- Salt Lake City has selected an artist for a new mural to honor historic Japantown’s lost heritage.
- Cole Eisenhour will design the mural on the 15-story Multi-Ethnic Senior Highrise.
- The project highlights Japantown’s resilience while the city aims to revitalize the area.
SALT LAKE CITY — In its heyday, Salt Lake City’s historic Japantown was a flourishing community within the city, filled with businesses, restaurants and markets owned and operated by residents of Japanese descent.
The Japanese Church of Christ and Salt Lake Buddhist Temple are essentially all that remains today, after most of it was demolished during the development and subsequent expansion of the Salt Palace Convention Center between the 1960s and 1990s.
However, Salt Lake City leaders hope a massive new mural will at least highlight the history of a neighborhood lost through redevelopment, so it’s not forgotten, as it moves forward with other enhancements to the area. The city announced on Wednesday that it has selected artist Cole Eisenhour to design a mural that will be painted on the side of the 15-story Multi-Ethnic Senior Highrise, 120 S. 200 West, this summer…