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Sugar Town: Snelgrove Development Will Change What’s Left of Sugar House
The 323-unit apartment and retail project ― to be named Sugar Town ― will undoubtedly change the look and feel of Sugar House neighborhood.
Sugar House Restaurant Site for Sale at 5.5 Million Dollars
The question of what will take Sizzler’s place in Sugar House is bringing out strong emotions in the community. It’s the only privately-owned site in Sugar House Park, and with…
Art for Hope: Sugar House Public Art Project
The Art for Hope exhibit in Sugar House presents different interpretations of hope, encouragement, peace, and unity.
Sugar House Distillery Barrel Master Series No. 1 Whisky
Last week – made with lots of love just in time for Valentine’s Day – Sugar House Distillery released a truly historic American whiskey – Utah’s very first “bottled-in-bond whiskey.”
Sugar House to Become More Congested in 2021: Two New Sugar House Apartment Complexes Bring 400 Additional Apartments
Despite COVID, two Sugar House residential development projects are nearing completion, bringing 400 new apartments to the neighborhood in the new year.
What are those Take-a-Book Leave-a-Book Boxes You’ve been seeing in Sugar House all about?
The take-a-book leave-a-book boxes seen in Sugar House are known as Little Free Libraries. These are small, sidewalk adjacent book houses eagerly waiting to share their contents with a passerby.
Is this city project going to obliterate Sugar House businesses?
The project would not only force lane closures, but would also impact foot traffic and access to parking lots, and a business community still feeling the negative economic impact of…
Hobbitville Update – Sugar House’s Allen Park Begins Restoration of Buildings and Land
Salt Lake City Public Lands Division has officially purchased the once-mystical property (aka Hobbitville Allen Park). Their goal is to set aside the area as open space and an additional…
Sugar House Can’t Be Beet
The homely sugar beet is the most recognizable symbol of Sugar House. Brigham Young ordered to bring new industries to the State of Deseret, to make it as self-sufficient and…
Allen Park in Sugar House is Saved From Development
Allen Park in Sugar House is saved from development after a group of citizens decided to petition to get the city to buy Allen Park.
Sugar House’s Allen Park to Be Developed
As an Allen Park neighbor, I find myself experiencing a mix of curiosity, worry, and nostalgia as I learn more about the future of the property and reminisce on its…
A Tale of Two Prisons: Construction of a modernized state penitentiary is underway almost 70 years after the closure of Utah’s first state prison in Sugar House
Nearly 70 years ago, Utah’s first state prison closed its doors and was transformed into the much-loved Sugar House Park. Construction is now underway on a new penitentiary that is…
Chains Not Interested in Sugar House Decorations
These questions remain: Shouldn’t the large regional and national businesses in the SHBD support the community that supports them? Where will the Santa Shack go at the end of this…
Slow Down! Sugar House to Benefit From Curbing Speeding Vehicles
Residents of a Sugar House neighborhood were fed up with all the speeding vehicles that exit Interstate 80 and cut through their streets so drivers could avoid the more heavily…
Sugar House—Furniture Capital of the West
Sixty years ago, Sugar House was known as the “Furniture Capital of the West,” with 21 home furnishings stores in the business district. Today, there is only one full-line furniture…
Sculpture Memorializes a Man and His Mission in Sugar House
Jim Kirkman was known as many things to his friends and family in Sugar House: Master Gardener, educator, an encyclopedia of desert knowledge, an archaeologist with a reverence for what…