The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-01
BIG ARCHITECTS
To LOCATE HERE
Parkinson & BergstrOm, De-
signers of Thomas Kearns
Building, Like Salt Lake.
JOHN PARKINSON TALKS
OF PRESENT CONDITIONS
Looks for a New Era in Way of
Office Buildings and Large
Structures.

Thore can be no possible question as
10 the future greatness of Salt Lake
City to any one who will stop and con
slider lis natural resources. With such
advantages as il possesses on every
side and it's location in regard 10 other
cities, il must in the nature of things
move forward constantly. AS soon as
the Thomas Kearns office building is
started we intend TO establish per.
mancnt office in Salt Lake City
This was the statement OF john
Parkinson of the firm of Parkinson &
Bcrgstrom. architects of Los Angeles,
who have designed the plans of the
new Thomas Kcarns office building to
be located on the west side of Main
street. between First and Second South
streets, when seen by a Tribune re-
porter at the Knutsford hotel Friday
afternoon.
Discussing the various points that
make for the greatness of any large
city today, Mr.. Parkinson spoke of
them IN detail, and paid particular at
tenrion to Salt Lake as 4 distributing
point and its relation TO other cities.
Reasons Tor Greatness.
When questioned as TO the particular
reasons why the city should become
much larger IN the near future than it
is al present. Mr. Parkinson said that
the city presented great advantages TO
the home builder on account OF the
fact that it had large territory which
was net built up at the present time.
and as far as he could Judge from in
qulrics made In regard 10 values IL of
fercd many opportunities 10 the Invcs
tor in real estate. With lfs broad
streets and situated as close as il is TO
the foothills, il offered magnificent pos
sibilities from Il residential standpoint
Viewed from the standpoint of health
alone, it made a strong appeal TO the
chance visitor who remained in the
city long enough 10 look over tho pos
sibilites regarding the climatic condi
tIons.
Nor was the city bound TO grow on
account of a real estate boom started
by any set of real estate boomers. but
II must enlarge in answer to the de-
mand made by its eveT-incrcasing IN
dustries for which The natural re-
sources OF the surrounding country were
calling. Mr.. Parkinson looks for an in
creased building activity which will be
due 70 the demand for larger Office
buildings and hotels.
increasing Demands
Speaking along these lines, he said
that Los Angeles was an example of
what he meant. In the last few years
Los Angeles had changed Ia such an
extent that the visitor who had not
been there in the past fov years would
not know the place. The firm of Park
insou & Bergstrom alone. TO say moth
ing Of the others. and there arc many.
had built the Alexandria. which cost
more than $l.000,000. and would soon
have an addition added costing 81 ,0o0,-
600 more; the Angclus hotel. the King
Edward hotel. the Maryland hotel and
so per cent OF the large modern Office
buildings. All OF these were in an.
swer 20 the demand the city had made
for larger and moro modern Office build
ings. In Seattle the same condition
was noted. the firm of Parkinson &
Bergstrom having built the Pacific ho-
tel, the Butler, the Seattle Athletic
club and a great number Of school and
office buildings.
All of this building has been in an.
swor 10 the same demand which has
been felt throughout thc west for the
past few years. Salt Lake City. being
quite rs progressive as any other city
of lis size, there was no reason Mr.