Trolley Square
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°45′26″N 111°52′20″W / 40.7573°N 111.8721°WCoordinates: 40°45′26″N 111°52′20″W / 40.7573°N 111.8721°W |
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Website | trolleysquare.com |
Trolley Square is a partially enclosed shopping center located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is considered to be a trendy high-end center.[1] The center lies within close proximity to downtown Salt Lake City and the UTA TRAX light-rail system.
History
Description
Trolley Square is composed of barns that were built in 1908[2] to house Salt Lake City's streetcars. The streetcar system was dismantled in 1945, and the barns were converted into a two-story shopping center in 1972. The center is noted for its unusual architecture consisting of winding hallways, brick and wooden floors, fountains, old-trees, and wrought-iron balconies. Prominent tenants include Weller Book Works, Pottery Barn, Cabin Fever (a popular card store), Williams-Sonoma, Old Spaghetti Factory, The Spectacle, and local boutiques.
The Trolley Square water tower is covered in red and blue neon lights, and it is a prominent feature of the Salt Lake City skyline, able to be spotted from miles away at night. For many years, the tower would give the local weather forecast based on the colors of lights, with solid blue being fair weather, flashing blue being cloudy weather, solid red being rain, and flashing red being snow. The Trolley Square water tower was renovated in fall 2014.
Another prominent feature of Trolley Square is the sky bridge that connects the main building to a small parking lot located across the street. the bridge goes over 600 South, and it features neon lights shaped in the form of a trolley.
Major businesses
- Alice Lane Home Collection
- American Apparel
- Ballet West Academy
- Ballet West Boutique
- Cabin Fever
- CorePower Yoga
- Cosset Bath and Body
- Desert Edge Pub and Brewery
- European Linens
- FantasyCon
- Himalayan Artswear
- Jensen Technical Services
- lululemon athletica
- Orangetheory Fitness
- Payne Anthony Creative Jewelers
- Pottery Barn
- Pottery Barn Kids
- Precious Eyebrow Designers
- Rodizio Grill
- SPARK
- Tabula Rasa
- The Machine Age
- The Old Spaghetti Factory
- The Spectacle
- Too Many Legs Animation Studios
- Vitamin World
- Von Studios
- Weller Book Works
- Wells Fargo
- Whole Foods Market
- Williams-Sonoma
- Ypsilon Dresses
Sale and development
Trolley Square is owned by SK Hart Management, who purchased it in May 2013.
References
- ↑ "ScanlanKemperBard Buys Historic Salt Lake City Property". ScanlanKemperBard. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ↑ "Gunman Kills 5 at Utah mall, police say". CNN. 2007-02-13. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
External links
- The history of Trolley Square from the Salt Lake Tribune
- Information on historic water tower and weather beacon, operated by KSL
- ScanlanKemperBard's Trolley Square purchase press release