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Photo of Jane Jacobs during her advocacy against the Washington Square Expressway. Mrs. Jane Jacobs, chairman of the Comm. to save the West Village holds up documentary evidence at press conference at Lions Head Restaurant at Hudson & Charles…
Photograph of New York City Park Commissioner Robert Moses with model of proposed Battery Bridge.
A 1947 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting areas that would eventually be the freeway and urban renewal projects.
A 2006 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting the freeway and urban renewal projects.
This state portrait of George Dewey Clyde (1957-1965), commissioned by famous Utah artist Everett Clark Thorpe, shows the Utah Governor holding the plans for the Glen Canyon Dam under his arm, and a vibrant Utah landscape (complete with dam) in the…
Map of Interstate Highway plans from September 1955. The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was originally a part of the United States Department of Agriculture then the United States Department of Commerce. The BPR is the predecessor agency to the Federal…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of Salt Lake City and the surrounding Western United States. Prepare by the Army Map Service (ASSX), Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington D. C. Compiled in 1955 by photo-planimetric methods using road data…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1951. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1963. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
Photograph of Ford Model "T" operated by the Utah Power and Light Company and two other Model "T" taken in 1923. Courtesy Utah Power and Light Company.
A graphic created by the Utah Department of Transporation that presents 1-15 mainline alternatives, two concepts for the I-15 interstate from Farmington to Salt Lake City. The two options for I-15, Option A and Option B, are overlayed vertically to…
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
First page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
Second page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
Third page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North. Features an illustrative drawing of the intended placement of the freeway in correlation…
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, standing atop a bulldozer during a blizzard at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, giving remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around a bulldozer driven by Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the steering wheel of a bulldozer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of heavy machinery at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of workers and supervisors at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of survey workers at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of semi-trucks on dirt roads during the construction of Interstate-15 (I-15) in 1959.
Road Commission Resident Engineer Ed Kennelly and Information Officer Horace Gunn stand before the retaining wall construction site next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
A drawing of the belt route and Salt Lake interstate network by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
Photograph of parked cars lined up along both lanes of a three-lane highway for the dedication of Interstate-15 (I-15). Passengers are visible sitting in the parked cars while some are standing outstide of their cars. Two standing persons hold…
Photograph showing the construction of an underpass between Fourteenth North and First South in Salt Lake City in 1961.
Photograph of demolition and tree removal for freeway development at 1st South and 14th North in Salt Lake City taken 1959.
Photograph of a man guiding traffic during interstate construction in Salt Lake City 1961.
Photograph of retaining wall construction for the interstate next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
Photograph of cars driving Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
Aerial photograph of Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
A full page op-ed (opposite the editorial page), published in 1998, advocating against freeway expansion plans and advocating action on supporting a monorail project in the Salt Lake Metropolitain Area.
Street view (looking north, from South Temple): Third (3rd) West, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 West shows the railway interspersed with businesses and homes in the area, c. 1900-1920. View includes Salt Lake Hardware Building…
Street view: Fourth (4th) South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 South looking west from State Street, revealing unpaved roads with heavy use marked by wheel/tire tracks. Horses and wagons are visible to the left. A trolley…
Street view: North Temple looking west from historic Seventh (7th) West, April 3, 1933.
Aerial view of Salt Lake City about 1950, taken from the northwest, looking over the Rose Park area.
Aerial view of the D&RGW Railroad yards in Salt Lake City, looking north. The 4th South viaduct through the middle of the yard is in the center of the photo
Photograph of picketers protesting against the San Francisco Embarcadero Freeway marching at City Hall on April 18 1961.
Interior scene of people walking through a car dealership talking with one another in groups while looking at cars that are on display. Signs read, "The 59 Ford brings Thunderbird elegence to the low price field" and "Ford trucks cost less."
Photo shows the Hotel Utah Motor Lodge in the 1950s or 1960s, Salt Lake City, Utah
A look at pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by Norman Bel Geddes for General Motors. This was designer Bel Geddes masterpiece -- the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, that…