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Though many old library branches were closed down during the latter half of the 20th century, several more were built. The Rose Park Branch opened in 1965, and the Corinne and Jack Sweet Branch in The Avenues and Anderson-Foothill Branch both opened in 1985. In 1996 the Rose Park Branch was replaced by the Day-Riverside Branch. [3]
The Salt Lake City main library covers an area of 240,000 square feet (22,000 m 2) in a five-story tall, wedge-shaped building. [10] The structure includes 44,960 cubic yards (34,370 m 3 ) of concrete, and 176,368 square feet (16,385.1 m 2 ) of glass, including a five-story curved glass outer wall.
Rose Park is a neighborhood located in the northwest area of Salt Lake City, Utah, and is among the most ethnically diverse areas in Utah.Its name comes from the area's original developer, who arranged part of the area's streets in the shape of several roses, with one of its main streets, American Beauty Drive, acting as a long rose stem. [1]
The largest park in Salt Lake City is This Is the Place Heritage Park, a part of the Utah State Parks system. [115] At 217.5 acres, This is the Place Heritage Park re-creates typical 19th-century pioneer life and contains over 50 restored or replicated historical buildings.
The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system. [2]It is an L-shaped building designed in Classical Revival architecture by architect Don Carlos Young, Jr., who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings.
Pioneer Park - site of first Mormon fort in Salt Lake City, currently a public park. Red Butte Garden and Arboretum - located in the foothills of Salt Lake City, has many exhibits and holds concerts in the summer. Salt Lake City Cemetery - Largest cemetery in Utah; Sugar House Park - site of the first state prison See Utah State Prison history.
Library is the last eastbound station within the Free Fare Zone in Downtown Salt Lake City. Transportation patrons that both enter and exit bus or TRAX service within the Zone can ride at no charge. [3] [Note 1] As part of the UTA's Art in Transit program, the station features cast bronze books and etched glass windscreens created by Gregg ...
The new library opened in 1905 with librarian Joanna Sprague, for whom the Sprague branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library system, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, [1] is now named. The building would continue to serve as the main branch library until October 1964, when a new library building was constructed at 209 ...