision of turning Salt Lake City into major business hub. Forming a U.S. holdings company, "Triad Utah", they planned to build two large skyscrapers, as well as smaller out-buildings. The company ran out of money, and the skyscrapers never materialized, leaving the current Triad Center with only buildings 3, 4 and 5. Revitalization efforts of downtown continued through the 1990s and 2000s. The old Salt Palace arena was torn down and a new arena, the Delta Center, was constructed to the northwest in 1991. A convention center of the same name was built on the site. In 2000, the LDS Conference Center was completed and supplanted the still-existing Salt Lake Tabernacle for conferences of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Gateway District, which contains office space, apartment complexes, and an open-air shopping center, was completed in 2001 near the western edge of downtown, replacing an old, run-down industrial area near the railroad. The LDS Church recently bought both ZCMI Mall and Crossroads Mall and has plans to renovate and modernize them, connecting them to each other through underground pathways and skybridges. Apartment complexes, office buildings, and a larger, more modern campus of LDS Business College will also be relocated onto the site. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ...
// Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ...
The Salt Palace was an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
Northwest side of the Delta Center The Delta Center is an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A convention center is a large, cavernous public building with enough open space to host public and private business and social events for the surrounding municipal and metropolitan areas. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
View of Conference Center spire taken from south of the Center on North Temple St. ...
Tabernacle interior in 2004 The Salt Lake Tabernacle, known worldwide as the Mormon Tabernacle, was the central place of worship of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...
The Gateway District is a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...
For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...
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This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
A skyway is a path that is traversed without touching the ground. ...
External link - Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance
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