Provo MSA Development Thread

[EPdesign]

Originally Posted by Atlas

Disagree. See previous.

Give me the old Ogden temple back.

The new temples remind me of brand architecture. How all the Olive Gardens look a like. As well as all the hotel and restaurant brands. The temple looks nice but it looks like every other temple. I actually did like the look of the Ogden and Provo temples. I’m not saying they shouldn’t have been replaced. A business has to do what it has to do to appeal to the masses. I would have preferred if one of the two older ones would have remained.

That’s my 2 cents.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by delts145

Haha, I'm tempted to use an "Orlandoism" on you Atlas but I realize it's just a difference of opinion.

[Reeder113]

Originally Posted by EPdesign

The new temples remind me of brand architecture. How all the Olive Gardens look a like. As well as all the hotel and restaurant brands. The temple looks nice but it looks like every other temple. I actually did like the look of the Ogden and Provo temples. I’m not saying they shouldn’t have been replaced. A business has to do what it has to do to appeal to the masses. I would have preferred if one of the two older ones would have remained.

That’s my 2 cents.

They were both hideous. The Church Office Building has got to get an update, too. I don't care that it's a "specific type of architecture from a specific time period." It looks terrible.

These are all new Temples being built......in Utah. Tell me again they all look alike.

[Orlando]

I think the COB is totally fine, IMO. I don't why a lot of you keep picking on it. It has a great stature and formality about it. The north side is probably the least aesthetically pleasing part of it.

[bob rulz]

The COB is a hideous relic from the worst era of architecture. Just my opinion, of course.

[Reeder113]

Originally Posted by Orlando

I think the COB is totally fine, IMP. I don't why a lot of you keep picking on it. It has a great stature and formality about it. The north side is probably the least aesthetically pleasing part of it.

I pick on it because I think it looks hideous. There's nothing about it for me that looks appealing. Same goes for the Provo Temple. Comparing the current version to the concept art, there's no question in my mind about which version is more visually appealing.

I'm a big fan of certain types of "older" architecture, but the 1960's and 1970's don't hold any special place in my heart. Both the COB and the Provo Temple opened in the same year ('72). And they're both terrible.

[delts145]

Sorry if this is in the Provo Thread. Just a little follow up to the COB comments

Except for the north side, I'm not quite as critical of the COB as some of you. More along the line with Orlando's comment. If they would just correct the design misfortune on that north side I would be fine with it. One it is far more attractive than its many contemporaries here on the West Coast of that same window curtain pattern. Also, it is one of the singular specific design examples from that period in SLC.

Reeder, your post of the Temple reminded me also of what might be possible on that large lot north of the COB and to the east of the new Records Building. I would like to see that old 50s/60s low-rise situated toward the middle of the block demoed and that entire southeast corner developed with an attractive 12 to 20-floor mixed-use office/multi-family residential tower. That would certainly help with the current downtown residential focus and also the Church's campus office concentration. Also, as an added plus it would help a great deal with the skyline views from the north, east, and west. The stepped-up east/west views would be a big plus

If as often rumored the COB skin is not going to be seismically stable long-term I would be happy to see the Tower curtain redesigned to be something similar to the LDS Church's new Alexander Tower in Philadelphia, perhaps with a cream stone for its material and plenty of carved symbolism as we see on many of the new temples and classic 30s' towers of the past. Somewhat of a definitive Art Deco design.

Here's that aerial pic of the plot I'm talking about. A lot of positive potential there. I'm sure there are plans to redevelop that corner at some point. I hope it's sooner than later.

Originally Posted by Reeder113

Temple Square



From Google Maps Images
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[delts145]

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[airhero]

Looks like Utah Lake restoration is going back to the drawing board with a potential new study now that the horrible island development proposal is dead:

https://www.ksl.com/article/50936634...-for-new-study

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[i-215]

Originally Posted by airhero

Looks like Utah Lake restoration is going back to the drawing board with a potential new study now that the horrible island development proposal is dead:

https://www.ksl.com/article/50936634...-for-new-study

I'm all for fixing the lake up. I think it would be the best $1-2B the state has ever spent.

There will be too many people living around it for it to remain in such ecologically shabby condition.

[wrendog]

Provo airport lands one of the big three carriers. American is staring flights to Phoenix and DFW. We'll see if the other airlines can compete with the big boys at PVU

[i-215]

Originally Posted by wrendog

Provo airport lands one of the big three carriers. American is staring flights to Phoenix and DFW. We'll see if the other airlines can compete with the big boys at PVU

That's really exciting news. I've considered flying to Utah via Provo just to experience the new terminal, but I haven't done it yet.

I remember as a "cub" reporter in college at BYU, interviewing the airport director about the radar they hoped to install someday. He told me it would be an absolute "game changer" for the airport.

He wasn't wrong!

[Paniolo Man]

Slow steady progress at Millrace: