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North Salt Lake KinderCare | Daycare, Preschool & Early Education in North Salt Lake, UT
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North Salt Lake KinderCare
Welcome to North Salt Lake KinderCare
Welcome to North Salt Lake KinderCare in Utah! Conveniently located near South Main Street, our well-structured curriculum is designed to help students develop on an emotional, social, physical, and cognitive level. We created our curriculum from the latest research in early childhood development to help little minds grow. Our teachers pay attention to each child’s unique needs. We believe that everyone belongs in our circle—we love our families and meeting new friends!
At North Salt Lake KinderCare our teachers are dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing excellent care and learning opportunities for the children in our care. Give us a call today to schedule a tour for the opportunity to experience our curriculum and to meet our teachers and center support staff. We look forward to meeting you!
Meet Michelle Barker, Our Center Director
Meet Michelle Barker! She is the Center Director at North Salt Lake KinderCare in Utah. Michelle has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Family and Consumer Studies, and an Associate’s Degree in Physiological Psychology and Environmental Behavior. She also holds many certifications and is currently working toward her Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Work. She has been with KinderCare since 2012, and before that she was a teacher, an educational specialist, and a director of children’s services at a nonprofit early childhood education program in Utah. Outside of work, Michelle enjoys reading, painting, and advocating for the special needs population.
- North Salt Lake KinderCare Programs
- Our Teachers
- Family Stories
- FAQs
AMERICA’S MOST ACCREDITED
We’re so proud!
Nationally only 10% of daycares are accredited – nearly 100% of our learning centers are.
That’s a big difference,
and that means KinderCare kids are getting the very best. Here’s why.
SCHOOL-READY
What Learning Looks Like
Our talented early-childhood teachers set kids down the path toward becoming lifelong learners in a positive, safe, and nurturing environment.
North Salt Lake KinderCare Programs
Infant Programs (6 weeks–1 year)
Leaving your baby in someone else’s care is a big step. Everyone at our
centers—most importantly, our naturally gifted infant teachers—will work with
you to make sure the transition goes smoothly. When you step into our infant
classroom, you’ll see how much we want your infant to feel safe, loved, and
ready to explore their world.
Toddler Programs (1–2 Years)
Everything in our toddler classroom is designed for little explorers. That’s
because a lot is going on at this age.
When your child is wandering all over the
place, that means they’re learning and discovering new things every day. We’ll
help them explore their interests (and find new ones!) as they play and learn.
Discovery Preschool Programs (2–3 Years)
This age is filled with so much wonder and curiosity. That’s why we offer a ton
of books and toys and bring artwork down to kids eye level. Children in
discovery preschool also begin to learn how we all work together in a
classroom. Simple math and science, pretend play, and group play help them
get used to a more structured school setting.
Preschool Programs (3–4 Years)
This age is all about expression, when kids really start to form their own ideas
about what they want to play and how they want to create. Every day in our
preschool classroom, your child will explore science experiments, create
artwork, and play pretend—all the skills needed for their big next step:
kindergarten!
Prekindergarten Programs (4–5 Years)
When you walk into one of our pre-K classrooms, you’ll see artwork and
writing displayed around the room.
Labels are everywhere to help kids connect
letters with words. You’ll also see pictures on the walls that reflect the families
in our community. Your child will also deepen their knowledge in language,
math, science, Spanish, and social skills.
Kindergarten Programs (5–6 Years)
Welcome to kindergarten: the gateway to grade school and everything that
comes next! Offered in select centers, our kindergarten programs have small
class sizes and curriculums that mix learning and fun. The basic building
blocks of reading, writing, math, and science are key in kindergarten, so we
make sure they get lots of practice in all of these areas.
Before- and After-School Programs (5–12 Years)
You can count on us to provide reliable care for your school-ager while you’re
at work, with safe transportation from our center to your child’s school and
back! Whether your child wants to start a drama club, build a volcano, or
create a comic book, they will have a place to follow their dreams.
Your child
will start and end the day with a whole lot of fun!
School Break Programs (preschool, prekindergarten, and school-age)
Winter break, spring break, summer break—when school’s out (but you still need to work), you
can count on KinderCare to provide a safe and supportive learning environment that’s focused
on fun. We welcome children ages 5–12 during school break times and make sure they have a
sensational, screen-free experience they won’t forget.
Participating Child Care Aware Center
KinderCare partners with Child Care Aware® of America to offer fee assistance for
Active Duty military families and flexible support to fit their needs when care at a Child
Development Center on the installation is not available.
Learning Adventures – Enrichment Program
Cooking Academy™ (3 – 12 Years)
In Cooking Academy, kids learn new recipes from cultures around the world and
develop a healthy relationship with food.
They’ll whip up everything from Southwest
rainbow lettuce wraps to pumpkin muffins, building their skills in STEM, communication,
and more along the way. And yes—little chefs get to eat their culinary creations!
Music Explorers™ (2 – 4 Years)
KinderCare families are already giving a standing ovation to our newest Learning
Adventures program: Music Explorers! Kids will learn to sing, move, listen, play
instruments, and even create their own tunes. Our original curriculum blends math,
science, social studies, literacy, and mindfulness (think yoga!) for a uniquely KinderCare
way of learning the foundations of music.
Phonics Adventures® (2 – 4 Years)
Learning how to read is a whole lot of fun at KinderCare! We help kids grow to love
books and words (and get ready for kindergarten) in our Phonics Adventures program.
From discovering the basics of vowels to practicing poetry, kids learn all about letters
and sounds in small-group lessons made just for their age group.
(Bonus: Kids who
attend our phonics program are more prepared than their peers for school—and we
have the data to prove it.)
STEM Innovators (3-8 Years)
You’ve probably heard a lot about how important STEM education is for your child, but
what does that really mean? Our STEM Innovators program takes kids’ natural ability to
make sense of the world and applies it to robotics, chemistry, coding, geology, and
more. While your child experiments, they’ll discover how to use technology to do
amazing things!
Our Teachers
We’re the only company in early childhood education to select teachers based on natural talent. Being a great educator isn’t enough though.
KinderCare teachers are also amazing listeners, nurturers, boo-boo fixers, and smile-makers. Put more simply,
we love our teachers and your child will, too.
Meet just a few of our amazing KinderCare teachers!
A KINDERCARE TEACHER WITH
An Artist’s Heart
“My classroom is full of art!” says Mary Annthipie-Bane, an award-winning early childhood educator at KinderCare.
Art and creative expression, she says, help children discover who they really are.
We put our best-in-class teachers in a best-in-class workplace. We’re so proud to have been named one of Gallup’s 37 winners of the Great Workplace Award.
When you put great teachers in an engaging center, your children will experience
an amazing place to learn and grow.
Family Stories
Don’t take our word for it. Hear what our families have to say about our amazing center!
Share Your Story
If you have a story about your experience at KinderCare,
please share your story with us
.
Who Are KinderCare Families?
