I like the idea of a 4 foot concrete covering of the field at rice eccles field. Maybe we should skip the downtown project! :) Go Cougs

Sounds like a good old fashioned monolithe straight from the 50's.

I love the idea, yet why destroy downtown SALT LAKE CITY, when the Temple Inn could have been added on restructured, and modified just like the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (Hotel Utah) ????

Good idea, nice view for visitor in the future

Sounds like a great place for my retirement. You folks haven't seen nothing compared to how california fills up the lands bare spots with business and homes for living in retirement.

This one tower is adding "850 residential units" and yet all of City Creek adds "700 residences" Doesnt make sense.

Too bad Salt Lake City mayor, Deedee Coradini allowed this to happen to downtown Salt Lake City with her shortsightedness and pro-big business approach. Did we really need the Gateway? Rocky Anderson did his best to minimize her destructive approach to city planning, but finally the LDS Church had to step in to save this area from decline. I applaud them for their vision. I disagree with irishdraco in saying they are destroying downtown Salt Lake City. Everything the LDS Church creates is beautiful and inviting.

When I realized the Key bank building was being destroyed last fall I looked at it more closely. I found it to be beautiful architecture. It even matched the white surface and glass of the buildings around temple square. I then looked around at the other tall buildings, many of them appear to be tall stark monoliths. The Key bank building could have been renovated to accommodate whatever need we have now. Instead ~three million dollars was spent to destroy it. Once it was foolishly destroyed the one consolation was that it left a nice open space in the crowded city. I then thought, perhaps, we should remove the other tall buildings so we can see the sky and the sun can shine in on the city. If tall buildings are to be part of our manmade landscape, let us at least carefully consider the number, the architecture and the height. Too many of us stayed silent when we should have challenged the decisions being made. Where are those who challenge things? Is this what silence brings?

mormonclifffromcalifornia: This area of the city wasn't exactly open land. Much as we love our open spaces, population usually dictates land use.

I can't wait for the day when SLC actually has some 'tall' buildings. Whatever happened to the day when SLC had the tallest building west of Chicago (1910's Walker Center)? I agree, the Key Bank Tower did not need to fall, it was a nice NEW building (I guess if we're going to tear down 30-year-old buildings, it's time for the Temple and the Church Office Building to go). Salt Lake City Metro is home to over 2 million people now, in its CMSA, yet our leaders still act like it is a small town! They prohibit buildings over 150-foot-tall in parts of downtown, but make exceptions when that Church wants to build something. I'd like to see SLC gain some respect as a Population Center, a Business Center, A Transportation Hub and an Architectural Center with buildings around 700 feet! It's doable!

That 2 million people live along the Wasatch Front corridor from Ogden to Provo, not just in Salt Lake City or even county.

Hmmm, that's why I used the term "CMSA." Do you even know what that means? In case you don't it's Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area... Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo (commonly called the Wasatch Front) is home to 2.1 Million People; the corridor is roughly 80 miles long and 18 miles wide at its widest point in the Salt Lake Valley.

I for one do not want to see buildings around 700 feet tall in SLC. People are concerned about a sky bridge obscuring views of Ensign Peak? what kind of obstructed views do you think 700 foot buildings will create? The moratorium on building height is in place to protect the views we have from downtown of our beautiful mountains.

Just think of the "views" you would have of the mountains from atop a 60-story building! You can always move to Provo if you like living in regressive areas with no intent on growing up or getting with the times.

The article says they are adding 850 units, but it will only add 700 new residence. is that an error or am I missing something?

Where will the Lizardmen live? Jesus will be proud when He comes back. I expect this to be deleted. Keep up the good? work dnews.

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I would like to see downtown Salt Lake City get bigger. It would be nice to see a lot more people and business. As far as the view goes, there are great views in the suburbs.