Preservation Round-Up

Your input can help save the character of SLC's hub district

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:09:30 +0100

As you may know, what is being dubbed the Hub District has long been known as the Warehouse District. That name even dates back to before The Gateway was even a thought! The Hub District, an area with SL Central Station (formerly known as the Intermodal Hub) has been going through a planning process to gRead More...

ZCMI: A Legacy in Cast Iron documentary now available

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:33 +0100

Documentary is Ready to Purchase

ZCMI: A Legacy Cast In Iron

The cast iron facade of Salt Lake City's historic ZCMI store has symbolized pioneering commerce and economic vitality on Main Street for more than 135 years. The Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution retail enterprise, founded in 1868,Read More...

Presentation on History of the Avenues

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:56:31 +0100

Preservationist and friend of UHF, Cevan LeSieur, will present a history of the Avenues on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sweet Library Branch (9th Avenue and F Street). He will present material from the two upcoming books on the Avenues that he authored and will be out in 2012.

Save the date for our free Summer tour

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:49:38 +0100

SAVE THESE DATES!

Our featured summer tour this year will Read More...

Two fav articles from the last couple weeks

Kirk Huffaker — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:03:46 +0100

Thought these articles were intriguing so check them out:

10 Reasons to Love Your Historic Home

Our fascination with pretty pictures of needy places

Guard those bronze NR plaques!

Kirk Huffaker — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:36:16 +0100

You may have heard this week about the bronze statue being stolen from in front of the Pingree Center for Children with Autism. Valued at a cost of $24,000, it was cut right from it's base with a saw through a foot. Scrap value for the statue is likely only about $350 but this shows how far people are willing to go for cash these days.

We've heard that at about the same time the statue disappeared, a rash of bronze National Register plaques were taken from the University HiRead More...

As architects pass, we gain perspective on their work

Kirk Huffaker — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:44:58 +0100

A few weeks ago I wrote about losing two prominent architects in the same week – Steven T. Baird and Dean Gustavson. We happened to be in the midst of celebrating their work with the Baird’s cinematic production of ZCMI: A Legacy in Cast Iron and discussing the potential to participate in Salt Lake Modern with Gustavson.

It’s time to now celebrate the work of two more local architects that have passed away this month. They both happen to be from Ogden.

See the last Design Matters film on Dec. 20: Malls R Us

Kirk Huffaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:48:49 +0100

Take a break from that crazy shopping to see the last film in the Design Matters film series. Malls R Us will be shown Tuesday, December 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the City Library auditorium. Our panel for this film will include Amy Lukas of Infinite Scale Design and economic consultant Bim Oliver.

Combining Read More...

Back issues of Utah Preservation Magazine now available online

Kirk Huffaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:53:24 +0100

Were you a big fan of the annual Utah Preservation magazine? Maybe you've never heard of it. No matter what your familiarity, you should check out the ten published issues of this full color glossy publication by State History from 1996-2006. They are now all available online!

There are articles about presRead More...

Vacant school finds reuse

Kirk Huffaker — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:34:46 +0100

Announced in the December 15th Sugar House Journal, the former Rosslyn Heights Elementary School is reopening as the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts. Located at 2291 South 2000 East in Salt Lake City, the 1950 school building was vacated about six years ago after consolidation. Since that tiRead More...

Mark Your Calendar for Bicycle Barnstorming

Susan Crook — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:57:30 +0100

Do you like cycling? Love old barns? Want to know why there’s an angel on this barn? Planning is underway for the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area Bicycle Barnstorming tour June 2012.

NPS provides great updates to preservation website

Kirk Huffaker — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:38:31 +0100

Technical Preservation Services is pleased to announce the launch of our expanded and redesigned website at www.nps.gov/tps. In the new site, you will find the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines; information about the historic preservation tax incentives; all of our
publicatiRead More...

Great deal for Park City Museum this Friday

Kirk Huffaker — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:30:39 +0100

As part of The Park City Foundation's Live PC Give PC campaign, the park City Museum is offerering a 2 for 1 special!

Donate $10 to the Park City Museum on 11.11.11 at Live PC Give PC and receive TWO ADMISSIONS to the Park City Museum ($20 value).

Tell your friends and neighbors! This is a great chance forRead More...

Rockhill Cheese brings home national preservation award to Utah

Kirk Huffaker — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:14:11 +0100

UHF adds it’s congratulations to Rockhill Cheese for the National Honor Award they received from the National Trust for Historic Preservationlast Thursday, October 20, in Buffalo, New York.

UHF presented Rockhill Cheese with a Heritage Award in 2007 for the preservation of the original Burnham House and Farmstead (1895-1950). Besides its primary function as a working artisan cheese farm, Rockhill has also become a community gathering place for local events and Saturday marketsRead More...

Design Matters film series on Wednesday - The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:12:32 +0100

Design Matters Film Series
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.
City Library Auditorium

Plan to stay after for the discussion panel.

Watch the preview.

It began as a housing marvel. Two decades later, it ended in rubble. But what happened to those caught in betwRead More...

Five preservation stories you don't want to miss

Kirk Huffaker — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:31:25 +0100

There's been lots of news in the world of Utah historic preservation lately, so I thought a summary would be in order.

Yes to Granite

On Monday, October 17, The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed the bond election in South Salt Lake to buy and rehabilitate Granite High School. So has Utah Heritage Foundation. The UHF Preservation Round-up blog talked about the benefits of this bond on three separate occasions (here and here and here).

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The night will rest on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea, 20 images x 20 seconds. Our speaker line up is incredible, we will flow between an Academy Award winning director, the Flying Yeti, video game designers, an architect who has a signature project on the High-Line, an Astrophysicist....and did I mention the Director of Rubin and Ed......reallyRead More...

Preservationists needed to give webinars

Kirk Huffaker — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:56:50 +0100

Lynn Taylor is a personal friend of UHF. She's a passioniate preservationist and we've seen her great work firsthand in Nashville. She's seeking preservation professional to help give these webinars to a national audience. Here's what she recently wrote to us:

We are looking for WEBINAR PRESENTERS on historic preservation and restoration. Do you have a great PowerPoint presentation? Do you know of someone you does? Do you already have a webinar scheduledRead More...