From The Congress for the New Urbanism —
Reclaiming the median in Salt Lake City
The width of streets in Salt Lake City are legendary. According to a popular story, Brigham Young, who led the Mormons in founding the city, wanted a team of oxen to be able to turn around in the street with room to spare. Today, without the oxen, those over-wide streets mean wasted space, expensive maintenance, speeding cars, and major barriers to walking. So James Alfandre of the Kentlands Initiative had a creative solution: Develop the middle of the street.
Now, Granary Row, a seasonal pop-up festival that has operated for two years, uses old shipping containers to create retail stores and a open-air stage, and a beer garden has been fenced off—all in the middle of the road, along a block-length section an old industrial area. On Friday and Saturday nights, the place is hopping with live music, food trucks, crowds of people, and beer supplied by Salt Lake’s Uinta Brewing Co.
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