Voices: SLC can be one of America’s great cities — if we can finish what we started

It’s time to give this city its center back.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

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