They hail from hundreds of cities across the country from countless backgrounds, and proudly represent every walk in life.
What our families have in common,
though, is the want to give their children the best start in life. We are so proud to be their partner in parenting.
Hear from just a few of our amazing KinderCare families.
A Globe-Trotting Family Finds A
Home in Houston
Four young children, four different passports, two languages, two full-time jobs…oh, and a few triathlons thrown in for good measure.
Meet the globe-trotting Colettas—a family on the go.
Frequently Asked Questions
What accreditations does KinderCare have?
We are your trusted caregiver. Our centers are state-licensed and regularly inspected to make sure everything meets or exceeds standards, including child-to-teacher ratios and safe facilities. Our centers aren’t just licensed—most are accredited, too! Find out more.
Do you offer part-time schedules at North Salt Lake KinderCare?
Everybody’s schedule is different.
We’re happy to offer quality, affordable part-time and full-time childcare. Drop-in care may also be available. Reach out to your Center Director to learn more.
How does naptime work at North Salt Lake KinderCare?
Our teachers meet every child’s needs during naptime. Our teachers know how to get babies to nap. In fact, they are pros at getting children of any age to nap. Visit our article on “10 Ways We Help Kids Get a Great Daycare Nap” to learn more.
Do you support alternative diets?
We strive to be as inclusive as possible. To that point, we provide a vegetarian option at mealtime, take care to not serve common allergens and can adapt menus based on your child’s food sensitivities. If your child has additional needs, we’ll work with you to figure out a plan.
Are meals included in tuition? Can I choose to send my child with lunch?
We provide nutritious meals and snacks developed by a registered dietician to meet the needs of rapidly growing bodies and minds.
If your child has special dietary requirements and you would prefer to bring in their lunch, please make arrangements with the center director.
Does my child need to be potty-trained?
Every child begins toilet learning at a different age. Until your child shows an interest in toilet learning, we’ll provide diaper changes on an as-needed basis. When your child shows an interest, we’ll discuss how to work together to encourage toilet learning.
Draper KinderCare | Daycare, Preschool & Early Education in Draper, UT
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Draper KinderCare
Welcome to Draper KinderCare
Welcome to Draper KinderCare, located directly north of Draper City Park and the Millennial Falls Event Center in Utah! From our comprehensive curriculum to passionate teachers, our approach to early education inspires a love of learning. Our classrooms are designed around your child’s unique needs, and our curriculum is built from the latest research in early childhood development, encouraging little minds to grow into big success stories.
Every day, our staff works hard to help children develop lifelong confidence.
At Draper KinderCare our teachers are dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing excellent care and learning opportunities for the children in our care. Give us a call today to schedule a tour for the opportunity to experience our curriculum and to meet our teachers and center support staff. We look forward to meeting you!
Meet Alexis Lucero, Our Center Director
Meet Alexis Lucero! She is the Center Director at Draper KinderCare in Utah. Alexis has earned a Child Development Associate credential. She has been with KinderCare since 2019, and before that she was a preschool teacher. Outside of work, Alexis enjoys crafting, watching movies, and spending time with her family. Her favorite quote is, “You do not just wake up and become a butterfly, growth is a process.” – Rupi Kaur
- Draper KinderCare Programs
- Our Teachers
- Family Stories
- FAQs
AMERICA’S MOST ACCREDITED
We’re so proud!
Nationally only 10% of daycares are accredited – nearly 100% of our learning centers are.
That’s a big difference,
and that means KinderCare kids are getting the very best. Here’s why.
SCHOOL-READY
What Learning Looks Like
Our talented early-childhood teachers set kids down the path toward becoming lifelong learners in a positive, safe, and nurturing environment.
Draper KinderCare Programs
Infant Programs (6 weeks–1 year)
Leaving your baby in someone else’s care is a big step. Everyone at our
centers—most importantly, our naturally gifted infant teachers—will work with
you to make sure the transition goes smoothly. When you step into our infant
classroom, you’ll see how much we want your infant to feel safe, loved, and
ready to explore their world.
Toddler Programs (1–2 Years)
Everything in our toddler classroom is designed for little explorers. That’s
because a lot is going on at this age.
When your child is wandering all over the
place, that means they’re learning and discovering new things every day. We’ll
help them explore their interests (and find new ones!) as they play and learn.
Discovery Preschool Programs (2–3 Years)
This age is filled with so much wonder and curiosity. That’s why we offer a ton
of books and toys and bring artwork down to kids eye level. Children in
discovery preschool also begin to learn how we all work together in a
classroom. Simple math and science, pretend play, and group play help them
get used to a more structured school setting.
Preschool Programs (3–4 Years)
This age is all about expression, when kids really start to form their own ideas
about what they want to play and how they want to create. Every day in our
preschool classroom, your child will explore science experiments, create
artwork, and play pretend—all the skills needed for their big next step:
kindergarten!
Prekindergarten Programs (4–5 Years)
When you walk into one of our pre-K classrooms, you’ll see artwork and
writing displayed around the room.
Labels are everywhere to help kids connect
letters with words. You’ll also see pictures on the walls that reflect the families
in our community. Your child will also deepen their knowledge in language,
math, science, Spanish, and social skills.
Kindergarten Programs (5–6 Years)
Welcome to kindergarten: the gateway to grade school and everything that
comes next! Offered in select centers, our kindergarten programs have small
class sizes and curriculums that mix learning and fun. The basic building
blocks of reading, writing, math, and science are key in kindergarten, so we
make sure they get lots of practice in all of these areas.
Before- and After-School Programs (5–12 Years)
You can count on us to provide reliable care for your school-ager while you’re
at work, with safe transportation from our center to your child’s school and
back! Whether your child wants to start a drama club, build a volcano, or
create a comic book, they will have a place to follow their dreams.
Your child
will start and end the day with a whole lot of fun!
School Break Programs (preschool, prekindergarten, and school-age)
Winter break, spring break, summer break—when school’s out (but you still need to work), you
can count on KinderCare to provide a safe and supportive learning environment that’s focused
on fun. We welcome children ages 5–12 during school break times and make sure they have a
sensational, screen-free experience they won’t forget.
Participating Child Care Aware Center
KinderCare partners with Child Care Aware® of America to offer fee assistance for
Active Duty military families and flexible support to fit their needs when care at a Child
Development Center on the installation is not available.
Learning Adventures – Enrichment Program
Cooking Academy™ (3 – 12 Years)
In Cooking Academy, kids learn new recipes from cultures around the world and
develop a healthy relationship with food.
They’ll whip up everything from Southwest
rainbow lettuce wraps to pumpkin muffins, building their skills in STEM, communication,
and more along the way. And yes—little chefs get to eat their culinary creations!
Music Explorers™ (2 – 4 Years)
KinderCare families are already giving a standing ovation to our newest Learning
Adventures program: Music Explorers! Kids will learn to sing, move, listen, play
instruments, and even create their own tunes. Our original curriculum blends math,
science, social studies, literacy, and mindfulness (think yoga!) for a uniquely KinderCare
way of learning the foundations of music.
Phonics Adventures® (2 – 4 Years)
Learning how to read is a whole lot of fun at KinderCare! We help kids grow to love
books and words (and get ready for kindergarten) in our Phonics Adventures program.
From discovering the basics of vowels to practicing poetry, kids learn all about letters
and sounds in small-group lessons made just for their age group.
(Bonus: Kids who
attend our phonics program are more prepared than their peers for school—and we
have the data to prove it.)
STEM Innovators (3-8 Years)
You’ve probably heard a lot about how important STEM education is for your child, but
what does that really mean? Our STEM Innovators program takes kids’ natural ability to
make sense of the world and applies it to robotics, chemistry, coding, geology, and
more. While your child experiments, they’ll discover how to use technology to do
amazing things!
Our Teachers
We’re the only company in early childhood education to select teachers based on natural talent. Being a great educator isn’t enough though.
KinderCare teachers are also amazing listeners, nurturers, boo-boo fixers, and smile-makers. Put more simply,
we love our teachers and your child will, too.
Meet just a few of our amazing KinderCare teachers!
A KINDERCARE TEACHER WITH
An Artist’s Heart
“My classroom is full of art!” says Mary Annthipie-Bane, an award-winning early childhood educator at KinderCare.
Art and creative expression, she says, help children discover who they really are.
We put our best-in-class teachers in a best-in-class workplace. We’re so proud to have been named one of Gallup’s 37 winners of the Great Workplace Award.
When you put great teachers in an engaging center, your children will experience
an amazing place to learn and grow.
Family Stories
Share Your Story
If you have a story about your experience at KinderCare,
please share your story with us
.
Who Are KinderCare Families?
They hail from hundreds of cities across the country from countless backgrounds, and proudly represent every walk in life. What our families have in common,
though, is the want to give their children the best start in life.
We are so proud to be their partner in parenting.
Hear from just a few of our amazing KinderCare families.
A Globe-Trotting Family Finds A
Home in Houston
Four young children, four different passports, two languages, two full-time jobs…oh, and a few triathlons thrown in for good measure.
Meet the globe-trotting Colettas—a family on the go.
Frequently Asked Questions
What accreditations does KinderCare have?
We are your trusted caregiver. Our centers are state-licensed and regularly inspected to make sure everything meets or exceeds standards, including child-to-teacher ratios and safe facilities. Our centers aren’t just licensed—most are accredited, too! Find out more.
Do you offer part-time schedules at Draper KinderCare?
Everybody’s schedule is different. We’re happy to offer quality, affordable part-time and full-time childcare.
Drop-in care may also be available. Reach out to your Center Director to learn more.
How does naptime work at Draper KinderCare?
Our teachers meet every child’s needs during naptime. Our teachers know how to get babies to nap. In fact, they are pros at getting children of any age to nap. Visit our article on “10 Ways We Help Kids Get a Great Daycare Nap” to learn more.
Do you support alternative diets?
We strive to be as inclusive as possible. To that point, we provide a vegetarian option at mealtime, take care to not serve common allergens and can adapt menus based on your child’s food sensitivities. If your child has additional needs, we’ll work with you to figure out a plan.
Are meals included in tuition? Can I choose to send my child with lunch?
We provide nutritious meals and snacks developed by a registered dietician to meet the needs of rapidly growing bodies and minds. If your child has special dietary requirements and you would prefer to bring in their lunch, please make arrangements with the center director.
Does my child need to be potty-trained?
Every child begins toilet learning at a different age. Until your child shows an interest in toilet learning, we’ll provide diaper changes on an as-needed basis. When your child shows an interest, we’ll discuss how to work together to encourage toilet learning.
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This Salt Lake City preschool has been a magnet for conspiracy theories
All photos by the author
Visit Salt Lake City in February during foggy season and you can hardly see more than 50 yards . Rocky mountain ranges, dozens of artisanal breweries, the vague outline of a Mormon temple in Salt Lake City are shrouded in thick smog. But even through the fog, if you find yourself at the intersection of 1300 South and 300 East, it is simply impossible not to see the FunTime kindergarten (“Children’s Fun Time”) – a bright green building with purple doors and yellow trim around the windows closed pictures that seem to have been torn out of old coloring books. In the backyard is a rundown playground that, if it existed in Silent Hill, would definitely be a place where a zombie kid would stagger towards you.
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Depending on who you ask, Fun Time is either a regular garden (albeit a little creepy) or a disguise for something devious.
Perhaps a secret CIA prison, a front for a drug den, or an organ-selling operation. For people who suspect that something sinister is going on there, this place has become the object of an indestructible mystery: what is going on in this building, and why did no one see children enter or exit there?
The “Kids Fun Time” conspiracy began on January 25, 2015, when a user with the username “discogodfather6922” posted a photo on Reddit. He wrote that he had lived nearby for five years, but had never seen any “kids” “having fun” there. ( The original discussion , now fully edited, is preserved on Imgur ).
Soon other local residents of Salt Lake City expressed their opinion. One user admitted to seeing children inside the building, despite the thick paper on the windows. Another user stated that he was a postman and had been inside the kindergarten, and that, undoubtedly, works. “The only weird thing was,” the user added, “that no matter what time of day I brought them mail, it seemed like there was always a quiet hour.
” Another user claims to know someone who broke into the building out of curiosity and found one room in which “a chair was facing a TV that was streaming live video from another room in the building.”
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Later, users who claimed to live in the neighborhood joined the discussion and said that this place is just an ordinary kindergarten involved in the paranoia of digital sleuths. But their arguments aroused suspicion among other users. “I just want to point out that every person in this discussion saying this place is authentic has registered their account within the last 15 hours or so,” wrote user Gthing.
Conspiracy theories reached their extremes so quickly that just a few days later, Reddit admins removed the original discussion from r/saltlakecity. At the same time, hundreds of posts already existed, and users began to bully the institution and post personal data about the owner, which, according to administrators, amounted to the collection and dissemination of personal data on the Internet.
The administrators argue that banning all discussions about the daycare was necessary to stop a future “witch hunt” and “[protect] the private information and lives of innocent people.”
But that didn’t end the conversation. Moreover, it only added to the suspicion. The original post on the Salt Lake City subreddit forum has moved to r/conspiracy , r/conspiro and r/subredditdrama . Many users also expressed their disagreement with the decision of the administrators, arguing that they only posted public information and never advocated that people treat the kindergarten. Discussion later moved to other sites . One of the users of the site 4chan even posted photos, taken through the windows of building .
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In one of the discussions, I noticed a familiar username – a writer living in Salt Lake City named Brian Young, with whom I have worked in the past. Yang said he knew the guy who owns the garden.
