A Look Back: Salt Lake’s only Recorded Tornado August 11, 1999

Resulted in 1 death, Tore off the Delta Center roof, Destroyed the Sun private club, Damaged the Capitol grounds, Severe Damage to Memory Grove park, and tore off several roofs in the Avenues.  Believed to be an F2.

Virtual Tour of Salt Lake’s City Creek Project

This is either the conceptual tour of  Salt Lake City’s new City Creek development or a sneak peak at GTA 6.

A Look Back: 2007 Implosion of Key Bank Tower Salt Lake City

20 story tower at 50 S. Main, demolished to make way for the City Creek development
August 2007.

More accolades for Salt Lake City

Just a few of the more recent recognitions bestowed on Salt Lake City.

• Kiplinger’s Personal Finance listed Salt Lake City in its Best Cities 2010 list.
• Forbes listed Salt Lake City among its top 10 cities for commuters.
• U.S. Conference of Mayors listed Salt Lake City among its top six large cities receiving the 2010 Livability Award.

Which Salt Lake school would my kids attend?

salt lake school district_map

This map shows the boundaries of the Salt Lake School District  and the individual neighborhood school boundaries.  It is from the Salt Lake School District website which provides some great information for parents moving into or around the city.
You will need to use the zoom feature on your pdf viewer to see the details.  If you still have questions about which school to attend, call them at 801.578.8243.

Some great references for Salt Lake history

I can recommend these books to learn more about the history of your Salt Lake neighborhood or your home’s architecture. Most are probably out of print. The downtown Sam Wellers bookstore is a good place to start. You may find your property pictured here.

Seeing Salt Lake City: The Legacy of the Shipler Photographers.
Barnett
2000 Signature Books

The Avenues of Salt Lake City
Haglund & Notarianni
1980 Utah State Historical Society

Neighborhoods: A guide to communities along the Wasatch Front and beyond
Condon
1997 Newspaper Agency Corp

Utah’s Historic Architecture, 1847-1940
Carter & Goss
1988 Utah State Historical Society

Images of America Salt Lake City
Topping & Ferguson
2009 Utah State Historical Society

The Savage View: Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer
Richards
1995 Carl Muntz Pub.

The Utah Photographs of George Edward Anderson
Francis
1979 University of Nebraska Press

Welcoming the World: A History of Salt Lake
Sillitoe
1996 Salt Lake County

Bungalow Colors: Exteriors
Schweitzer
2002 Gibbs Smith

36 hours in Salt Lake City from the New York Times

They like us.  They really like us.

June 6, 2010 New York Times

Hello world!

Well, here we go.

Martinis will be a blog of Salt Lake real estate facts and follies.  Never too dry.  Just a crisp taste of life in the city of salt, served straight up with a twist.