PRESERVATION'S LEAD STORY:
Vintage storefront - ZCMI facade to be revived for new City Creek Macy's
By Rosemary Winters, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 3, 2008
Historic structure, now in storage, will be reassembled and architecturally mesh better with store around it.
Formed to front a pioneering department store and salvaged to make way for a 1970s mall, the cast-iron columns of the ZCMI facade are awaiting their next incarnation on Salt Lake City's Main Street.
City Creek Reserve Inc., a development arm of the LDS Church, plans to stick the 1876 storefront - which is part original, part replica - on the front of a 21st century Macy's store, an anchor of the $1.5 billion City Creek Center expected to open in 2012. On Wednesday, the city's Historic Landmark Commission unanimously approved conceptual designs for the venture.
"I think we've done a lot better than the architects of 1972," who slapped the historic facade on a big-box, beige building for the now-razed ZCMI Center Mall, said Bill Williams, director of architecture for City Creek Reserve.
In its new home, the facade will no longer be such an obvious anachronism. The storefront will appear flush with the Macy's store - there won't be square, modern roof looming above the classic facade's pointy pediment - but will be about six inches removed to avoid crumbling in an earthquake.
And like the original ZCMI, paned-glass windows will peek through the facade's arched openings. At the former mall, 10 feet of dead space stood between the metal columns and store windows.
Cindy Cromer, a community activist, praised changes the developer made to design plans for the department store's windows and entrance.
"These guys are great. You ask them to work on something a little bit more and they deliver," she told the commission. "Time after time, it just gets better."
Kirk Huffaker, executive director of the Utah Heritage Foundation, liked plans for an LED-lighting system that will light up the facade at night instead of Macy's windows.
The vintage storefront, which currently sits disassembled in a storage space, will be reconstructed at 15 S. Main St., about 25 feet north of its original spot. Slated for a spring 2012 opening, the new Macy's store will extend horizontally with a white, stone veneer on either side of the facade.
"It's a nice mix of old and new," Williams said, in keeping with "the character of our city."
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Historic ZCMI facade dates back to 1876
LDS Church leaders launched Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution in 1868 and later consolidated its departments under one roof in 1876. Widely believed to be the nation's first department store, ZCMI featured a cast-iron facade built in three phases - 1876, 1880 and 1901 - as the store expanded on Salt Lake City's Main Street.
The metal storefront was an innovation that enabled large show windows and floods of natural light.
In the 1970s, the facade was saved but the building was demolished to make way for the ZCMI Center Mall. The relic landed on the National Register of Historic places and graced a new ZCMI store, which later was sold to a national chain.
The central portion of the existing facade is mostly the original materials, but other pieces were reconstructed in the 1970s.
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Provo asks business, residents to revive downtown
Avenues, SLC mayor reach a testy truce
Bubble protest remains in play
Living History: Lamb's Grill has been gathering point for nearly a century
Under one roof - 103-year-old mansion melds old with new for dual purpose
HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR SALE OR LEASE
Historic Joseph Olpin House
The Willard Butt House- Pioneer house for sale in Bluff, UT
Auditorium Chairs from a Historic Building in Ogden
ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION AROUND THE GLOBE
SAVE THESE DATES FOR UHF EVENTS
NEW FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
MODERNISM IN THE NORTHWEST
The Cultural Resources Section of ITD's Environmental Department proposes to educate its staff, consultants, and peers in both State and Federal agencies through a 2-day symposium titled "Modernism in the Northwest." As the vast majority of published academic research focuses on those resources built before WWII, an understanding of post-war resources and their composition is lacking. This symposium will bring experts from both the public and private sectors, including the National Park Service, to Boise. The event on September 4-5, 2008 will focus on the specifics of recording and evaluating architectural resources that have been constructed since 1945. It will include a broad range of topics and events to appeal to those in the architectural history field as well as the general public.
