Founded in 1847, Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area. This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along an approximately 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front. It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin (the other is Reno, Nevada).
Salt Lake City's street grid system is based on the north-south east-west grid plan developed by early church leaders, with the Salt Lake Temple constructed at the city's center.
Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the city was originally named "Great Salt Lake City"; however, the word "great" was dropped from the official name in 1868 by the 17th Utah Territorial Legislature.
Salt Lake City is also the industrial banking center of the United States.
These photos from
Garrett that captured street scenes of Salt Lake City in the 1970s.
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| Eastbound I-80 at 700 East, September 1970 |
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| Eastbound I-80 at 700 East, September 1970 |
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| 300 West (2nd West) at North Temple, April 1970 |
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| Looking west on I-80 at 700 East, September 1970 |
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| Looking west on I-80 at 700 East, September 1970 |
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| Northbound I-15 at US-89 / US-91, July 1970 |
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| Southbound I-15 in Draper, July 1970 |
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| 400 South at State Street, 1971 |
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| East side southbound I-215 approaching 3300 South, circa 1971 |
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| East side southbound I-215 at 3900 South, circa 1971-72 |
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| Northbound I-215 at I-80 / US-40 / US-40A, July 1971 |
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| Runaway truck lane on Interstate 80, October 1971 |
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| Southbound I-15 approaching 3300 South, January 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 approaching 1300 East, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 approaching I-15, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 approaching State Street, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 at 700 East, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 at 1300 East, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 at Foothill Drive, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 at I-15, February 1971 |
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| Westbound I-80 at State Street, February 1971 |
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| Foothill Dr (US-40) entering Salt Lake City, circa 1972 |
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| I-15 through North Salt Lake, circa 1972 |
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| I-215 / I-80 / SR-186 interchange, 1972 |
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| North Temple at Redwood Rd, 1972 |
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| North Temple by night, 1972 |
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| North Temple looking west, 1972 |
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| Northbound I-15 at 200 West, September 1972 |
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| Temple Square and North Temple, 1972 |
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| North Temple Viaduct (US-40), circa 1973 |
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| Northbound I-15 at 1300 South, April 1973 |
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| Northbound I-15 at 1300 South, April 1973 |
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| Eastbound I-80 approaching 2300 East, circa 1975 |
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| Northbound I-15 at 600 South, 1975 |
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| Southbound I-15 at US-89 / Beck St, April 1975 |
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| Redwood Rd at I-215 in North Salt Lake, circa 1978 |
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| Looking north at the I-15 junction of I-215, 1979 |
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| State St at Winchester St, 1979 |
