Salt Lake City unveiled concept designs this week for roughly 2.4 acres of open space as part of the Fleet Block redevelopment.
Why it matters: The proposal would add a welcome stretch of greenery to the emerging Granary District.
- The designs feature an amphitheater lawn, walking loop, winding garden and curbless shared streets.
Catch up quick: The city-owned block, spanning 8.75 acres, once housed the city’s fleet vehicles for maintenance and repair. It became a memorial site and symbol of police brutality during the pandemic.
- Activists painted pink portraits of people killed by police — including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor — on vacant buildings near where Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was fatally shot in 2020 after fleeing officers.
- The buildings were torn down last year to make way for long-planned redevelopment.
State of play: Mixed-income housing, retail and service-based businesses are also planned for the site…