Sky Room, Hotel Utah [029]

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Title Sky Room, Hotel Utah [029]
Photo Number p0283n07a_03_944
Description Photo shows a sign for the Sky Room, located on top floor of the west wing of Hotel Utah, 1946 to 1961
Keywords Sky Room; Roof Restaurant; The Roof; Starlite Gardens; Roof Gardens; Meals; Eating and drinking spaces; Grand hotels
Subject Sky Room (Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs; Restaurants--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Hotels--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Dinners and dining; Food; Restaurants; Hotels
Additional Information Hotel Utah's rooftop restaurant opened in 1914 with the name "Roof Gardens." It was located atop the original west wing of the 10-story building. Renamed "Starlite Gardens" in 1936, it offered open-air dining and dancing under canopies. A renovation in 1961 enclosed it in glass windows, and it was renamed the "Sky Room." It was actually two rooms, one designed after French pattern, the other after an English club. After the 1974-1976 renovation, when the west wing was extended northward, the restaurant moved into the north end and became "The Roof." Hotel Utah closed in 1987, was remodeled as office space for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was rededicated as the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in 1993. In that year, the Roof restaurant reopened, to continue its long tradition of fine dining. The old space to the south became the Garden Restaurant.
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0283 Hotel Utah Photograph Collection
Date 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976
Textual Date 1961-1976
Access Restrictions This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
Master File Size 16.2 MB
Master File Compression None
Master File Creation Software Nikon Scan 4.0.2 W
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2459
ARK ark:/87278/s6w6721k
Setname uum_hu
ID 209321
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w6721k
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