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| Coordinates | 40°45′31.51″N111°53′0.61″W / 40.7587528°N 111.8835028°W Coordinates: 40°45′31.51″N111°53′0.61″W / 40.7587528°N 111.8835028°W |
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| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
The Celebration of Life Monument is a visual art display in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The monument commemorates organ donors, and is located southeast of the Salt Lake City Public Library. [1] [2] [3]
The memorial was vandalized in May 2020 during a civil unrest incident in the area. [4]
Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah, as well as the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With an estimated population of 200,567 in 2019, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,222,540. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,606,548, making it currently the 22nd largest in the nation. It is the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin.
Salt Lake City International Airport is a civil-military airport located about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. The airport is the closest commercial airport for more than 2.5 million people and is within a 30-minute drive of nearly 1.3 million jobs. The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast. The airport sees 343 scheduled nonstop airline departures per day to 93 cities in North America and Europe.
Jackie Biskupski is an American Democratic politician, who served as the 35th Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon taking office, Biskupski became Salt Lake City's 35th mayor, the city's first openly gay mayor, and the second female mayor. She is also a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 30th District in Salt Lake County from 1999 to 2011.
The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, originally called the Hotel Utah, is named in honor of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City. It is now a social center with three restaurants: The Roof Restaurant, The Garden Restaurant and The Nauvoo Cafe. It is also a venue for events complete with 13 banquet rooms, catering services, event coordinators and a full-service floral department – Flowers Squared. Several levels of the building also serve as administrative offices for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints departments such as FamilySearch. On January 3, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Hotel Utah.
Anime Banzai is an annual three-day anime convention held during October at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah. The name of the convention roughly comes from the Japanese word for "hooray". The convention is organized by Utah Anime Promotions and is run by a volunteer staff.
The John W. Gallivan Utah Center, is an urban plaza in the heart of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
The Mormon Battalion Monument is installed outside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, in the U.S. state of Utah.
Kris Johnson is an American video game developer. He founded Beyond Games, Cobalt Interactive, and WildWorks. At WildWorks, he directed the company’s award-winning online virtual world for children, Animal Jam, and its mobile-device counterpart, Animal Jam - PlayWild!. As of late 2020, Animal Jam and PlayWild! had 3.3 million monthly active users and a combined lifetime total of 130 million registered players in 200 countries. After leaving WildWorks in 2017, he founded ModStorm, a company developing a cross-device and instant social gaming platform.
Utah Women 2020 is a mural in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The mural depicts more than 250 influential women.
The Sun Trapp is a gay bar and nightclub in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The bar is owned by Riley Richter, as of 2020. The Sun Trapp closed for 42 days and had to restructure staff shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Half of staff were laid off. The business joined a lawsuit to challenge alcohol sales rules during the pandemic.
Through the Shelter of Love is a 1994 bronze sculpture by Jane DeDecker, installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The artwork depicts a family of six playing the game London Bridge.
Stream of Life is a 2012 bronze sculpture installed at Salt Lake City's City Creek Center, in the U.S. state of Utah. The artwork commemorates the state's wildlife and depicts several animals.
Squatters Pub is a bar and restaurant with multiple locations in the U.S. state of Utah. Locations include Downtown Salt Lake City, Salt Lake International Airport, and Park City. The original location in Salt Lake City opened in 1989.
A Monument to Peace: Our Hope for the Children is a monument by Avard Fairbanks, installed in Salt Lake City's Jordan Park in the U.S. state of Utah. The work has several titles and is sometimes considered more than one sculpture. Other titles include:
An eight ft (2.4 m) bronze sculpture of Vasilios Priskos by Daniel Fairbanks is installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
All Is Well is a 1974 sculpture by Edward F. Fraughton commemorating Mormon pioneers, installed in Salt Lake City's Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument, in the U.S. state of Utah.
The Pagoda is a memorial designed by Slack Winburn, installed in Salt Lake City's Memory Grove in the U.S. state of Utah. Built as the park's first memorial, using marble from Vermont, the classical structure has eight Doric columns. The shaft and urn were added in 1932.
Karabo Poppy's Utah Jazz mural is installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The mural was painted in 2018.
May We Have Peace is a 1992 bronze sculpture by Allan Houser, installed in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 11-foot-tall (3.4 m) statue depicts a Plains Indian man.
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