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I'd like to set the issue on block size straight once and for all. Salt Lake has 10 acre blocks. 1 Acre is 45,560 sq. ft, ergo, 10 acres is 456,000. Because the blocks are square, that means that each side of the block is 660'. This agrees with the '8 blocks to the mile' statistic that is banded about. But the actual distance covered when walking 8 blocks is considerably larger, because of the presence of the streets in between. Salt Lake has extremely wide streets. 132' wide to be precise. From lot line to lot line of the 10 acre blocks is 132'. It would be oh-so-nice if they happened to be 140 (140'+660'=800') but that is simply not so. SOURCE: Brenda Case Scheer: "The Mormon Grid: Zion in the Desert". University of Utah. International Seminar on Urban Form. Trani, Italy, 2003. Theblindsage 11:09, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
You have a mistake. It is 1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft., therefore 10 acres = 435,600 sq. ft.
Anyone else think there may be too many irrelavent pictures on the SLC page? Like the Bingham mine picture. Its not that it is a bad picture it just isn't in Salt Lake City. - Skyguy414 15:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I was bold and removed several photos:
The 'non-historical' B&W photos below - I like B&W, but not for an encyclopedia, these can be replaced by color photos
I'll hunt around for replacements, or take some myself. — Zaui ( talk) 16:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Two more I've removed:
and replaced with Image:1897 Temple Square.jpg - I didn't see a modern overview photo of Temple Square.
Also added Image:SL Cauldron park arch.JPG (yes, it's one of mine) to show the Cauldron park and some snow - there's no other photos from winter. — Zaui ( talk) 16:41, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I was going through the article looking for some mention of the Trolley Square shootings, and I realized that the article does not have a crime section, like on most other cities. I know SLC is not known for it's crime, but still... Any thoughts? Mbatman72 17:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I live here in Salt Lake city, and there is quite a bit of crime that goes on here and just the other day there was something about a violent murder and also a shooting, so I dont think it would be a bad idea to add a crime section. Ripper404 ( talk) 03:23, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Why doesn't this article have a flag or seal? As far as I know, Salt Lake has both of them. 67.41.178.66 02:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I believe I have improved my Salt Lake City knowledge by paying more attention to local matters and frequently reading the newspaper, and believe that I can now make that final push to FA status...as long as some people help me out! So how about it? We should actually make a dedicated push to make Salt Lake City an FA article, once and for all. bob rulz ( talk) 09:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I added an urban area population to the infobox and requested the flag image to be SVGified on WP:GL. Hope this helps - 67.41.183.136 ( talk) 08:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Cheers for the demographics section of the article to mentioned the increasingly diverse population of a major city like Salt Lake with international links to the global economy. Despite the once "homogeneous white Mormon" character of the city, you find Latinos are quite numerous in the city's older working-class sections, while the Sugar House district was the main residential section for the city's European immigrant, black American and now Latino communities. There has been a dramatic increase in Asian-Americans, Middle Eastern immigrants and indeed a large gay- lesbian community in a "morally religious conservative" state.
