The 'explosive' history of Salt Lake City

There has been some talk around town of demolishing Salt Lake buildings to make way for a new entertainment district -- something ABC4's Craig Wirth said is not new to the city.

[larsonfamilyhouse]

Someone should have saved that sign up top of the hotel! 😭😭😭

[rockymntnliberty]

Craig is always able to put a smile on my face. More than 40 years ago he gave the commencement address at our high school graduation, and he's still going strong.

[lindahennefer]

I have a small sorbet spoon. It says Hotel Newhouse on it. I have it on the wall I my pantry

[ADude-fz]

Something obvious and ironic that nobody ever mentions concerning the Murray Stacks…

What was once the site of the largest health risk to the Salt Lake Valley, is now the site of the largest Healthcare/Surgical/Hospital complex in the Valley.

Go figure…

[esm]

Haha. The newscast was so entertaining to watch. Good work.

[stevejohns]

Man, time flies. I was only 9 when they demolished the Newhouse. My grandpa used to stay there when he’d pass through SLC in the 30s as a salesman for National Biscuit Co. He happened to be visiting us that week and was very sad to see that old building go.

[dennisgunn]

who doesn’t love Craig Wirth and Wirth Watching

[turbkeysamdwich]

The unprofessionalism of “building go boom” is so great and I love it.

[daybird]

I spent the night there, my last night before entering the mission home. That would have been the 10th of September 1971. The place was beginning to look pretty rundown at the time. My gosh, that was 53 years ago!

[docgiggles]

I used to have a brick from the Newhouse. I was sad when I found out someone had stolen it

[Mcfunface]

Arsenic is only toxic in chronic exposure in those dusting levels. I doubt a single person died from the arsenic in the brick at that demolition site

[GuyNoirPrivateEye]

Losing the Newhouse was borderline criminal. All for a block sized parking lot.

[drakebunch]

What about when they imploded that building to make room for the new library?

[iliketurtles]

A lot of people don't understand the real his-tory of Salt Lake City

[LuthienTenor]

I say this with all love and affection, but does he move like a Muppet to anyone else? Mainly when he's sitting down 😂💕
That being said, those demos were super cool! Wish I coulda been around to see 'em in person

[MadOgre]

Making fun of people watching... Classy. You know, maybe some of those spectators were people that used to work at those locations, or had a father that worked there and visited. Those places getting demolished so new things can be built on top of those memories. Such events are worth watching. A bit of history gets erased each time.

[nevadajim]

When she said 40 year's 😮 i just felt old as heck 😅

[mattfoley-gtsj]

Utah leadership has all the eye for history and aesthetics as a Indiana steel mill town in the 1970s.

[uhadme]

Listen to the experts destroying proof of the superior past.
Look how thick the construction was, walls are 20 bricks thick.
Amazing old world buildings, they like knocking down, even thought they could stand forever.
Not like their excellent constructions in Florida.

[terrinelson]

I worked there at the new house . Those were the days