“He is a good person and there is nothing strange going on there. He bought a kindergarten for his mother and runs it at a loss so that she can do something,” he wrote. “Nothing vicious. I also lived in the area for five years and saw people there.”
I asked Yang if he could introduce me to the owner, but he told me that the owner didn’t want any publicity for the sake of his clients and their children. I called the owner anyway and he told me the same thing, apparently annoyed by all this interest in his business.
Indeed, the discussion on Reddit has caused a lot of harassing phone calls. One of the Reddit users allegedly called the Salt Lake City Tribune and asked reporters to investigate the daycare connection to the sex trade. People even came to look in the windows, which made the place look even creepier. Megan Draper, who owns a barbershop across the street, told me she saw a lot of rogues hanging around the preschool.
“People look in windows to see what’s inside, and they look like crazy pedophile stalkers,” Draper said.
“It’s not good for business.”
But without the owner’s own opinion, how can one explain the eerie calm of this place, carefully closed windows, rumors about a chair facing a live video broadcast, that children are not visible near the building, the owner’s refusal to comment? I decided to review a few public documents to see if there was any documented explanation. The property is owned by Chunga International LLC and has had two owners since 2012, according to Utah Department of Commerce records. I checked their names and company name through state and federal court searches – nothing. The State Health Authority website lists the owner’s name as the headmaster of a licensed day care center, and the only reference to precedent against him is a complaint dated 2014 about a noxious weed in an open area of a species that includes thistles, which can cause harm to humans. . According to the records, the kindergarten solved this problem within a month.
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Documentary evidence seems to only point to a normal daycare business, something that locals have been pushing for both online and offline ever since the drama erupted on Reddit.
And while many Reddit users say they’ve never seen children attend the daycare, some people living in the neighborhood and owners of nearby businesses say it operates like any other regular childcare facility – there are children and everything that pertains to them.
“It’s actually kind of sad that people come up with this crazy FBI bullshit story,” said Joanna Black, who lives a few houses north of the garden. Granted, it’s “an ugly, sad little building with sad little windows,” she says, but she observes that this particular building is a kindergarten for mostly low-income children.
Another neighbor, Gregory Dolan, admitted that he had never seen children enter, but he was pretty sure that nothing suspicious was going on inside the building. “You may find that many of the local legends [spread] by an uninformed person who doesn’t know what’s going on,” Dolan said. At the same time, he agreed that this place is “terrifyingly creepy.”
And this may be just what we need – our thirst for the weird, the incredible, and the fantastic can trump the more boring truth.
The conspiracy against Funtime has taken a strange building and turned it into an incredible legend, akin to wallpaper shadows that appear large and scary, and take on a completely different shape from the objects that cast them. “There are rocking animals on steel springs for playgrounds,” Dolan said, “and on winter nights, or any other night, when it’s deserted, they take a terrible shape.”
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Salt Lake City is the capital and most populated city of Utah (USA). The name is often shortened to Salt Lake or even SLC (pronounced SLC). Originally called Great Salt Lake City (City near the Great Salt Lake).
Located in the north of the state near the Great Salt Lake. Located in a valley surrounded by the Wasatch and Oquirr mountains; located at an altitude of about 1300 m. The largest city in the state; industrial, commercial and financial center of the Great Basin region.
International Airport. Salt Lake City is the international headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – the founders of the city, about 50% of the inhabitants are Mormons; one of the city’s nicknames is the Holy City of Saints.
History
On July 24, 1847, the first Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, established a settlement in the Great Salt Lake area that later became a city.
In the 1840s and 1850s, it served as a staging post for immigrants to California. With the development of the mining industry and the construction of railroads in the 1860s and 1870s, Salt Lake City became a major trading center of the West. In 1856, the city became the capital of Utah Territory, and since 1896, the state capital. In 2002, the city became the venue for the XIX Winter Olympic Games.
Before Mormon settlements appeared in the Salt Lake Valley, the Shoshone, Utah, and Paiute Indian tribes lived in these lands for thousands of years. At the time of the founding of Salt Lake City, the valley was part of the territory of the northwestern Shoshone tribe, despite the fact that they led a nomadic lifestyle and established seasonal settlements near where there were water sources flowing from the Canyons Mountains through the Salt Valley.
lake valley. The United States considered the land to be public property; the state never recognized the ownership of it for the Shoshone tribe, and also did not annul them with a formal contract. It is believed that Jim Bridger was the first American to explore the territory of Salt Lake in 1825, although other travelers had visited northern Utah near the Utah Valley before that (in 1776, an expedition led by Dominguez – Escalante knew without a doubt about the existence of the valley Salt Lake Valley). US Army officer John Fremont explored Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley in 1843 and 1845. A group of failed explorers from the Donner Party crossed the Great Salt Lake Valley in August 1846.
The official date for the establishment of the first permanent settlements in the valley is July 24, 1847, the day the first group of Latter Day Saints arrived. They traveled outside the borders of the United States in search of a quiet place where they could live in peace in their faith, without the violence and persecution they experienced in the eastern states.
Arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, church president Brigham Young uttered the historic phrase, “This is the place.” Brigham Young claimed to have seen this valley in his vision shortly before his arrival. It turned out that the spacious valley was not inhabited by people. 4 days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young indicated the site for the construction of the Salt Lake Temple, which would later become the most famous landmark in Salt Lake City and the “calling card” of the Mormons.
Salt Lake Temple was built on what was later called Temple Square. Construction lasted 40 years: the construction of the building began in 1853, and completed on April 6, 1893. The temple has become a symbol of the city and is its central part. In addition, the Salt Lake Meridian and the numbering of all addresses in the Salt Lake Valley begin in the southeastern part of Temple Square. The first Mormon pioneers founded a new state, which they named Deseret, and in 1849 petitioned for its official recognition.
In 1850, the US Congress rejected the settlers’ petition, established the state’s borders, significantly reducing them, gave it the name Utah Territory and appointed the capital – the city of Fillmore. In 1858, Greater Salt Lake City became the state capital, later shortened to Salt Lake City. The city’s population continued to grow with new Mormon converts and gold diggers during the Gold Rush, making the city one of the most populated places in the Wild West.
In the summer of 1860, explorer, ethnologist, and writer Richard Francis Burton traveled to Great Salt Lake City by carriage to document local life, verify the claims of Mormon opponents of his time, and gain more information about the new faith. During his three weeks’ stay, he received incredible hospitality, including meetings with church leader Brigham Young and other living contemporaries of Joseph Smith. In his travel notes, the explorer included sketches of the city’s early buildings, descriptions of local topography and agricultural practices, political and social commentary, essays, speeches, and sermons by Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George Washington Bradley, and other prominent leaders, as well as photographs of daily life, in particular, newspaper clippings and the menu of a ball organized for high society.
