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Show FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE Since the mid-1960s a neighborhood revival has occurred due to the increasing cost of new construction combined with a basic disenchantment with suburban living. New and old residents have joined to seek the revitalization of old residences and preserve the visual and architectural elements that characterize the area. Such a movement has also occurred in other neighborhoods. The Greater Avenues Community Council was organized as an advocacy group attempting to preserve the life style of one of Salt Lake City's first residential area. The group has been instrumental in the preparation of the Avenues Master Plan and a number of down-zoning fights. Preservation efforts have met with a high degree of success. Salt Lake City is experiencing a neighborhood revival with the Avenues district a principal mover in that direction. A historian who worked on the Avenues survey has written that the Avenues "... continues to be what it has been for nearly a century, an area where people from diverse backgrounds and a variety of income levels can live together."^ 1-The quoted material herein has been adapted from Kip Harris, "Return to the City: A Study of Architectural Restoration/Renovation in the Context of the Avenues District of Salt Lake City." M.Arch. thesis, University of Utah, 1978; and is quoted from Wallace N. Cooper II, Architects and Associates, "Historic District Design Guidelines," prepared for Utah State Historical Society Preservation Office, 1979. McCormick, "A History of the Avenues." State Historical Society, 1978. Unpublished Report, Utah |
