By Babs De Lay: Broker Urban Utah Homes & Estates The May issue of Utah Stories has a few bits on coffee. But I don’t drink it. I’m a black tea with cream kinda person. So Bah! to your hipster coffee concoctions and double Bah! on coffee shops that don’t offer a good black tea option. The only time I had a regular experience (no pun intended) with coffee was when I was a … [Read more...]
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The Walker Brothers – Part I — Pioneer Success Story
The Walker Bank building was once the tallest building between San Francisco and the Mississippi. Locally known for its neon sign weather report--blinking red when a storm is coming and solid blue when skies are clear--do locals know much about the building’s namesake brothers? By what means did the Walkers rise to prominence and amass their fortune? The Walkers were at one … [Read more...]
Sugar House Prison Farm
At the base of the Sugar House Monument sits a bronze statue of a woman, said to represent the fertility of the Salt Lake Valley. Local lore says the figure denotes agriculture, while the male figure on the other side signifies industry. Both enterprises were successful in pioneer-era Sugar House, and surprisingly, most evident at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary. Brigham … [Read more...]
City Creek Center Epitomizes Crony Capitalism
Part II of the Empire Strikes Back Brigham Young would be rolling in his grave from the lessons he learned: local economies are strong when residents support “home industry.” The malls are full of chain stores which send the profits to Wall Street and corporate headquarters. The former local businesses supported local newspapers, local farmers, local ad agencies, attorneys an … [Read more...]
Welcome to Coalville, Utah
Total area, 3.3 square miles. Got its name when early settlers cashed in on Brigham Young’s $1,000 reward for finding coal within 40 miles of Salt Lake City. “The town’s real pretty and the people are nice,” they all say. Yes, yes of course. Isn’t that what anyone says who has chosen to stay or move to a small town? Everybody knows everybody and they all help each other out. … [Read more...]