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December 22nd 2005

Published: January 21st 2006

After 2 days in Las Vegas, I took a Greyhound night bus to Salt Lake City. The ride was about 9 hours long, and unlike the trip from Vancouver to Edmonton, there were no mountains and no snow, so the scenary out of the window was pitch black. I arrived at the Salt Lake City Greyhound depot at around 7am. To my surprise, the bus stopped at a brand new depot, instead of the downtown depot (as mentio... Read Full Entry

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Lau Chau Sang

autumncs

Born in Hong Kong and currently living in Singapore, I am a guy who loves travelling. Like many "travelholics" at TravelBlog, I'm so addicted to travelling that once I stopped travelling I will have withdrawal symptoms. Hence, to cure my addiction, I have to go somewhere at least once every 2 months. (I must admit that it is an expensive addiction. Haha. But at least addiction to travel is healthier than addiction to drugs/smoking/drinking...) I started using TravelBlog when I was doing my internship in Canada in 2005. (For older photos before my Canadian internship... full info

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LDS Office Tower

View of LDS Conference Center from the top of the office tower

View of Utah State Capitol from the top of the office tower

View of SLC and the surrounding snow-capped mountains from the top of the office tower

Gallivan Center

There's a skating rink in the middle of the plaza during winter.

Salt Lake City Library

This atrium was so strikingly similar to Vancouver Library, that I thought I was in Vancouver when I entered this library.

Salt Lake City Library 2

Salt Lake City Library 3

There's a difference between the SLC Library and Vancouver Library. Vancouver Library's outer wall is perpendicular to the floor and it has a vertical edge. SLC Library's outer wall is slanting inwards and its height decreases as it spirals outwards.

City and County Building

Opened in 1892, the building was restored in 1989 and it's still in use today.

City and County Building 2

Gilgal Garden

Gilgal Garden 2

An amusing stone sphinx with LDS-founder Joseph Smith's face

University of Utah

Snow-capped mountains are just beside the campus...

University of Utah 2

The university's stadium

The former Union Pacific Station

The former railway station is now integrated into Gateway, a shopping center.

The former Union Pacific Station 2

The interior

Gateway

Olympic Snowflake Fountain (There are no snow in the fountain, only water.)

Gateway 2

Gateway 3

Besides being a shopping center, Gateway is also a memorial of the 2002 Olympics. Hence there are "olympic fires" around Gateway. The fire looks so cool! (But it feels warm.)

29th January 2006

Kait
Katherine

A great overview
You did such a nice job presenting SLC from the perspective of a visitor. And I'm glad that you enjoy architecture, because SLC has some gems. (Of course, I'm biased, I lived there for 5 years!)

28th January 2016

Chris Watt
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You have a good eye for architecture!
In fact, Israeli/Canadian/American architect Moshe Safdie designed both the Salt Lake City and the Vancouver libraries. Nice catch!

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