Salt Lake City seeks to update Avenues community plan for the first time in 38 years

Ronald Reagan was still president, “Walk Like An Egyptian” topped the charts and it cost about $116,100 to buy a home in Utah in 1987.

It’s also the same year that Salt Lake City last updated its community plan for the Avenues, one of its oldest and most distinct neighborhoods. But to borrow a line from “Blues Brothers,” a film released just seven years before the plan: “Times have changed, you know what I mean?”

Salt Lake City is now looking to do a new act, as city planners seek to create a document that aligns with more recently approved city plans and the current needs of Utah’s fast-growing capital. They briefed members of the Salt Lake City Historical Landmarks Commission about their intent to update its oldest neighborhood plan on Thursday, following a similar meeting with the S