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How Salt Lake City’s Main Street Was Traded for Wall Street, Pt. 1

November 5, 2013 by Richard Markosian 2 Comments

They say pictures never lie. The photographs of downtown Salt Lake City from the mid-1930s to 1950 show an interesting truth. Downtown was once the epicenter of the valley and populated with strong, flourishing local businesses. While the photographs of building facades and urban streets tell one story, historic economic data paints an entirely different truth. The truth was … [Read more...]

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