For years, the most centrally located place to get a fast-food hamburger in downtown Salt Lake City was at the corner of State Street and 200 South, a fact not unknown or unappreciated by Deseret News employees back when the newspaper’s offices were less than half a block away on Regent Street.
It seemed a street corner only big enough for a Carl’s Jr., a drive-thru lane and a small parking area was destined to serve charbroiled burgers forever.
Until somebody with a vision decided it would be the perfect location for Utah’s highest building…