Mormons and the federal government have long been at odds over polygamy. The climax came in 1857; after Brigham Young refused to resign as governor, President James Buchanan declared the region in revolt and the so-called Utah War began. A US Army division led by Albert Sidney Johnston, later a general in the Confederate Army, entered the city and found it completely empty. The division settled about 65 kilometers southwest of the city at Camp Floyd. Another military base, Fort Douglas, was established in 1862 in order to support troops loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. In the 1880s, many local leaders were imprisoned in the Territorial Jail in the Sugar House area for violating laws against polygamous marriages. At 189In 0 year, the LDS Church banned polygamy by issuing “The Manifesto”, which officially stated that members of the church were subject to the law of the land (which amounted to a ban on new polygamous marriages within the United States and its territories, except for the Mormon settlements in Canada and Mexico).
This set the stage for the state to be officially recognized in 1896 and the city of Salt Lake City to become its capital.
The First US Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 at Promontory Summit north of Great Salt Lake. In 1870 the Transcontinental Railroad was connected to the city and travel became less burdensome. This event was followed by a mass migration of various ethnic groups. Chinese immigrants (who laid most of the Central Pacific railroad) founded a thriving Chinatown in Salt Lake City, which became known as “Plum Alley” and became home to 1,800 Chinese in the early 20th century. At 19In 52, trading enterprises and houses were demolished, and a parking lot was built on the site of Plum Alley, not far from which a memorial plaque was installed in memory of the former settlement. The booming mining industry also opened up economic opportunities for immigrants. The buildings that remained in the center of Salt Lake City, a Buddhist temple and the Japanese Christian chapel, remind of the once prosperous Japanese quarter in the past.
Ethnic groups from Europe and missionaries from the East Coast built St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in 1874, Holy Trinity Cathedral in 1905 and the Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in 1909. Around the same time, Salt Lake City had a red-light district, which at its peak employed 300 courtesans, but was closed in 1911.
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, an extensive system of tram lines was built throughout the city – the first tram was launched in 1872, and electric traction appeared in 1889. As throughout the country, cars replaced trams, and the last tram stopped running at 1945 year. Rail transport subsequently resumed when the TRAX light rail system became operational in 1999. During the 20th century, the population of the city gradually decreased, due to the fact that many people moved to suburban areas in the north and south of the city. Some of these suburbs were annexed to the city, while nearby towns merged and expanded in size. As a result, the population of the nearby agglomeration outnumbers the population of Salt Lake City itself.
The main problem of modern official power was the fight against the commercial decline of the central part of the city. From 19From the 1960s to the 1980s, the population of the city decreased significantly, although there was a slight increase in the 1990s. At the moment, the population of the city is again gradually decreasing (although the territory of the agglomeration continues to grow), having decreased by about 2 percent since 2000.
Significant demographic changes have taken place in the city in recent years. Currently, the city is home to about 22% of the Hispanic population, as well as a large gay community. The city has a large Pacific Islander population, mostly from Samoa and Tonga, who make up about 2% of the Salt Lake Valley population.
In 1995, Salt Lake City was chosen to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. The games were marred by numerous scandals. A corruption scandal erupted in 1998, based on allegations that officials were being bribed to secure Salt Lake City’s 2002 victory.
The games themselves were accompanied by scandals, including the revision of referee scores and the illegal use of doping. Despite all the controversy, the games have been recognized as financially successful, being one of the few profitable games in recent history. Major capital construction projects were initiated in preparation for the games. Local highways have been expanded and repaired, and a light rail system has been built. Currently, the Olympic Sports Venues are used for local, national and international sports competitions and for the preparation of athletes for the Olympics. After the Olympic Games, the number of tourists increased, although the commercial activity of the city did not recover as quickly. Representatives from Salt Lake City have shown interest in considering bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Salt Lake City and Park City hosted the 16 World Deaf Games in 2007, and Rotary International chose the city to host its convention in 2007, which was the single most significant event in Salt Lake City since since the 2002 Winter Olympics.
In 2005, the U.S. The Volleyball Association was attended by 39,500 participants.
Geography
Salt Lake City is located on a territory with a total area of 285.9 km², the average height above sea level is 1320 m. Within the city, the lowest point – 1280 m – is considered to be the area near the Jordan River and the Great Salt Lake, and the highest – 2868 m – Grandview Peak. The city is in the northern part of the Salt Lake Valley; it is surrounded on the northwest by the Great Salt Lake and on the east and west by the high Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges, respectively. The mountainous regions contain a large number of narrow canyons carved by rivers and glaciers, including City Creek, Emigration, Millcreek, and Parley’s, to the east of the city limits. Vast swampy and silty areas separate Salt Lake City from the Great Salt Lake. The phenomenon, known as “lake stench”, is the result of the metabolic activity of bacteria living in the lake, and lasts for several hours two to three times a year.
The smell from the lake is reminiscent of the smell of rotten eggs. The Jordan River, which flows through the city, originates in Utah Lake and flows into the Great Salt Lake.
The highest peak that can be seen from Salt Lake City is Twin Peaks, which reaches 3454 m. Twin Peaks is part of the Wasatch Mountain Range and is located southeast of Salt Lake City. The Wasatch Fault, which was created by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, runs along the western side of the Wasatch. According to experts, in the event of a more powerful earthquake, the possibility of a partial loss of strength of soils with a clay and sandy structure cannot be ruled out, which can cause catastrophic destruction and subsequent frequent floods in various parts of the city from the Great Salt Lake. The second highest mountain range is the Oquirrhs, with the highest point being Flat Top Mountain at 3,237 m. The Traverse Mountains extend 1,830 m to the south and connect the Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges. Salt Lake City offers views of the nearest mountain peaks with steep, almost vertical slopes.
The relief of the mountains was formed as a result of strong ancient earthquakes. The maximum difference between the heights of the peaks is 2164 m due to the fact that Mount Twin Peaks rises from the bed of the Salt Lake Valley. The bed of the Salt Lake Valley was formed on the site of the ancient Lake Bonneville, which existed at the end of the last ice age. Traces of some of the shorelines of Lake Bonneville are clearly visible on the foothills and ledges of neighboring mountains.
General plan of the city
The city, like the whole district, is designed according to the principle of a rectangular layout. Most of the main streets are oriented north to south and east to west. The start of the city plan grid is at the east corner of Temple Square, where the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located; the north-south axis originates on Main Street, and the east-west axis originates on South Temple Street. Addresses are a coordinate system (similar to latitude and longitude).
The streets are wide enough. The reason for this was the order of Brigham Young, who wanted a team with a wagon to turn around on the streets and at the same time the driver did not use “swear words”. The wide streets and their rectangular layout are typical of other cities where Mormon settlements were located during the era of the first settlers in the West.
While the conventions can be confusing for visitors at first, many find the city’s rectangular layout very helpful for navigating the area. Some streets have other names, such as State Street, better known as 100 East. Other streets are named after famous people: the west end of 300 South is “Adam Galvez Street” (after a local Marine corporal who was killed in battle), others are Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and John Stockton . These names can only be seen on road signs, but they are not used when writing a postal address.
