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Show THE CITIZEN 12 Changing Face of Salt Lakes Business District by WERNER KIEPE Secretary of Salt Lake Gty Real tate Board made much more modem and desirable. Furnip Across the street the ture Company improved the appearance of their store a great deal by With swift and never faltering steps putting in new and attractive winthe appearance of Salt Lakes business dows, while down further near First South on Main street, the Glazier-Tayldistrict changes, expands and imHosiery Company became ocproves to meet the ever growing demands of a real metropolitan city. In cupants in a much improved store the period since the settlers there. first camped in the valley, farms have Improvements between First and Second South on Main street are replaced sagebrush and barrenness, and business now under way which will greatly aid and now blocks have replaced farms. It is hard business property there. The old Car- Es- Co-o- oi 80-ye- ar sky-scrape- rs remodeled at an estimated cost of Other store fronts in this vicinity have also been remodeled. Considerable improvement is being made now in the Utah State National Bank, which is making some major changes in inside arrangements in of$5,000. fice space. Between Second and Third South the Owl Drug Company has made very fine improvements in their new store. The improvement costs of these improvements is estimated at $50,000 alone. Further construction in this block is now going on just south, where the Upstairs Clothes Shop is remodeling, having plans for a fine widened marble staircase leading up to their store, and improving the front on the old Salt Lake Photo Supply Companys home. Improvements here will run in the neighborhood of 0 or more. Recent reports are that the present location of the Palace Candy Company has been sold to new owners, and that when the lease of the present tenant expires in the near future, this place will be remodeled to make way for a fine new store. No figures are available as to what the complete transaction involves, though it is certain to be several hundred thousand dollars. State street also shares in some major changes. The former location of the Carpenter Paper Company, which was destroyed by fire some months ago, is now being renovated for the Ostler Candy Company. The plans under way will make this a very fine looking building and will greatly add to the present business of that street. On the other side of State street the Felt Radio Company has moved in, having installed a fine new store front for display and inside sales rooms which were constructed to be soundproof. Between Second and Third South the new State theatre has just been completed, which was the former location of the City National Bank. It is estimated that the new theatre was built at a cost of $50,000. $25,-00- Lower picture shows Main Street as it looked in 1861 as it appeared in 1927. to visualize our wonderful growth fully, 'except we go back to compare or check the activity that is constantly in progress. This springs building program, while not contemplating any single enterprise of gigantic proportions, has in it numerous projects which aggregates to a total of pleas- ing size and significance. It is estimated that over $900,000 will be spent in the heart of the business district this year in improving and expanding our store fronts and office space. A short glance about reveals that improvements are being made in every direction. Since the first of the year there has never been a time when Main street has not been blockaded at one point or another by construction to allow for alterations on our business blocks. Starting at South Temple, we see a vast improvement in the Savage block, where the old front was changed to a fine new display window for a millinery store. Then we have the improvement of the Heber J. Grant building, which became the headquarters for the D. & R. G. Western and the Western Pacific Railway Companies. Just north, between these two properties, new window fronts were put in and the general appearance of the building was much improved, so that considerable of this part of the block was Upper picture, they block, which was destroyed by fire during the winter, is now being remodeled and a new completely three-stor- y structure will be immediately commenced, which is estimated at a cost of $40,000. The Diamond Shop next door is also having its front One of the largest building undertakings in the city and perhaps the largest contemplated this year, is the property purchesed by the Kress company, extending through on to Third South in what is now known as the Metropole Hotel, which has alerady been evacuated by the former tenants and which is awaiting the workmen to begin their operations to tear out walls and to build the new store on Broadway. A new attractive store front has just been completed on Broadway for the Bamett-Weis- s Jewstore. elry Besides these major improvements on the main thoroughfares we have a great many other improvements and building projects under way or just completed. The new building of the Salt Lake Tribune on Regent street is a credit to the community and already is drawing much attention of the people of Salt Lake. The improvement of Acme Paint store, a national chain store, on First South, is a splendid improvement. The new location of the Salt Lake Transportation company on the comer of South Temple and Regent street must not be oxerlooked, along with the improvements all along east of and including the former location of the Salt Lake Transportation company, where the Utah Photo Material Supply company will make its new home. The new location of Park, the jeweler, and the splendid new show rooms of the Elias Morris & Sons, the total improvements of which runs up to about $15,000. We should ont forget the recent completion of the fine new store room and factory of the Utah Woolen Mills on Regent street, at the expense of many thousands of dollars. Then, stepping just a little out of the heart of the business district we have the unique and beautiful undertaking parlors of the Joseph William Taylor, said to be the most compact and convenient undertaking parlor in the United States and a radical on Page 20) The 1927 sky line of Salt Lakes business section. depar-(Continu- ed |