Guess the City 162: Historic Edition 6

[H]

There is actually a BIG hint in the photo so it should not be as ahrd as it looks.

 

[the north omaha star]

Kansas City, MO?

 

[SW MI Planner]

Detroit, MI?

 

[DecaturHawk]

Detroit, MI?

That would be my guess, too. The "Kahn Bro's" storefront makes me think of Detroit industrial architect Albert Kahn.

 

[H]

Hint: go west

 

[Richmond Jake]

Denver, CO?

 

[Repo Man]

It looks like it could be Water Street or Old World 3rd Street in Milwaukee.

 

[H]

Hint: it is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST)

 

[the north omaha star]

Cheyenne or Boise?

 

[H]

okay, I will zoom out and give it away:

 

[ablarc]

Salt Lake City?

 

[H]

Salt Lake City?

YES.

You win the Capital Building:

 

[DecaturHawk]

I gotta know...what was the "big hint" in the first photo? Not knowing much about SLC or its history (other than it was founded by Mormons), I'm curious.

 

[JNA]

I gotta know...what was the "big hint" in the first photo? Not knowing much about SLC or its history (other than it was founded by Mormons), I'm curious.

The hint was the width of the street.

The city layout was based on Joseph Smith's ideas about city planning. A notable characteristic of this plan was a grid pattern layout with square blocks oriented to the cardinal directions, wide streets (132 feet), alternating half-acre lots so that houses face alternate streets on each block, homes set back 25 feet from the street, frontyard landscaping, gardens in the backyard, farms located outside of town, and the designation of central blocks for temples, schools, and other public buildings.

When President Young issued instructions for establishing Salt Lake City, he established blocks with eight lots, 1.25 acres in size. As in Joseph Smith's plan, all streets were 132 feet wide and the houses on each block faced alternate streets, with each set 20 feet back from the sidewalk. The lots however, were much larger so that each could function as a minifarm with animals, barns, and gardens.

from: http://utahreach.org/Salt Lake/visitor/HISTORY.HTM

 

[H]

The hint was the width of the street.

I wish that was the hint because that is a better (more planner-isk) hint.

Actually it was the Wasatch Drug Store in the rear of the photo, which actually didnt come out very clear when I uploaded the photo. So it actually wasnt a hint at all. whoops.

Here is a link to the higher quality image:

http://www.utah.edu/unews/news_images_2002/February/eileen1.jpg