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Crossroads Plaza and Key Bank Tower
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Crossroads Plaza and Key Bank Tower
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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A good chunk of current Salt Lake City has come crashing to the ground! This is the 3 block, 20 acre center of town between 200 West and North Temple to State Street and South Temple streets. The Crossroads Plaza, ZCMI Mall, and the Key Bank Tower, and other office buildings were demolished (and some still in the process) to make way for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints "City Creek Center" project. The Key Bank Tower housed Key Bank offices, law firms, and other businesses. The first 3 levels of the tower included Crossroads Plaza shops; the basement was an open-ceiling cafeteria with other shops.
(The cafeteria environment on ground floor of the tower had an open ceiling where the steel rafters and tube vents were painted black, and the atmosphere was semi-dark with many bright, colorful neon signs. To me, the plaza was still a very modern and clean place to shop and eat. I've had many luncheons there. My ex worked there when the place was all decked out for Christmas wrapping gifts or handing out Hickory Farm samples.)
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: forget it
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water
air quality
No hazards unless you find yourself in a building being demolished. Then all hazards apply!
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Building demolition
Building construction
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fences
barbed wire
24 hour guard
locked gates
wooden boarding
cameras
Very high security in all areas, cameras everywhere. You'll get caught in demolition areas.
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flashlight
breathing mask
binoculars
gloves
head protection
long pants / sleeves
Invisibility cloak
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I happened to be in SLC just the very night before the Key Bank Tower implosion was scheduled. It would go down just 10 hours after my visit the evening before.
The current 3-block area was built in the late 1970's replacing many old historical shops, blocks, and typical older city style buildings that used to stand for many years prior (those built in the late 1800's and early 1900's). Most of the newly constructed area at the time opened around August of 1980. This included the Crossroads Plaza and new Key Bank Tower, a large parking garage, renovation of the ZCMI Mall and many other reconstruction and improvements. In that same period in time (my mid-teenage years), I saw one of the first movies shown at the new Crossroads Plaza Cineplex Theaters just after the plaza opened; Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Akroyd. Also, I've enjoyed the last 27 years of visiting or shopping there. Fond memories indeed! -DrJav In Wonderland
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) will build a huge complex and another sky scraper in the area. It's called the City Creek Center project. See the "downtownrising.com" link.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Opheliaism on 12/11/2009 10:17 AM.
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on Dec 11 09 at 10:17, Opheliaism validated this location
on Dec 11 09 at 9:57, hombre_mosca changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Recommendation
on Dec 3 07 at 1:09, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Dec 3 07 at 1:06, Emperor Wang changed the following: Media Coverage
on Dec 3 07 at 1:02, Emperor Wang changed the following: Media Coverage
on Dec 2 07 at 4:05, Dr.Jav In Wonderland made this location available
on Dec 2 07 at 3:55, Dr.Jav In Wonderland updated a story
on Dec 2 07 at 3:55, Dr.Jav In Wonderland updated a story
on Dec 2 07 at 3:52, Dr.Jav In Wonderland changed the following: History
on Dec 2 07 at 3:42, Dr.Jav In Wonderland changed the following: History, Future Plans
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