In the Avenues area, the streets marked with letters of the alphabet run north to south, and the streets marked with numbers run east to west.
They are numbered quarterly through 2.5 acres (1 hectare), this block size is smaller than in other areas of the city.
The city began to be built according to the plan developed by Joseph Smith as an image of the ideal city – “City of Zion”, which was used for almost all new Mormon settlements (Eng. Plat of the City of Zion). According to his plan, the blocks of the city should be located on 135 10-acre (4 hectares) lots. However, at the end of the 19th century, the areas of Salt Lake City began to be built up chaotically. This happened before the adoption of the law on zoning of the city’s territories in 1920 years, during a period when LDS Church lost its influence in urban planning. Initially, in blocks, the size of 10 acres (4 hectares) were large parks. Also, many of them were equipped with a water supply system from irrigation canals, which ran approximately in the same places where curbs and gutters are currently laid. The water came from the mountain stream City Creek.
The subsequent development of water resources took place using more southerly streams flowing from the mountains to the eastern part of the city. Some of the old irrigation canals can still be seen in the eastern suburbs, or are still marked on maps, although they have long been out of use.
City Areas
Salt Lake City has many informal neighborhoods. In the eastern part of the city, real estate is much more expensive than in the western part. This is due to the construction of the railway in the west, and in the east there are beautiful picturesque views of the rocky mountains. Housing is more affordable in the west, which entails demographic differences. And the construction of Interstate 15, which runs north-south, further divided the city into east and west sections. Historically, the western part of the city was a working-class area, but more recently, many professionals have been attracted to affordable real estate in it. For example, the small Marmalade District, which is located in the western part of Capitol Hill, which was considered disadvantaged some five years ago, has been significantly reconstructed and is now eclectic and rapidly gaining popularity.
At 19In the 70s and 1980s, the western areas of Rose Park, Poplar Grove and Glendale were hotbeds of criminal activity for various gangs.
Sugar House, in southeast Salt Lake City, is considered progressive, until recently a small area at the corner of 2100 South and 1100 East was home to local shops and specialty stores. The shops were moved to new locations, and the construction of a housing and office complex began on the vacated site. Developers claim that they would like to preserve the character of the area, and after the construction of the complex is completed, it will be possible to place retail stores on the street again. Despite all assurances, local residents are concerned that the area will lose its unique eclectic character, and they claim this will destroy one of the unique areas in the valley, where local commercial organizations are concentrated.
Northeast of downtown is The Avenues, a non-urban rectangular area with neighborhoods that are much smaller than other parts of the city.
The Historical District – the area from South Temple North to 6th Avenue – is a residential area with a huge number of houses that are built in the Victorian style. Recently, Avenues has become an increasingly popular destination for cozy restaurants and shops that open up on the site of old shopping centers, including Hatch Family Chocolates, Avenues Bistro on Third and Jack Mormon Coffee. The streets of the Avenues area are located at the foot of or directly on the slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. On the lower part of the slopes there are houses of earlier buildings. Avenues, Federal Heights, east and north of the University of Utah, in the Foothill area, south of the University, you can see gated communities, as well as mansions worth more than millions of dollars, and fabulous views of the valley. It is believed that the ultimate dream for many people is to buy property in the area.
In addition to larger neighborhoods such as Sugar House and Downtown, Salt Lake City has several smaller neighborhoods that are named after nearby major junctions.
For example, areas 9th and 9th (located at the intersection of 900 East and 900 South) and 15th & 15th (located at the intersection of 1500 East and 1500 South). They are pedestrian areas and contain art galleries, clothing stores, salons, restaurants and cafes. Summer 2007 in District 9On th and 9th, pavement and street work was completed, and 9 Muses was installed, a work by Seattle, Washington-based artist Troy Pillow based on ancient Greek myth. This was made possible with partial financial assistance from Salt Lake City.
Most of the buildings in the valley were built before World War II, and only in some areas, such as Federal Heights, East Bench, and in some places in the western areas of Rose Park and Glendale, you can see houses that were built after 1970s.
Culture
Museums and Fine Arts
There are several museums in Salt Lake City. Not far from Temple Square is the Church History Museum, operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the museum houses collections of artifacts, documents, art, photographs, tools, clothing, and furniture that depict nearly two centuries of LDS church history.
On the west side of Temple Square, near the Gateway District, is the Clark Planetarium, which houses an IMAX movie theater, Discovery Gateway, and a children’s museum. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum of Utah are open to the public on campus at the University of Utah. Also in the city are the Utah State Historical Society, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Memorial Museum, the Fort Douglas Military Museum, the Social Hall Heritage Museum, and the Leonardo Museum of Modern Art, Science and Technology.
Salt Lake City is also home to several classic cinemas, including the Tower Theater and the now closed Trolley Corners and Villa Theatre.
On December 5, 2007, the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance announced that two downtown blocks south of the proposed City Creek Center residential area will be developed into a new center for the development of the fine arts. It is planned to restore the two theaters that are located in this area, build a new theater with 2,400 seats and allocate more space for galleries and exhibitions of artists.
The opening of the new facilities is to coincide with the opening of the City Creek Center array in 2011. The location of the new theatre, which will cost $81.5 million, has been officially announced and fundraising has begun to secure funding for the project. At the same time, plans for a theater have come under fire, especially from nearby smaller theaters that show productions by touring experimental avant-garde companies. They argue that such a theater is impossible to maintain, and its opening would be detrimental to their activities.
Performing Arts
Salt Lake City has many venues for both professional and amateur theater. The historic Capitol Theater is home to numerous touring theater companies that perform Broadway and experimental productions. Local professional acting companies include the Pioneer Theater Company, the Salt Lake Acting Company, and the Plan-B Theater Company, which is the only one of its kind in Utah with a repertoire composed entirely of plays by local playwrights.
The Off-Broadway Theater in Salt Lake City’s historic Clift Building puts on comedy plays and Utah’s longest impromptu comedy production, Laughing Stock. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, founded in 1847, performs in Salt Lake City. The choir performs weekly on the radio and television program Music and the Spoken Word. This program has been on the air continuously for many years, thus being the longest running project in the history of world radio broadcasting. Salt Lake City is also home to the Utah Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1940 year Maurice Abravanel, recently the team has gained wide popularity. The current conductor of the orchestra is Thierry Fischer. Initially, the orchestra performed at the Salt Lake Tabernacle, but since 1979 it has been constantly rehearsing and playing its concerts at Abravanel Hall, located in the western part of the central area of the city. The city is home to the award-winning children’s choir The Salt Lake Children’s Choir. The choir was formed in 1979 and currently performs under the direction of Ralph B. Woodward. The University of Utah trains first-class professionals in the specialty “classical dance (ballet)” and “modern dance”. Among the professional dance groups in the city are Ballet West, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (in the 2008/2009 seasoncelebrated its 45th anniversary) and the Repertory Dance Theatre. Both teams, RWDC and RDT, rehearse and perform at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.