The city's sociocultural change is notable where Mormons are only a porportion not the majority of residents, prior to 1990 the LDS was the largest church membership in SLC. Demographers alleged by the year 2040: Utah will no longer have a Mormon majority (which is already the case in Salt Lake City-County) due to many new residents in the past two decades aren't Mormons or LDS members, although Mormons from California (the largest number of LDS members of any US state) moving closer to the church compromised a large minority of new Utahn LDS members. The city's large Pacific Islander population was a result of global missionary programs in the past half century, but thousands of African and East Indian converts are coming to reside in the Salt Lake Valley. + 71.102.53.48 ( talk) 17:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
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Most city articles don't have this, and I used the article New York City (and FA) as an example. C L — 23:14, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed the demographics table needs some work- according to http://factfinder.census.gov/, it's pretty much completely out of date. On top of that, it's not referenced at all. I don't really know how to properly cite something like that. Anyway, the 2006 numbers are readily available at that website. Thanks, DaRkAgE7 [Talk] 02:32, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a proposal on the table to amend the Wikipedia naming conventions for US cities to follow the AP Stylebook's suggested names. This would effectively move a number of US city articles currently on the list, so Salt Lake City, Utah would be moved to Salt Lake City. To comment on this discussion, please go here. -- Serge ( talk) 17:43, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Under Law and government it states that the city has a non-partisan mayor-council form of government. If it is non-partisan, why does the article contain information about the party affiliation of mayors? Alanraywiki ( talk) 03:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Why do they call it "Salt Lake City"???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.106.105 ( talk) 23:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I believe the article currently has multiple issues that need to be addressed, and as a result, I have delisted the article. There are multiple sections throughout the article lacking citations, as well as statements/sections that have been tagged since 2007. Add additional citations from a variety of sources to provide a balanced representation of the information present. Perhaps sources can be pulled from the main articles linked to within the article. Look to books, magazines, newspaper articles, other websites, etc. The lead should also be expanded to better summarize the article, see WP:LEAD guidelines. The long list of films in the "Movies and television" section should be trimmed, perhaps mentioning the most notable ones. For the most notable residents, a prose paragraph should added and the long list removed (especially since there already is a separate list). The citations also need to include more parameters beyond just the title; include the author, date, publisher, access date, etc. There are also multiple dead links that need to be fixed (the Internet Archive can help in fixing them). Although the article has been delisted, the article can be returned to GA status by addressing the above points and giving the article a good copyedit. Once sources are added and cleanup is done, I recommend renominating the article at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this assessment, a community consensus can be reached at WP:GAR. If you need clarification or assistance with any of these issues, please contact me on my talk page and I'll do my best to help you out. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 22:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
"Extrapolating corresponding figures of 62% LDS in 1994 and 57% in 1999, along with the 2004 figure of 53%, renders a conservative estimate that Salt Lake County is most likely less than 40% LDS today." I'm curious as to the math on that? It decreased 5% in 5 years. And then 4% in 5 years. So, assuming the pattern follows (which seems to be what that sentence is saying), it has decreased over 14% (it says less than 40% today) in the last 5 years? It's also not referenced and sounds speculative. It seems to go against the 3 article policies (No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability) -- UtahStizzle ( talk) 23:41, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm working on an article in which one of the sources mentions the Park West Amphitheater in Salt Lake City. All I can glean from the internet is that it has probably been shut down or renamed (i.e. "the former Park West Amphitheater") and that it may have been in Park City rather than Salt Lake City. If someone can post a link or a bit more information about what happened to the venue, I would be very appreciative. Thanks! Easterhouse ( talk) 05:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
An anon editor reverted the change, but I have to agree. That montage is not well-done. The pictures don't go together well, and the arrangement isn't harmonious. While montages can be a good way of including different views and landmarks, they need to be assembled with care. For a better example of a montage, see File:New LA Infobox Pic Montage 5.jpg. Will Beback talk 21:48, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
FYI I definitely agree Trax and the Temple should be included in this montage (if we really have to make a montage, I'd rather just have the skyline photo). However, those two images weren't exactly suitable (one can barely discern the Trax train and the temple photo is a bit awkward). 71.213.75.51 ( talk) 23:54, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
File:Salt_lake_city_infobox_montage.jpg
That's much better. I'd suggest that you could trim the sky and foreground (just that white roof) on the top image a bit more. OTOH, it'd be nice to see the top of the pinnacle in the capitol, so it doesn't look cut off. At the bottom left it's not clear if the photo is of the building or the fountain. Also two if the middle photos have perspective issues. shooting one at an angle might be OK, but two next to each other isn't ideal. For the photo on the middle left, of the LDS, I'd suggest trimming the sides more. The piece of the building on the far left is a bit odd. Overall, though, a big improvement. Will Beback talk 02:24, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
here are my calculations, to prove why I think the region should be placed in a transition zone.
Falls between 30% and 70%. So use a linear model to determine the semi-arid precipitation threshold.
Thus the threshold is 420.7 mm, and Salt Lake City thus barely falls within. For January, -3.0 °C < -1.6 °C < 0.0 °C. For July, 25.0 °C > 22.0 °C. Thus at least the airport's climate is a cross between semi-arid (BSk), humid continental (Dfa), and humid subtropical (Cfa). Unless you choose to disregard the linear model, and only add 140, which would solidly put semi-arid out of consideration ---
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