In my previous post I talked about the incredible opportunity the City of South Salt Lake and Salt Lake City have with the streetcar corridor.
Here are some more visual ideas for how the corridor could be transformed into a vibrant pedestrian/ bicycle/ streetcar corridor.
Converting warehouses like these ones …
Into this …
And the insides of the warehouses from this …
To this …
And from this …
To this …
Turning these old warehouses into a local market, or some other neighborhood-based use would catalyze the streetcar corridor as a place for transit-oriented, diverse neighborhoods to grow.
The same kind of thing happened in the Chelsea neighborhood in lower Manhattan. There is an defunct elevated rail line that has been converted into a highly successful open space and neighborhood asset (similar to the Salt Lake streetcar corridor potential).
Now, condos are being built and warehouses are being converted into great retail space like the old Nabisco factory (where Oreos were first produced) that is now Chelsea Market.
High Line park New York, NY
Chelsea Market
Potential abounds for the streetcar corridor spanning South Salt Lake and Sugar House. What will it’s outcome be? I’m hoping for less conventional development and more creative, neighborhood driven growth.
Thoughts?
