Latest Update - Northern Metro - Station Park @ Farmington
This particular TOD is located at a very tight geographic bottleneck, between the Northern and Central part of the
Greater Salt Lake City Metros. This is clearly exihibited by the map below. Station Park is newly opened and progressing
very rapidly. As of yet, no residential has been added to the complex, but it's strategic location at the confluence of
major freeway, surface street and mass transit, should promise a phased-in upgrade of residential for future soon to
be added phases.
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Station Park is served by FrontRunner commuter rail. FrontRunner is currently undergoing a major expansion, which
will cover the southern portion of the greater Salt Lake City Metros
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arkhitektor
I went to see the Dark Knight Rises
in Farmington tonight, and since my brother-in-law was late arriving-
I decided to make myself useful by taking some pictures of Station Park
while I waited:
It's not a perfect TOD, but it's much better than you'd expect from
Davis Co., which tends to be almost exclusively rural and suburban.
And it really is a step above what I've come to expect from a suburban
Utah lifestyle center like The District, Jordan Landing, Valley Fair, etc.
The architecture and quality of the finishes really stand out- even the
big-box stores on the perimeter and much nicer than you'd typically see.
(Sorry about the image size- I'm too lazy to re-size them all, so you get
in them in whatever dimension my phone took them)
The development is less than 1/2 built-out. It's going to look pretty
cool once it all fills in:
Speaking of which, here is some new building going up just west of
the theater:
These bus-stop looking shelters make me wonder if they'll eventually
have some kind of shuttle from the pedestrian mall area to the
FrontRunner station:
Gas lamps:
The restaurants have outdoor seating, I really liked the biparting
doors which, when opened as they are here, open the inside of
the restaurant to the outside:
Couches for outdoor seating:
I rode the train, so I can report a little on the proximity of the station
itself to the theater area. The distance felt about the same as
walking down two Salt Lake City blocks. It was inconvenient only
because the area in-between is the part that is currently still
under construction. Once it's all filled in, getting off the train, walking
down the plaza and back won't be any worse than walking from one end
of Gateway to the other and back.
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