Fall 2018 - Housing Issue

Amy Macintyre and Nick Pedersen, new owners of a 132-year-old home in Poplar Grove, pose on their front porch with their dog. They have been steadily working to improve the house and their quarter-of-an-acre yard. Photo by Nick Pedersen||||

Our beloved 132-year-old home – a crash course in home repair

Kitchen: A retired electrician's workbench was turned into the center-island butcher block.|Living room: The 1910's chandelier is a literal red light from a Carson City Brothel.||||

Our cozy, crooked, little house: a never-ending project

Taylor and Ramie Randle pose in front of their 1912 home, which is up for sale in Poplar Grove.|When Taylor and Ramie tore down an old, dilapidated garage on their property, they found some old, 1950s sewing patterns that had been used as insulation in between the walls.||||

Saying goodbye to our 1912 Victorian cottage home

This 1889 home in the Guadalupe neighborhood has been updated with a rock exterior and a little Colombian flair on the interior. Photo by Michael Evans|This 1889 home in the Guadalupe neighborhood has been updated with a rock exterior and a little Colombian flair on the interior. Photo by Michael Evans||||

Our little ‘Rock House’

This craftsman style home, built in 1910, is one of the largest on the block. Archived photo by Deepa Kumar|The Stowells manage to gather their family for a self-portrait in front of the original oak staircase in their beautiful, old home in Poplar Grove.||||

Old craftsmen gem gets new life

Entrepreneur Jamaica Trinnaman works out of her store inside of Square Kitchen. Hello Bulk Market touts a zero-waste shopping model where customers buy food and household products with refillable containers. Photo by Michael Evans||||

Local entrepreneur grows her small eco-friendly market

Since 2017, 15 eviction notices were filed at Freedom Landing Apartments, a subsidized housing project for veterans transitioning out of homelessness. Photo by Michael Evans||||

The Eviction Boom: Hot housing market brings evictions to the west side

Bridge Investment Group volunteer team pose in front of the Shelton’s Fairpark home after they worked all morning putting a fresh coat of paint on it during the 2018 Paint Your Heart Out event.|Volunteers from Veritas Funding Old Mill paint Skylar and Shain Shield’s 100-year-old Poplar Grove home during the 2018 Paint Your Heart Out event. Shain, a disabled veteran, and his wife Skylar welcomed identical twins last summer.|US Bank volunteer team work on the Gamez home in Fairpark during the 2018 Paint Your Heart Out event.|NeighborWorks Salt Lake Board and families paint the Yancey home in Fairpark during the 2018 Paint Your Heart Out event.||||

Paint Your Heart Out – an annual, countywide community building event

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OPINION: Renters’ Rights and Responsibilities

People push shopping carts full of their belongings on the Jordan River Parkway Trail during winter. It is a common sight on Salt Lake City’s west side, as more and more people are braving the elements to live and sleep outdoors on public lands.|This gentleman, lovingly nick-named “Hagrid” by one of the locals, has lived in the Fairpark and Poplar Grove neighborhoods for at least a decade. He carries his belongings around in suitcases and is “tough as nails,” sleeping and living outdoors in all types of weather. He does not panhandle, or even speak, and oftentimes refuses food. When he does accept offerings, he clasps his hands in front of him and nods his head in gratitude.|Veteran Mike Hilton-Dalton speaks with a West View reporter in downtown Salt Lake City. He has contemplated suicide numerous times, claiming that the general public is entirely indifferent towards the homeless.||||

Voices of the Homeless

The old Wasatch/Warm Springs Plunge Building at the northwest foot of Salt Lake’s Capitol Hill is central to the business plans of the Warm Spring Alliance who wish to re-create the site as a gathering place for the community centered around the natural mineral waters. Photo by Michael Evans.|The Marmalade Branch Library is a half-mile south of Warm Springs Park on 300 West and 500 North. Construction of a much-needed local grocery store and shop spaces has begun between the library and 600 North, along with more apartments and some offices. Photos by Michael Evans.|The Wasatch/Warm Springs Plunge Building was built by the Lewis T. Cannon and John Fetzer architectural firm, who also did the Park Building on President’s Circle at the University of Utah (with Ramm Hansen), and the Tibetan Buddhist temple about two miles further south on 300 West. Photos courtesy of architect David Scheer of the Warm Springs Alliance.|Westward view of Salt Lake Valley from Victory Road circa 1937, immediately above Warm Springs Plunge (lower right.) Directly across Beck Street, the Mission Motel served travelers, plus friends and families of patients in old St. Marks Hospital (middle left.) In the middle distance, beyond the tracks and rail yards, a line of trees defines the Jordan River and Redwood Rood beyond it. Rose Park began to be built a decade later between 900 West and the Jordan River. Historic photo from a P.D. source.|The Warm Springs Alliance is aware of the many steps it will take to make restful healthful and relaxing bathing possible in these highly-mineralized waters, which come from thousands of feet below the earth, unpolluted by industry or humans. Photo by Michael Evans.|Well-watered North Gateway Park is dedicated to appreciating the natural mineral springs emerging from the Wasatch Mountains at 108 degrees Fahrenheit. A pathway runs parallel to the aromatic green waters which run as a daylighted stream, greening up the immediate vegetation, until they go to ground again. The Warm Springs Alliance will soon present business plans to the city for using these mineral waters as a resource for health and wellness facilities in Warm Springs Park. Photo by Michael Evans.||||

Movement to restore healing waters of Warm Springs area gains traction

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Housing First model for crime victims is promising for west side communities

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West-side businesses can save energy and money through incentive program

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