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Editorial which elaborates on the purpose of an express highway and how the proposed express highway might impact the west side, published on January 15, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing protests organized by west side residents and supported by church organizations and elected leaders against the proposed 7th West route for the freeway, published on January 22, 1957.
Newspaper article discussing the west side demands for considerations during ongoing highway plans, published July 28, 1950.
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.
Newspaper article discussing the recognition People's Freeway, Inc. received as highly valued anti-poverty program, published on January 9, 1974.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published Nov. 4, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the formation of a committee to examine the expressway proposal, published on January 15, 1948. Scan of article is slightly skewed, cutting off words on the far left side.
Newspaper article discussing a 7th West route of the proposed expressway, published on February 10, 1948.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published on November 4, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the west side residents upset and fight againt the highway, published on January 13, 1948.
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…
Street view: historic State Street (during Christmas season), Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1948. Image includes a view of Utah State Capitol (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #14959 C-400.
Newspaper article discussing west side protest to the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing a public hearing on the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 31, 1950.
Newspaper article advocating an attack on the "blighted housing problem" in the west side after completion of the freeway, published on September 14, 1964.
Newspaper article on the Swede Town neighborhood of the west side noting its decline, but continued presence in Salt Lake City, puublished on Decemeber 9, 1976.
Classified advertisement for homes in Rose Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Classified advertisement for homes in local developments directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
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.
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.
Street view (looking northwest): historic Eighth (8th) West and Seventh (7th) South, Salt Lake City, Utah, May of 1907. Riverside School is visible in background. Shipler Commercial Photography #2863.
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: 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.