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Salt Lake City Neighborhood Guide
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15th and 15th
Epicenter: S. 15th St. East and E. 15th St. South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tucked out of sight of Salt Lake City's main boulevards, the 15th and 15th neighborhood is home to aging brick bungalows, relics of the area's middle-class beginnings, and an assortment of locally owned businesses and Salt Lake City restaurants. Snugly fit into the Emerson Heights district about three miles from downtown Salt Lake City, the increasingly young population of 15th and 15th finds their fun in the expansive nearby Sugar Hill Park as well as comfortable local establishments like Mazza's, a Lebanese restaurant, and the King's English Bookshop, where the remains of the owner's deceased cat, Agatha Christie, sit in an urn near the register.
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The Avenues
Epicenter: I St. and 6th Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah
Nestled at the bottom of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains—an area known locally as the "benches"—the Avenues Salt Lake City neighborhood has evolved from a heavily Mormon suburb to a popular district for young professionals. It's is an almost entirely residential Salt Lake City neighborhood sprinkled with plenty of classic Victorians. In recent years, rents have grown thanks to the Avenues' ideal positioning between downtown Salt Lake City and the scenic countryside, though the district retains a mix of trendy professionals, observant Mormons and the comfortable middle class. |
Downtown Salt Lake City
Epicenter: E. South Temple St. and S. State St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Downtown Salt Lake City's development radiated from Temple Square, the site of Utah's first Mormon church. These days, the temple Brigham Young built shares a block with EnergySolutions Arena (home to the Utah Jazz) and lies around the corner from the Alta Club, Radio City Lounge and the rest of downtown Salt Lake City nightlife. In recent years, the Mormons, who have long called downtown Salt Lake City their home, have tried to revitalize the areas around their Temple Square and conference halls, but Salt Lake City's downtown continues to limbo between past and future. |
Federal Heights and University of Utah
Epicenter: Navajo St. and California Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah
The I-15 and I-80 interstates, which run along an ancient set of railroad tracks, tend to divide the Salt Lake City valley along class, income and often ethnic lines. The eastern neighborhoods enjoy affluence and stability, while the western neighborhoods, like Glendale, have been declining under the weight of urban blight, poverty and gang violence. Still, Glendale's residents, including a sizable Hispanic population, take pride in their neighborhood's attributes, like the Jordan River and the handsome nearby Jordan Park. So far, resident solidarity has given this western Salt Lake City neighborhood a unique, tight-knit culture. |
Glendale
110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City UT; Tel. 801.456.STAR (7827)
Should the wide arc of sky above Salt Lake City not provide enough stellar spectacle, the Clark Planetarium will fill the bill. Daily star shows and nightly music/laser light programs attract different crowds, but other Planetarium exhibits, including a scale model of the solar system, bring the school groups together with the Pink Floyd aficionados. |
Sugar House
Epicenter: E. 21st St. South and S. 11th St East., Salt Lake City, Utah
Sugar House is one of Salt Lake City's most unique neighborhoods, having undergone a gentrification renaissance in the late 1990s. Now, the funky Salt Lake City neighborhood might be a victim of its own success. Revitalization has attracted the hunger of large developers who are ready to charge high rents to big-name, big-box Salt Lake City businesses. That spells doom for quirky small businesses like the Blue Boutique, an adult bookstore, or the Record Collector, which opened in the '80s. With the help of a friendly city government, residents of the both lively and welcoming Sugar Hill might be able to preserve the character of their unique Salt Lake City neighborhood.
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