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Newspaper article on the Swede Town neighborhood of the west side noting its decline, but continued presence in Salt Lake City, puublished on Decemeber 9, 1976.
Newspaper article advocating an attack on the "blighted housing problem" in the west side after completion of the freeway, published on September 14, 1964.
Newspaper article discussing a public hearing on the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 31, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing west side protest to the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 28, 1950.
Street view (looking north): historic State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, winter of 1946. View includes (in distance): Eagle Gate, Emery-Holmes Apartments / a.k.a. Bransford Apartments / a.k.a. Eagle Gate Apartments, and Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake…
Street view: historic State Street (during Christmas season), Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1948. Image includes a view of Utah State Capitol (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #14959 C-400.
Panoramic view: State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, July of 1938. View includes: Utah State Capitol and Cathedral of the Madeleine (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #4480.
Newspaper article discussing the Transportation Commission's recognition of People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of dormant state land as a community garden, published December on 19, 1975. Transportation Commission Honors Peoples Freeway Inc. Garden…
Newspaper article discussing the west side residents upset and fight againt the highway, published on January 13, 1948.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published on November 4, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing a 7th West route of the proposed expressway, published on February 10, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the formation of a committee to examine the expressway proposal, published on January 15, 1948. Scan of article is slightly skewed, cutting off words on the far left side.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published Nov. 4, 1948.
Two maps of population density, one true and one projected, from the 1972 Salt Lake Area Transportation Study.
Fourth page of Utah Highways Department's Highways and Byways newsletter, published in October of 1957.
Proposed Federal-Aid Urban System for the Salt Lake Urban Area in the form of a visual map. The map features urban area boundaries, federal-aid urban routes, federal-aid primary routes, etc.
State portrait of Govenor Herbert Brown Maw, commissioned by famous Utah portrait artist, Lee Greene Richards, in 1947. Herbert Brown Maw was a politician and educator who served as the eighth Governor of Utah from 1941 to 1949 as a Democrat. Maw was…
Redlining map of Salt Lake City featured in the Mapping Inequality project.
Pollution hotspot map of Salt Lake City with redlining classification laid over. Map was retrieved from the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (UT AGRC).
Photograph of dense smog over Salt Lake City in 1967, taken by Salt Lake Tribune staff.
Aerial view of Salt Lake City, oriented from the north looking southeast, in 1875. Map is hand-drawn with particular reference to the city grid, principle public buildings, churches, and select named roads. This illustrated panoramic map also…
Newspaper article discussing the recognition People's Freeway, Inc. received as highly valued anti-poverty program, published on January 9, 1974.
Classified advertisement for homes in Highland Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Human interest story on a young boy who was reunited with his lost dog after his family was moved following the west side freeway development.
Newspaper article discussing the west side demands for considerations during ongoing highway plans, published July 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing protests organized by west side residents and supported by church organizations and elected leaders against the proposed 7th West route for the freeway, published on January 22, 1957.
Editorial which elaborates on the purpose of an express highway and how the proposed express highway might impact the west side, published on January 15, 1948.
Photograph showing traffic in Salt Lake City, near the 400 S interchange. This interchange is located along 765 W. Taken by Natalie Athalye.
Aerial view of Salt Lake City, looking north, in 1891. Hand-drawn, illustrated map includes views of the Salt Lake, River Jordan, Antelope Island, Garfield Beach, neighborhood suburbs, public parks, churches, railroads, schools, hotels, and public…