Music
The local music industry is dominated by blues, rock and roll, punk, deathcore, horrorcore and indie. Various concerts are held in many clubs of the city. Among the popular bands and musicians who either started their musical career in the Wasatch Front agglomeration or grew up in this area, and this influenced their work, it should be noted: Iceburn, The Almost, The Brobecks, Meg and Dia, Royal Bliss, Shedaisy, The Summer Obsession, and The Used. Underground metal in Salt Lake City is represented by Gaza and Bird Eater. In 2004, more than 200 bands contributed their compositions to the compilation, which was initiated by the local music magazine SLUG Magazine. Of all the compositions presented, only 59 were selected., representing different styles of music, namely hip-hop, jazz, jazz fusion, punk and various styles of rock and roll. Every summer, Salt Lake City hosts the Twilight Concert. This festival has been part of the city’s musical life for over 23 years. In 2010, about 40,000 people attended the concert, which took place in Pioneer Park’s central park.
Movies and TV
The Salt Lake City metropolitan area has produced a huge number of movies, commercials, music videos and television shows, including: Salt Lake City Punk, Touched by an Angel, Widower’s Love, Big Love, Bonneville, Dawn of the Dead, Drive Me Crazy, Everlasting, High School Musical, High School Musical 2: Vacation, High School Musical 3: Prom, Legally Blonde 2, Kids Left Out, Dumb and Dumber, Confrontation, Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5 : Michael Myers Revenge, Halloween 6: Curse of Michael Myers, Independence Day, Showdown, Brown Bunny, Fastest Indian, Path of Arms, Carnival of Souls, Amazing Race 8, Denizen, The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights”, Pirates of the Caribbean : At the end of the world, Playground.
Significant Events
Although the influence of the Latter-day Saint Church in the city is still strong, its cultural and religious life is diverse. The city hosts a huge number of cultural events. Through the combined efforts of a committee of volunteers, labor collectives and local community organizations, the Utah Pride Festival takes place every June in Salt Lake City. Beginning in 1983, the annual small and mostly secret gatherings have evolved over time into a three-day festival featuring performances by local celebrities. More recently, the festival was attended by 20,000 people, including members of the LGBT community and their supporters among relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers. The Utah Pride Festival is a project of the local community organization Utah Pride Center. The main activity of the organization is aimed at providing support, training and outreach, protecting the rights and interests of homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, as well as people with free views and their supporters, through the use of various programs, services and resources.
On July 24, residents of the city celebrate the state’s most important holiday, Pioneer Day, the date the first group of Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. A variety of events take place throughout the week each year, including a children’s parade, a horse parade, the Days of ’47 Parade (one of the largest parades in the US), a rodeo, and a massive fireworks show at Liberty Park. On New Year’s Eve, Rice-Eccles Stadium, which is part of the University of Utah, hosts mass festivities and various events for the whole family. At midnight, colorful fireworks light up the sky above the city. On this day, you can officially sell and launch fireworks.
In honor of the cultural heritage of the Greeks living in Utah, the Greek Festival takes place every year on the first weekend after Labor Day. The three-day program of the festival includes performances by folk musicians and dance groups, tours of the temple, a crafts fair and tasting of traditional dishes. This event takes place in the central part of the city in the Greek Orthodox Church and is usually attended by 35 to 50 thousand people.
Since 1977, the city has hosted the annual Utah Arts Festival, usually attended by about 80,000 people. Fine art lovers can visit 130 different exhibition stands and listen to music at five concert venues.
Salt Lake City hosts part of the Sundance Film Festival. Every year, prominent cultural figures, film actors, celebrities and thousands of film lovers come to the city to watch the program of the largest independent film festival in the United States. The festival is headquartered in nearby Park City.
Salt Lake City Marathon has been held in Salt Lake City since 2004. In 2006, the Real Madrid football team and many of America’s top cyclists took part in this event.
In recent years, the city has hosted local events such as the most famous Friday Night Flicks, free movie screenings in city parks, and health and fitness awareness programs as part of the Salt Lake City Gets Fit sporting event sponsored by the mayor.
Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the time of the competition, the city was the most populated locality that hosted the Winter Olympic Games. This event catapulted Salt Lake City into the international arena and is considered by many to be the most successful Winter Olympics ever.
In February 2002, the Italian city of Turin was named Salt Lake City’s Olympic Sister City, and in October 2003 they received the status of cities between which there are friendly relations. On January 13, 2007, an agreement was signed in which Salt Lake City and Turin officially became Olympic sister cities.
Every third Friday of the month in Salt Lake City, you can take a free walk through the galleries. At this time, many galleries and other places in the city center are open until late so that art lovers can visit various exhibitions after work. Sometimes street artists, actors and musicians take part in these events.
Attractions
Salt Lake City is home to the main office buildings of the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many of which are open to the public. The central attraction of the city is Temple Square, which houses the Salt Lake City temple (it is forbidden to enter it for the general public) and information centers that are open to the public. The square also houses the historic Tabernacle building, where the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs. Across the street to the server is the Church’s state-of-the-art Convention Center. The Family History Library building, which contains the largest collection of genealogical documents, is located east of Temple Square. It is owned by the LDS Church and is open to the public free of charge. Not far from Temple Square is the Eagle Gate Monument and the Brigham Young Monument.
In 2004, the main public library building received the Institute Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architecture. The building has an original architectural style. There is an observation deck on the roof of the library, which offers beautiful views of the Salt Lake Valley. The marble floors and dome of the Utah State Capitol are identical to those found in the building that houses the US Congress. Other notable historic buildings include the Thomas Kearns House (now the Governor’s House), the City and County Building built in 1894, Kearns Building at Main Street, St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, built in 1874, and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Madeleine, built in 1909.
Not far from the mouth of Emigration Canyon is This Is The Place Heritage Park, which recreates the life of the first adherent settlers typical of the 19th century Churches of the LDS, as well as the monument of the same name. Across the street from the park is the Hogle Zoo. At over 100 acres (0.40 km²), Liberty Park, the city’s largest public park, is home to a lake with an island in the middle and the Tracy Aviary Nature Reserve. Its main inhabitants are various species of birds living both in the wild and in special enclosures. The botanical garden Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is located at the foot of the mountains and is the venue for various exhibitions and music concerts. Jordan Park is home to the International Peace Gardens. Popular for hikers and bikers, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail runs along the foothills of Wasatch Front for about 90 miles.
Next to Rice-Eccles Stadium is Olympic Cauldron Park, home to the Olympic Flame Monument, Visitor Center and Hoberman Arch. In the Gateway District is the Olympic Legacy Plaza, where you can see a dancing musical fountain and a stone carved with the names of 30,000 Olympic volunteers. Not far from Park City is Utah Olympic Park, the site of the 2002 Olympic ski jumping, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions. Nowadays, trainings and various competitions are held in this park all year round. Visitors can watch the action unfold and even ride a bobsleigh. The Utah Olympic Oval is located in Kearns. It was specially built for speed skating competitions, and is currently open to visitors. Another popular Olympic venue is the Soldier Hollow ski resort, which hosts cross-country skiing. It is located southeast of Salt Lake City near Heber City.
