Trolley Square is a partially enclosed

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located in

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. It is considered to be a trendy high-end center. The center is near downtown Salt Lake City and the

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light-rail system.

History

Description

Trolley Square is composed of barns that were built in 1908 to house Salt Lake City's streetcars. The streetcar system was dismantled in 1945, and the barns were converted into a two-story shopping center in 1972. The center is noted for its unusual architecture consisting of winding hallways, brick and wooden floors, fountains, old-trees, and wrought-iron balconies. Prominent tenants includ
Weller Book Works

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, Cabin Fever (a popular card store), Williams Sonoma,

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, The Desert Edge Brewery at the Pub
The Spectacle
and local boutiques. The mall historically was home to a four-screen cinema and an

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. The Trolley Square

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is a 97-foot water tower that is a prominent feature of the

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, and is able to be spotted from miles away at night. The tower originally held 50,000 gallons of water, and was used to supply the sprinkler system for the trolley barns. In 1972, it was converted into a landmark, and covered in red and blue neon lights. For many years, the tower was a

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, giving the local weather forecast based on the colors of lights, with solid blue being

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, flashing blue being overcast, solid red being

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, and flashing red being

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. The Trolley Square water tower was renovated in fall 2014, after years of disuse. During the renovation, the neon lights were removed - and were subsequently replaced with

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light strips which allowed for a wider spectrum of

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availability. While the tower coloration is seemingly no longer used to display the weather forecast, different colors are now used decoratively during different seasons,

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, or events. Another prominent feature of Trolley Square is the

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that connects the main building to a small parking lot located across the street. The bridge was made from a salvaged ore conveyor bridge formerly in use at the

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facility in Tooele, Utah. The bridge goes over 600 South, and it features neon lights shaped in the form of a trolley.

2007 shooting

The

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was a mass shooting that occurred on the evening of February 12, 2007 at the mall. A lone gunman, identified as Sulejman Talović, killed five bystanders and wounded four others before being shot dead by several members of the Salt Lake City Police Department. Authorities were not able to determine a motive.

Location Influence

Trolley Square is a prominent and well-known

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in the

area. As such, many surrounding businesses and locales borrow or incorporate the name "trolley." For example,

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is a small office building located on the block directly to the east of Trolley Square, as is a small collection of houses that have been converted into businesses - known as trolley cottages. The nearest

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station is named "Trolley station".

Major businesses

* Alice Lane Home Collection *

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* Cabin Fever * Coffee Connection *

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* Desert Edge Pub and Brewery * Alliance Theater * Flight Boutique *

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* Himalayan Artswear * Jensen Technical Services * Lanny Barnard Gallery *

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* Payne Anthony Creative Jewelers *

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* Styld' Blow Dry Bar * SPARK *

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* The Machine Age *

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* The Spectacle * Trolley Square Barbers * We Olive - The Olive Oil Experience & Wine Bar *

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* Williams Sonoma

Sale and development

Trolley Square is owned by SK Hart Management, who purchased it in May 2013.

References

External links

*
The history of Trolley Square from the Salt Lake Tribune

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122208/http://www.scanlankemperbard.com/news/press_release.php?id=20&PHPSESSID=b6f8c0c4b2f34afc29ee5b00b653d9c2 ScanlanKemperBard's Trolley Square purchase press release] {{Shopping malls in Utah 1972 establishments in Utah Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City Shopping malls established in 1972 Shopping malls in Utah Tourist attractions in Salt Lake City