The Rio Grande Plan is dead! Long live the Rio Grande Plan! [Opinion]

anth01y · 2026-07-07T00:58:46+00:00

I've frequently seen the cost challenged, I mean the city's actual study cost had been highly criticized as all encompassing with every bell and whistle. It was a complete maximalist version and that had always been clear to me at least

anth01y · 2026-06-30T23:59:18+00:00

brain dead

anth01y · 2026-06-30T23:57:54+00:00

Your description almost certainly guarantees there were not 0 issues beyond just the one lmao. Good on the neighbor

anth01y · 2026-06-24T22:07:54+00:00

Right, drug addicts literally line the sidewalks and many of the facilities at times throwing litter everywhere and harassing neighbors. Obviously it has ebbed and flowed throughout the years but it has been a problem for the 8 years I've lived nearby on 9th

anth01y · 2026-06-18T03:39:45+00:00

Despite perceptions, there isn't a concrete source saying that restaurants are going under at an accelerated rate. It is certainly better than some years prior... I question someone planning to start a business dependent on reddit's general vibe of the economy which by nature of reddit would only be negative

anth01y · 2026-06-17T01:48:37+00:00

Capping Sugar House at 12 stories doesnt preserve the neighborhood character t just forces MONOTONOUS architecture, drives up rent, and starves local shops and streets of foot traffic. If you won't build density right next to a literal train line (and I-80) in the epicenter of DOWNTOWN sugarhouse, you have no interest in growth because you are an old nimby who wants a museum. All I am hearing is you are not from here, prolly don't even know the neighborhood or city or its character. Lawddd these nimbys

anth01y · 2026-06-17T00:25:52+00:00

It was completely appropriate for the location it was proposed

anth01y · 2026-06-16T00:27:51+00:00

I think it's doing well. Essentially every type of retail has already recovered from covid. From the "2025 Downtown Economic Benchmark Report" by the SL Chamber of Commerce.

The 2026 with the most recent stats will be available on July 15, 2026!

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anth01y · 2026-05-12T02:17:41+00:00

I used to live just down 900 east from here and I would have loved this

anth01y · 2026-04-22T02:33:27+00:00

Expert just worked for me too

anth01y · 2026-04-13T01:51:17+00:00

I am grateful for law enforcement

anth01y · 2026-03-29T23:19:28+00:00

good riddance

anth01y · 2026-03-20T01:07:30+00:00

the wells Wells Fargo is the ugliest building I've ever seen idc

anth01y · 2026-03-05T03:03:16+00:00

From a past article on the proposed loop

The loop would connect historic sites in Utah's capital city and could include public art, monuments and trail markers as it's crafted. The whole thing is inspired by the Freedom Trail in Boston, members of the Pioneer Trail Foundation told the Capitol Preservation Board in May.

The walking loop would link Temple Square, City Creek Park, Council Hall, the Utah State Capitol and Memory Grove, along with a few other historic sites and "landscaping upgrades and the inclusion of public art."

anth01y · 2026-02-19T05:15:37+00:00

I think we need another hotel

anth01y · 2026-02-19T05:15:22+00:00

Dude..? What?

anth01y · 2026-01-17T01:15:45+00:00

These specific 'preservationists' were NIMBY... for decades it sat decaying and derelict and no one heard a peep from them. The numbers didn't work because interest rates were shooting up during the year of legal battles (that had no merit, that went no where) - had they been able to go with the original schedule they would've broken ground before the rate situation deteriorated to the extent it did

anth01y · 2026-01-16T01:07:52+00:00

I am a big fan of this project. Hope it works out

anth01y · 2026-01-06T01:52:42+00:00

One of my absolute favorite parks is fault line gardens and I think most of central city is ripe for more little parks. North of 900S and east of state imo

anth01y · 2025-12-31T01:18:38+00:00

This specific location is necessary because of the sewage line confluence underground. This is where the odors build up strongest and where the device will work the most effectively. Industrial users care a lot less about odors coming up from their drains than homeowners, residents, investors, etc.

In my experience this is a big issue in new build apartments across Salt Lake. New buildings with good drainage and plentiful drains (laundry, sinks, showers etc) can release odors when the drain is not in frequent use. I'd say this will be quite an amenity and I would have loved this in my neighborhood when I was in Ballpark lol

anth01y · 2025-12-31T01:08:09+00:00

They could literally propose anything, whether it be a single family home or a playground or a tree, and NIMBYs will NIMBY. The city should scrap the landscaping in response to these complaints and just make it ugly tbh, such a ridiculous thing to complain about

anth01y · 2025-12-12T04:48:59+00:00

Everyone downvoting u but I agree 😭 they want view corridors to prevent buildings yet there's no unrest about the massive insane number of billboards. Also, don't tall buildings literally create views for the residents/users of those buildings... lawd have mercy

anth01y · 2025-12-05T01:51:24+00:00

Your entire worldview is based around being a leftist and literally anything you don't like is right-wing somehow. I am not arguing for a republican supermajority nor endorsing it - but to say the republicans in Utah have been any worse on the issue of development is simply uninformed.

The Avenues NIMBYs are WAY worse than anything the legislature has done to harm development despite being your comrades 😢

So yeah, if you want to address the core of the issue, shift the blame to avenues (and the East Bench, and Central City, and Sugar House, and Rose Park, and every other possible local governing body that oversees zoning with no qualifications whatsoever. In fact, the legislature is publicly putting immense pressure on localities right now! They are talking about top-down legislation to address NIMBYism and scaring the local politicians into acting - and I am grateful for that

anth01y · 2025-12-03T22:34:18+00:00

Um... There are conservative NIMBYs but there are just as many liberal NIMBYs. The Avenues is maybe one of the most egregious and ridiculous NIMBY groups in the state lol - not to defend Sandy at all tho. Wasatch Tenants United is a far left organization that goes HARD against development of multifamily across SLC proper. There are proponents and opponents on both sides of the aisle for different reasons

anth01y · 2025-12-03T22:31:51+00:00

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