Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century
A full-color, photography book showcasing Salt Lake City, Utah, paired with the histories of companies, institutions, and organizations that have made the city great.
A full-color, photography book showcasing Salt Lake City, Utah, paired with the histories of companies, institutions, and organizations that have made the city great.
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1900s<br />
1902 The <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Collegiate Institute is renamed Westm<strong>in</strong>ster College<br />
1906 Copper m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g beg<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> B<strong>in</strong>gham Canyon<br />
1914 Auto rac<strong>in</strong>g starts at <strong>the</strong> Bonneville <strong>Salt</strong> Flats<br />
1929 Mormon Tabernacle Choir beg<strong>in</strong>s weekly performance radio broadcast, Music and <strong>the</strong> Spoken Word<br />
1930 Utah Ski Club makes first <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> W<strong>in</strong>ter Olympics bid<br />
1939 Alta Ski Area opens<br />
1941 Streetcar service discont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
1942 University of Utah Board of Regents approves four-year medical school<br />
1948 <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Vocation School opens, precursor to <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Community College<br />
1965 The 220-bed, $15.6 million University Medical Center opens<br />
1979 The NBA Jazz team moves from New Orleans to <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
1983 Great <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> floods nor<strong>the</strong>rn Utah<br />
1992 The Downtown Alliance launches <strong>the</strong> Downtown Farmer’s Market<br />
1995 <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> w<strong>in</strong>s bid to host <strong>the</strong> 2002 Olympic W<strong>in</strong>ter Games<br />
1996 Utah celebrates 100th birthday of statehood<br />
1999 Tornado hits downtown <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> caus<strong>in</strong>g more than $100 million <strong>in</strong> damages<br />
1999 Utah Transit Authority completes first light rail l<strong>in</strong>e from <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> to Sandy<br />
2000s<br />
2002 Olympic W<strong>in</strong>ter Games held <strong>in</strong> <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
2003 New <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> Ma<strong>in</strong> Library completed<br />
2008 Utah State Capitol seismic retrofit and restoration completed<br />
2009 Utah lawmakers elim<strong>in</strong>ate Private Club laws at bars and taverns<br />
2013 <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> launches GREENbike bicycle share program<br />
2013 <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> Public Safety Build<strong>in</strong>g is completed<br />
2013 Sugar House Streetcar l<strong>in</strong>e is completed<br />
2014 Ground broken on construction of <strong>the</strong> George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater (slated to open <strong>in</strong> 2016)<br />
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