Salt Lake City is home to several world-class winter and summer resorts: Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City Mountain Resort, and Deer Valley. Every year, millions of tourists come here to enjoy outdoor activities all year round. Shoppers will appreciate several large-scale shopping centers. The Trolley Square shopping complex is a huge number of both indoor and outdoor shopping areas, among which you can find small art stores, cozy cafes and stores of large national retail chains. The shops are housed in buildings that are a restored tram depot with cobbled streets. Gateway District is an open-air shopping complex with numerous national restaurants, clothing stores, the Clark Planetarium cinema, the Discovery Gateway museum for children, The Depot and the Olympic Legacy Plaza. The modern City Creek Center is home to high-end boutiques with exclusive merchandise found only here and nowhere else in Utah.
On October 3, 2006, the LDS Church, which owns the ZCMI Center Mall and Crossroads Mall located on Main Street, announced its plans. In order to reconstruct the City Creek Center, a $1.5 billion project [source not specified 970 days], it was necessary to demolish shopping malls, a skyscraper and other buildings. It was planned to build several residential buildings and office complexes (one of which is the third tallest building in Utah) around an outdoor shopping center, inside which it was planned to place a stream, a fountain and other cultural and recreational facilities. The complex opened on March 22, 2012. The Sugar House area has a small shopping street and several old parks. Sugar House Park, the city’s second largest park, often hosts various events, among which fireworks in honor of America’s Independence Day are considered the main one.
Other attractions in or around the city include Golden Spike National Historic Site (where the world’s first transcontinental railroad was connected), Lagoon Amusement Park, Great Salt Lake, Bonneville Salt Flats, the Gardner Historic Village, one of the largest dinosaur museums in the United States at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, and one of the world’s largest artificial quarries at the Bingham Canyon Mine.
Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1853-1893) and House of Prayer (1867), Bee House, Temple Square, Lion House, Salt Palace, State Capitol, Art Center ” Salt Lake, Southeast Temple (1909), one of the largest shopping centers in the United States, Crossroads Plaza. In the suburbs are ski resorts, the salt fields of Lake Bonneville.
what to do in Salt Lake City
Our clients spend an average of two and a half to three months to give birth in the USA in Salt Lake City. Often the question is “What to do in Salt Lake City in your free time?”. Indeed, this time is enough to come to the states, settle in an apartment we rented in Salt Lake City, go to regular appointments with the doctor, travel on excursions and, possibly, to other states, give birth to a small American, receive all the necessary American and national documents and go home.
After all, three months is a relatively long period of stay abroad, so many people have a completely logical question: “What do you do with all these three months (sometimes four, five, or even six months)?”
Usually, we answer this question like this: you have enough time to travel and see various interesting places and attractions in Utah, as well as neighboring states. But it also happens that for some reason (for example: they don’t rent a car, they are afraid to travel during pregnancy, or they have medical contraindications for traveling) they don’t go on excursions. In such cases, and in Salt Lake City, we try to find something for everyone to taste and wishes.
In Salt Lake City, as in most American cities, a healthy lifestyle is valued and respected. Therefore, there are many different gyms, fitness centers, swimming pools and sports activities. Such exercises, after prior consultation with a doctor, of course, can be useful for pregnant women. Many fitness centers, in their list of sports sections, offer special classes for pregnant women. Such exercises help pregnant women prepare the body for childbirth, thereby ensuring its speedy recovery after childbirth.
The swimming pool is also very useful for pregnant women. All classes in the pool for pregnant women are divided into three types: swimming, diving and water aerobics. The main advantage of all three types of activities is that while in the water, the expectant mother feels light, her spine is unloaded from weight gain and water helps to relax not only the body, but also mentally. But again, all classes, whether in the gym or in the pool, must first be agreed with the doctor!
For men or other people who accompany a woman in labor on a trip to give birth in the United States, the choice of sports destinations is many times greater. It can be just exercising in the gym with or without a coach, doing your favorite sport – boxing, football, baseball, etc., exercising in the pool, skiing or snowboarding. In general, the list of sports activities is very large and varied, which is only worth one Utah Olympic Oval sports complex, where you can practice almost any sport.
By the way, visiting gyms, swimming pools, fitness centers, etc. will not significantly affect the total cost of traveling to give birth in Salt Lake City, as Utah’s policy is to encourage people to a healthy lifestyle in every possible way. Sports centers are on almost every corner and the cost of training in them is more than affordable.
In addition to sports, in Salt Lake City there are many, let’s say, “circles” or interest clubs that hold various master classes. It can be pottery, sewing, singing, dancing, English and other language courses, and much, much more. These classes can be attended by both adults and children. It all depends on personal desires and preferences.
Also, in the city you can visit various SPA and wellness centers, where everyone, especially women, will spend their free time with pleasure. Such centers provide massage services, body and face care, they also offer beauty salon services where you can do manicures, pedicures, make-up, cut your hair, and do your hair. These centers are suitable for everyone: both men and pregnant women.
Shopping and entertainment centers are also very popular, where everyone can find entertainment to their taste from shopping, watching movies or visiting restaurants to participating in various draws. By the way, shopping centers always have children’s rooms where you can leave your children under supervision while shopping or watching a movie. By the way, shopping here is a favorite pastime of our customers, since the things in stores are only of high quality, and their prices are lower than ours – especially if you go shopping in discount stores or outlets. Therefore, we do not recommend bringing a lot of things “in reserve” with you to the states – most likely, you will simply leave them here, in exchange for buying a lot of new ones.
As for activities for children, there is a large selection of kindergartens and schools, campsites and camps, various clubs and activities. For children, this is a very useful pastime, because in the company of their English-speaking peers, children will be able to learn the basics of the English language faster, and it will be easier for them to learn it at school in their homeland.
As for the English language, there is practically no Russian-speaking diaspora in Salt Lake City, more precisely, it exists, but it is very small. Accordingly, here it is very rare to meet a Russian-speaking worker in a particular institution. In this regard, we advise you to be more careful when ordering any services. Of course, when going to the cinema, be prepared that films are shown here exclusively with English dubbing. But do not think that you will feel “dumb” – ordering lunch or doing yoga does not require perfect knowledge of the language. And our clients, in any situation, can turn to us for help, and we will always try to help them.
In general, you should not think that going to give birth in the USA, you will find yourself bound by “four walls” and you will be bored. In America, sometimes there are much more opportunities for leisure than we have. There are many interesting activities that both adults (including pregnant women) and children can find for themselves. If you have the desire and opportunity to do something, then we can guarantee you that you will not get bored here. Moreover, you will feel at home, and we will try to help you with this.