WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU LOVE SALT LAKE'S DOWNTOWN ALLEYS?

Breaking the Blocks

Salt Lake City is looking to improve the alleys and walkways that cut through our large downtown blocks. This site is the place to keep up to date on the City's efforts to improve our walkways and alleys downtown. We are always listening, tell us what would make you love the alleys and walkways downtown on our Speak Out page.

Textizen

Sal Lake City has set up a texting service to get your thoughts and ideas about improving our alleyways! Text us at 801-430-9906 or let us know your thoughts at our online forum!

Imagine the Possibilities

In 2010, students from the University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning under the direction of Dean Brenda Scheer, looked at how to improve the alleyways in Salt Lake City. Shown is just one of the illustrative renderings created by the class that displays the possible improvements that could be implemented in these spaces.

Latest Updates

Thanks for Participating!

We had a large turnout for the walking tours held last month and appreciate everyone who took valuable time out of their day to participate.  Your thoughtful comments and feedback are invaluable to the development of good walkway policies for our downtown area.

Our chalkboards were up for over a month and now have been taken down as we wrap up our initial public outreach campaign. We have collected hundreds of great comments from the chalkboards! Thanks for your participation! The feedback we received from this outreach will help us as we develop a policy proposal for Salt Lake City’s downtown walkways and will help inform our elected officials about what you would like to see in our alleys and walkways.

The team is working to compile the comments we have received and will post a summary online soon. We will also update this page with more information as walkway policies are drafted in order to get your feedback.

Although our chalkboards have been packed up, if you have thoughts about what you’d like to see in our downtown alleys and midblock walkways, please visit our Speak Out page and leave us a comment!

Mobile Workshops Oct 23, 26, & 27

Come explore Downtown with us!

On a walking tour of Salt Lake City’s laneways, alleys, and mid-block walkways, we will uncover hidden treasures and a
finer-grained pedestrian network. What makes these places special and how can we expose their charming, intimate atmospheres?
Stimulate your creativity and help us reimagine Salt Lake City’s mid-block walkways!

Join us on Tuesday, October 23rd at 5:30 PM, October 26th at Noon, or October 27that 10 AM  for the mobile walking workshop. The workshops begin at the Main Street entrance to the Gallivan Center and end at Exchange Place.

This workshop has been sponsored by the APA Utah Chapter. 1.0 CM Credits are available to AICP members for attending one of these workshops.

View the mobile workshop route in a large map