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Old Posted Dec 19, 2008, 5:46 AM
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Na, I think they're just advertising the stations. No way were all three major Salt Lake stations located on the same street (and two in the same building).
I dug around on the internet a bit, and it seems that all three stations were on Social Hall Avenue. KUTV was there until they moved to WVC before moving back to Main St. Channel Four started in the Walker Bank Building, then moved to Social Hall Ave, then to West Valley where they remain. KSL also broadcast from a studio on Social Hall Avenue until they moved to the Triad Center in 1983.

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With the addition of KSL-TV on channel 5 in 1949, the stations opened "Broadcast House" on Social Hall Avenue in downtown Salt Lake City. For more than two decades, that short block near Temple Square was home to all three of Salt Lake's TV stations, as well as KLUB radio, and even after the other stations moved out to the suburbs (we'll follow that trail in next week's installment), KSL stayed in the city. In 1983, it left its old "Broadcast House" on Social Hall for the current "Broadcast House," part of the Triad Center office development at 55 South 300 West, just west of downtown.
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Old Posted Dec 19, 2008, 5:54 AM
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That is pretty nuts. Ugly buildings, glad they're gone.

Though I bet they were reclad, right?
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In the spirit of classic SLC (I'm sure everyone has seen these before, but I'll post them here anyways).

KSL news intros...

1989:
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1983:
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1975:
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Old Posted Dec 19, 2008, 7:26 AM
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More intros from KUTV...

1993:
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1990:
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And who can forget Sterling Poulson's version of the tornado:

1999:
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One thing that I find interesting is how Salt Lake CIty has always been a good sized city. Even as it was in the 40's, SLC would be considered a good-sized city in today's standards. I also love how there has always been a long-standing culture here for a century and a half that has remained fairly constant. It's interesting to watch in all the pics that the Temple has out-lived everything standing today. It has been an icon that has dominated the city for well over a hundred years. It will be interesting telling my kids, grand kids, and even great-grand kids about how SLC looked in the 90's and turn-of-the-century when I'm 80 or 90. What will the city look like then?? After looking through all of these pics, I now pause in awe at how fast the things of man change, whereas the Earth is always constant. It's almost as if the mountains stand around watching a performance. They were there before the show began, and they will certainly hang around well after it draws to a close.

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Old Posted Dec 26, 2008, 6:25 AM
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It is amazing how much this view has changed since.
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Old Posted Dec 26, 2008, 7:11 PM
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Wow. I've got to admit, I find these pictures to be not only interesting, but encouraging. I, like many others on this forum, sometimes get discouraged by the relative weakness of our skyline compared with other major cities, and annoyed by the lack of skyscrapers over the last two decades. Now I understand the reasons for this, but we're all geeks for skylines right? Still, these pictures help to illustrate how significantly just one or two additions can alter a skyline. And with what we've got coming over the next few short years, I'm pretty excited.
So thanks for that Comrade.
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Wow. I've got to admit, I find these pictures to be not only interesting, but encouraging. I, like many others on this forum, sometimes get discouraged by the relative weakness of our skyline compared with other major cities, and annoyed by the lack of skyscrapers over the last two decades. Now I understand the reasons for this, but we're all geeks for skylines right? Still, these pictures help to illustrate how significantly just one or two additions can alter a skyline. And with what we've got coming over the next few short years, I'm pretty excited.
So thanks for that Comrade.
I'm pretty sure we all enjoy a striking skyline and hope Salt Lake City's skyline will improve. However, a skyline is secondary to the functioning of a city, e.g. efficiency, what amenities are available, walkability, sustainability, and so on. Yes, we're all geeks for skylines, however, we're geeks for other things too.
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It is amazing how much this view has changed since.
Odd, I was thinking how little the view has changed.
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Old Posted Dec 28, 2008, 7:52 AM
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Right, that view hasn't changed much at all.

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Old Posted Dec 29, 2008, 2:57 AM
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I'm pretty sure we all enjoy a striking skyline and hope Salt Lake City's skyline will improve. However, a skyline is secondary to the functioning of a city, e.g. efficiency, what amenities are available, walkability, sustainability, and so on. Yes, we're all geeks for skylines, however, we're geeks for other things too.
I know this, and I agree Urban boy. And in these same regards Salt Lake has improved, mostly over the last few years. I've lived in both Los Angeles and Milwaukee, both cities with more dominant skylines, but neither have anything on the livability of Salt Lake City. I love it here. These pictures fuel my enthusiasm for growth because I know that (in most cases, at least) that growth will be responsible, sustainable, and beautiful.
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Here are some photos that my aunt took while working at Murdock Travel when they were in the old Beneficial Life Tower (now Key Bank). Flood of '83.











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Old Posted Dec 29, 2008, 5:55 AM
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You know, it's unfortunate what replaced the residential building on the corner of State and South Temple. I mean, it's not terrible, but the original was so much nicer.

I don't get why they demolished it?



Anyway, more flood photos:































And a skyline shot from the 60s.

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Right, that view hasn't changed much at all.

Sorry... I thought that was Temple Square in the near distance.
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Old Posted Dec 29, 2008, 4:08 PM
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You know, it's unfortunate what replaced the residential building on the corner of State and South Temple. I mean, it's not terrible, but the original was so much nicer.

I don't get why they demolished it?
You know, I feel the same way. Up to this point, that hasn't been a lot of regard for historic buildings in Utah. Its like a big sandbox and they keep building, demolishing and re-building on the same spots.

I like that residents finally are starting to take a stand...for example the old Deseret Bank (First Security) building on 100s & Main and a lot of the lofts that are being renovated and created downtown out of older buildings.
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Love the photos Comrade. Sure does bring back a lot of memories.
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