The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
SUBURBAN HOMES
IN GREAT DEMAND
Desire of Citizens to Get Away
From Downtown PopulateS
Additions.
IS A METROPOLITAN TRAIT
LARGE CITIES HAVE FINEST
RESIDENCES IN ENVIRoNs.

A feature Of development OF the city
which is regarded as a sign of increas-
/ ing metropOlitantsm as important as
/ the growth of the business district OF
the city is the tremendous develop
ment Of suburban property in the
/ shape of the numerous new additions
/ which are now being placed on the
! market. Real estate men point out
/ that the change of city from con
| sentative to metro pOlltan conditions is
always followed by a move of the
/ population to the high land about the
] city in order to take advantage OF the
most slightly and pleasant location Tor
/ home sites.
So long as a city is small it is both
/ desirable and pleasant for people 10
/ live near their places OF business, anC
| as result the best residence sections
/ are often located near or at most only
few blocks from the center OF III
| business district. With the increase in
/ wealth, and with the coming of gen.
| eral enlargements which compel first
! class rapid transit facilities, there Is
| always a movement of the people To
| semi suburban locations.
The movement was started only
about two years ago with the develop
| ment of Westminster Heights, just
| north of Twelfth South and east OF
\ Thirteenth East. The improvement OF
Federal Heights, at the end or East
South Temple street, was started al
about the same time, but as the place
is really only slight extension OF
1 the present residence district on South
Temple, this addition can not be in
cluded strictly in the list of suburban
/ additions.
Other improvements.
1t is also pointed out that the i'm
| prOVement of Sugar House, Waterloo
and Poplar Grove additions were mere
/ ly attempts to provide quiet location:
for people of moderate incomes wht
/ wished homes OF their own and the
development OF these additions wa
/ but preliminary attempts to spread out
| They were not, in fact, part of the
| move OF the population TO obtain
1 homes on the higher ground about the
/ city.
This movement is very recent. ano
/ is, in fact, only just started. At tht
| present time there is a long line o.
new additions along the east bench
! extending from Ninth South, the
/ southern boundary of Mount Olive.
| cemetery, to below Thirteenth South,
1 at the southern limits of the new High
| land Park addition. Just south o.
Ninth South and east OF Thirteenth
East are about two blocks OF property
now being held for the development
OF other additions. Another block
which inclHes the new Morningside
Heights addition, not yet on the mar
Fifteenth East
The next addition is Liberty Heights
tract OF thirty acres. East OF this
addition is University Heights, anC
south and east are College View ant
Emerson Heights which extend as fal
south as Eleventh South. The variOu
/ Yves mlnster tracts, and the property
of the Westminster college brings on
trict lies TO the west Of this tract, anO
the locality Immediately south OF tins
is already pretty well built up.
Fort Douglas Boulevard.
Union Heights lies just south OF thi.
locality. and then comes Highland
| Park. Farther to the eastward anC
| extending from about Eleventh Souti
! to Thirteenth South are Laurelhurs
and Monhetm Park and to the west
ward of these, near Fifteenth and Six
| teenth East are Idlewild and sunny
/ side additions. The beautiful new
tract known as Park Crescent is
situated east OF Twenty first East
street, to be known as Fort Douglas
| boulevard, and adioins the military
reservation on the north. Each one
| Of these tracts has some features
which make II desira BILE to purchasers.
chief of which are unexceIled views OF
| the Salt Lake valley, and the adyan-
| tages of fresh canyon air.
The important feature OF the new
| additions is the fact that there is
| 5uOWu III tue purchase VI the AONS III
| these additions BY all sorts OF people
| recognition Of the almost inevitable
tendency of the city TO grow up over
i the east bench. II is pointed out that
| the extension of the city northward
/ has nearly reached its limit. Already
! the construction of the new High
Line" boulevard on Eleventh avenue
| has fixed the limit OF expansion north
ward, and the summit of the noun
| tatns has, in fact, been reached in that
! direction. City Creek canyon, just over
| the hills, is also a barrier to any furth-
/ er extension.
Another point IN favor Of the east
1 bench is pointed out in the fact that
/ in no other place does one obtain the
| fresh canyon breeze and an uninter-
/ rupted view Of the surrounding coun-
/ try nOrthWard, eastward and south
| ward. The east bench is an ideal place
/ 10 live in summer and equal IN uesir-
ability TO any locality in the city for
! residence in winter. The only handi-
| cap at the present time to the locality
/ is lack Of transit facilities, and these
are being provided as rapidly as posi-
| bic.
Extension Of the present Thirteenth
| East car line southwark from Fifth
| South is only matter of time, and
viii mean, 1t is said. a rush to new
home locations along the route. This
line is to be extended as far south as
Twelfth South. Another car line on
Fifteenth East will then be only a
matter of a year or two. The extension
OF the Emigration canyon car line
southwark along Twenty-first East Is
g matter OF only a short time also. so
that the entire east bench will thus be
made available for residence purposes
in a comparatively short time. That
the people are beginning TO see the
outcome of future development is
shown. IL is said. by the manner in
which they are hurrying TO secure
home sites while the prices are low. 1t
is but the beginning OF a movement
which will ultimately make Salt Lake
City one OF the most attractive in its
residence districts Of any city in the
world.
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