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Alleviate DIY symptoms, build a house
Just less than a dozen years ago a condition that I have had most of my life fully manifested, that DIY (Do It Yourself) disease. So I did what I could to alleviate the symptoms, I designed and built a...
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Keeping it in the family
We were moving back to Salt Lake from Orem in 1996, and my husband Paul’s parents were ready to sell their house on 773 North Catherine Street. Paul spent his teen years in this house in Rose Park and...
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Steenblik house remnant of old dairy farm
The large covered porch of the old Steenblik farmhouse gives off a cozy glow as the inside lights shine through the glass panes on the front door, lighting the entryway. There is no doorbell, so I...
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Victorian-era Fisher Mansion: a treasure in limbo
Photos by Ashley King and Ray Wheeler At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Fisher mansion would have fit perfectly amongst the row of stately homes on Brigham Street (now South Temple) east of...
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Preserving an urban farming culture in Glendale
To walk 10th West in Glendale is to travel back in time. The air tells you...this is farmland. There are fields of fresh-turned earth waiting for the next assignment, robust fruit trees and grapevines...
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Conserving water on your property
Salt Lake City residents live in the second driest state in the nation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Conserving water in our semi-arid climate – with hot, dry...
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Homes of the Homeless
Any west-sider knows that homeless people are embedded within and scattered throughout our communities. We glimpse them in flashes, determinedly pushing shopping carts, bikes, or bike trailers loaded...
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Talisman West
Talisman West, home of the late LDS Church gardener Peter Lassig, was designed and constructed in 1976 by Peter and his father Don Lassig. The Rose Park location was chosen because of its proximity to...
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Reflections from ‘YouthWorks in the Park’ trip
Last month 15 YouthWorks alumni took a trip to Arches National Park. We spent three days and two nights camping near Moab, a few miles from Arches National Park. While we were there, we were granted...
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Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata
I first encountered this unique frog as a kid, when I heard its loud mating calls in the spring. Their call is a repeating, rising, rasping one-to-two second “prreeeep, prreeeep, prreeeep” that can...
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