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Classified advertisement for homes in local developments directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Human interest story on a young boy who was reunited with his lost dog after his family was moved following the west side freeway development.
Classified advertisement for homes in Highland Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Photograph of the Franklin School, historically located on southwest corner, 700 West and 200 South. Currently at southwest corner, 800 West and 200 South. Donated by William H. Shipler.
Photograph of a man guiding traffic during interstate construction in Salt Lake City 1961.
Electrical Products electric sign for Dee's Hamburgers. Cars fill the drive-in of the restaurant. A telephone booth is in the foreground of the picture.
Photograph of retaining wall construction for the interstate next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
Exterior of the Beeline Refining Company gas station. Beeline had five different gas stations in the downtown Salt Lake area.
Photograph of cars driving Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
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
Two maps of population density, one true and one projected, from the 1972 Salt Lake Area Transportation Study.
Newspaper article discussing the Transportation Commission's recognition of People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of dormant state land as a community garden, published December on 19, 1975. Transportation Commission Honors Peoples Freeway Inc. Garden…
Newspaper article discussing the recognition People's Freeway, Inc. received as highly valued anti-poverty program, published on January 9, 1974.
Newspaper article discussing an award presented to the People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of neglected right-of-way land as a community garden published Dec. 20, 1975.
Newspaper article, featuring a business portrait of H.M. Selander, discusses his background and goals as manager for Salt Lake City Lines following declines in patronage, published on September 2, 1962.
Newspaper article discussing another cut service of the Salt Lake City Lines, published onNovember 24, 1965.
Newspaper article discussing the state fuel tax exemption given to Salt Lake City Line published on March 6, 1967.
Redlining map of Salt Lake City featured in the Mapping Inequality project.
Pollution hotspot map of Salt Lake City with redlining classification laid over. Map was retrieved from the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (UT AGRC).
Photograph of dense smog over Salt Lake City in 1967, taken by Salt Lake Tribune staff.
An op-ed piece (opposite the editorial page), published in 1998, expressing upset about the then upcoming freeway expansion project being "steam-roll[ed]" through the legislature.
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.
Photograph showing traffic in Salt Lake City, near the 400 S interchange. This interchange is located along 765 W. Taken by Natalie Athalye.