An extant asset
1- Ensign Peak. 2- The Utah State Capitol. 3 & 4- Downtown Salt Lake City. 5- Temple Square. 6- "The Canyon" at Salt Lake City International Airport's new terminal.
Despite just about every business’s being closed on Sunday
mixed with the draconian limitations on imbibing alcohol, I really do love Salt
Lake City. What it lacks in decadence
and frivolity it makes up for with stunning views and friendly people. With the shores of the Great Salt Lake to the
west and the Wasatch Front to the east, it really does make quite the
impression.
City Creek mallmanac ca 2018. See the full PDF version here.
Aside from a world class airport and endless outdoor recreational options, retail in downtown Salt Lake City punches well above its weight for similar sized cities. Preceding City Creek in downtown was The Gateway, located just several blocks to the west. Opened in late 2001 in time for the following year’s Winter Olympics, the open-air Gateway negatively affected retail closer to the downtown core, including the flagship store of Salt Lake City based ZCMI and its connecting mall.
1 & 2- Main Street. 3 & 4- Macy's in the former ZCMI flagship. 5 & 6- Nordstrom and the mall's west end on Temple.
City Creek was built to reverse that trend, and today is the center of retail in downtown SLC. Open-air itself but with much of the main concourse covered from the elements, the retail facility is without a doubt one of my favorite urban centers. Built on separate sides of Main Street between South Temple and 100 S, it occupies prime real estate in the central business district.
City Creek mallmanac ca 2018. See the full PDF version here.
Designed to reflect the colors of the Great Basin and boasting several lovely water features, including a creek meandering down the central corridor, the complex includes office space that rises above the shoppers, lending to it a faux main street feel of its own. Nordstrom anchors the west end while Macy’s home is to the east within the former ZCMI flagship. In between are every retail offering one would find in even the most dominant suburban retail centers.
Inside City Creek.
Conceived by the development arm of the LDS Church and located just south of Temple Square, the retail portion of City Creek was built to revitalize a city center that nearby Gateway had taken over. Nordstrom’s announcement that they were moving their downtown store to the rival property was the impetus to its construction, and in 2012 Salt Lake City opened a downtown shopping mall that would be the envy amongst its peers.
City Creek remains a major draw within the metro, seeing much more success today than developments in similarly sized and larger cities such as Pacific Place and Horton Plaza. But with malls failing all across the country, and especially in urban cores, I hope that City Creek continues to buck the trend. And seriously, though, opening it for one additional day a week really wouldn't hurt.
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