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LOCAL ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION
Provo asks business, residents to revive downtown - By Donald W. Meyers, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 14, 2008
Paul Glauser doesn't see the effort to plot downtown Provo's future as the typical planning document.
Avenues, SLC mayor reach a testy truce - By Derek P. Jensen, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 12, 2008
No-confidence vote over planning issues is put off; not all residents agree with activists' approach.
Bubble protest remains in play - By Elizabeth Miller, Salt Lake Tribune, July 12, 2008
SLC resident's objection to inflatable cover sent back to Landmark Commission.
Living History: Lamb's Grill has been gathering point for nearly a century - By Eileen Hallet Stone, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 13, 2008
Under one roof - 103-year-old mansion melds old with new for dual purpose- By Rosemary Winters, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 13, 2008
HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR SALE OR LEASE
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The Willard Butt House- Pioneer house for sale in Bluff, UT
This beautiful Victorian home was built in 1897 by one of the original "Hole-in-the-Rock" pioneer families and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only wooden pioneer house in Bluff, Utah as Willard Butt, the first sheriff of San Juan County, established a sawmill located at the foot of the Blue Mountains between Verdure and Monticello in 1891. The house retains the original footprint, with the addition of the bay in the living room.
The house is located on a ¾ acre lot on the southwest corner of Mulberry and 6th Street East, in the heart of the historic district of the picturesque town of Bluff, Utah located along the San Juan River. The well landscaped lot is irrigated from the original Bluff Culinary Well. The water rights to this artesian well shared by several historic homes convey with the property.
The house has 2, 231 sq. ft. of living area. There is an extra large master bedroom with fireplace, a guest room with a functional turn-of-the-century wood burning stove, a third bedroom, two baths with claw-foot tubs, living room with a fireplace, dining room with another historic wood burning stove, a library (or office), and a kitchen with pantry. A high-efficiency gas furnace provides modern heating and an evaporative cooler pleasant summer cooling. There is an on-demand propane water heater that provides unlimited hot water.
Substantial renovations to the house include a new foundation, massive restructured Rumford style chimneys, new electrical wiring and plumbing. Beautiful ¾ inch maple hardwood flooring salvaged from a 19th century school gymnasium and Victorian style trim add an unusual grace and charm to the interior as the wrap-around Victorian porch with gingerbread trim does to the exterior. The renovations are not complete, but nearly so.
A charming piece of living history. $615,000
Contact: Randy or Amanda Bouchard
PO Box 349
Bluff, UT 84512
TEL (435) 672-2425
HISTORIC Joseph Olpin House, Pleasant Grove (#77001320)
Period of Significance: 1877 - 1895
Known for its Architectural Design and use of Soft Rock, this home has been spectacularly kept and maintained.
Great opportunity for the right buyer. The perfect blend of the past and today. 1 acre lot with Horse rights in the heart of Pleasant Grove. Near schools, shopping and easy Interstate access for both north and southbound. New Community Center being built next to the High School. Could make a great Bed & Breakfast!
To see more images and to read the homes history, visit: www.YourUtahHomeTeam.com
Home is being offered at: $545,500
Contact:
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- Prudential Utah Real Estate (801) 318-766
Auditorium Chairs For Sale - 250 Chairs - $6,000
The auditorium chairs are from the old Quincy School (located at 2980 Quincy Avenue in Ogden) which was designed in 1939 by Leslie S. Hodgson from the architectural firm of Hodgson and McClenahan.
Hodgson has been labeled as the most important architect of the Ogden/Weber County area from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, and he practiced not only in the Prairie School and Art Deco Styles, but in several period revival styles. Other architectural landmarks in Ogden designed by Hodgson and McClenahan include Ogden High School, Peery's Egyptian Theater, the Regional Forest Service Building, the City and County Building, a number of the houses in the David Eccles Subdivision (in the National Register), the Union Stock Yards, Ogden Stock Show Coliseum, the Stock Exchange Building, Elk's Lodge, Washington School, Lorin Farr School, and the National Guard Armory in Ogden.
