downtown progress: going back, moving forward

There once was a vacant retail space next door to Sam Weller's Bookstore. In the last while, this unoccupied building has become enlivened by storefront projections of short films by the Salt Lake Film Center. And now, much to the neighborhood's delight, an unveiling has gone under way: the property owners have begun to peel off the flat 60's facade to reveal the authentic turn-of-the-century architecture once obscured beneath. The art projections continue alongside this construction of de-construction, providing a wonderful juxtaposition of the old and new in our awakening strip in downtown Salt Lake City.