For more images: http://picasaweb.google.com/jkwrcornwell/SJCESAuditoriumChairs
ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION AROUND THE GLOBE
Shape-shifter - By Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker, July 21, 2008
Highlighting David Fisher's dynamic architecture.
History's on their side - By Janice Neumann, Special to the Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2008
Owners find intrinsic rewards-and tax incentives-in bringing residential, commercial buildings back to their original splendor.
Architects make plea to preserve schools - By Ariella Cohen, New Orleans City Business, July 7, 2008
Four Modernist buildings are on planners' preliminary list for demolition.
Angles from heaven: Frank Gehry takes on his dream project - The Independent, July 9, 2008
New Serpentine Pavilion will be Frank Gehry's first project in England.
Jay Merrick explains why it's a builder's nightmare - and an architect's dream.
For more pictures visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2008/jul/10/serpentine?picture=335584607
UNESCO Celebrates Modernism: Berlin's Social Housing Gets World Heritage Status - Spiegel Online, July 8, 2008
Berlin exported its modernist aesthetic of the 1920s around the world but its own examples of Bauhaus-style social housing had long gone unrecognized. Until now. On Monday UNESCO gave six properties in Berlin the World Heritage seal of approval.
A Frank Lloyd Wright mystery - By Blair Kamin, The Skyline, July 3, 2008
Architecture sleuths claim to have found 29 "undiscovered" Wright homes. Are they right?
SAVE THESE DATES FOR UHF EVENTS
September 13, 2008
Capitol Discovery Day
Utah State Capitol Building
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
September 26, 2008
Barn Party at the Depot
6:30-10:00 p.m.
Union Pacific Station at the Gateway, in Salt Lake City
Utah Heritage Foundation is pulling into Salt Lake City's Union Pacific Depot to celebrate historic preservation throughout the state and raise funds to keep our programs "on track" for the coming year. We're moving to a new historic location for this year's party but keeping that laid-back spirit for which our annual fundraiser has become known, so put on your cowboy hat and western boots and come on down to the depot!
Look for a Save the Date postcard in your mailbox by early August.
We are now accepting table sponsorships for Barn Party at the Depot.
For more information or to reserve your table, contact Lisa at 533-0858 ext.102 or
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See you at our evening of fundraising and "fun-raising" on September 26!
Syndicate tickets to win a party at Memorial House are on sale NOW! Call 533-0858.
October 21-25, 2008
National Preservation Conference
Tulsa, OK
The National Preservation Conference is the premier preservation
conference in the United States for professionals in preservation
and allied fields, dedicated volunteers, and serious supporters.
Traditional Building Skills Institute Workshops - Ephraim, UT
NEW FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Story of the week - Changing the World, One Building at a Time
A D.C. Developer Balances Preservation and Progress
Public Policy Weekly Bulletin - July 11, 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 19
In this issue of Public Policy Weekly Bulletin, read about the outlook for historic preservation funding for FY'09 in an upcoming continuing resolution and the possibility of disaster assistance funding for historic properties damaged by the Midwest floods being included in a second supplemental appropriations bill this session; the status of three significant amendments to the federal rehabilitation tax credit contained in Senate version of a housing relief measure; the passage of a bill authorizing the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs in the House; and, the extension of the Colorado state rehabilitation tax credit for another ten years.
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Seeking funds for planning your preservation project or to hire a consultant to get that project off the ground? Apply for a grant from the Utah Preservation Initiatives Fund (UPIF) by contacting Amy Cole at the National Trust for Historic Preservation at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (303) 623-1504. Grants are available in three rounds per year - February 1, June 1 and October 1 - and awarded on a competitive basis!
Professional Education - University of Utah Continuing Education
Nonprofit Courses 2008
Murray
July 29 - Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Fundraising
For individual course descriptions or to register call 801.585.7180 or visit
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