Salt Lake City's Map, Explained

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Daniel Steiner

Daniel Steiner

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@bobbynay23
@bobbynay23 11 ай бұрын
It’s actually insane to think that before cars they made these streets so wide. Definitely went against the norm of building walkable cities.
@Tindog81476
@Tindog81476 11 ай бұрын
Fun fact actually the streets he is walking on are narrower than they were in the past. Because due to the pollution from cars in the 1970s the federal government required the roads to be narrower to slow down cars. So as a result there are actually huge sidewalks by the street, which were part of the street originally. This was done originally to limit car speed, but now it gives room for bike and pedestrians so it's actually still more walkable than most, but still a bit too car centric especially State Street which is a Stroad.
@trvst5938
@trvst5938 11 ай бұрын
@@Tindog81476Stroads and depressing concrete jungles. 💀 Even stores and shops look like they want you out asap. Like you’re not allowed to be outside, no benches(god forbid an unhoused person rests) for people with leg injuries to take a break. Just a societal failure from all angles. We cater to the car industry over everything. 🤡
@jyke321
@jyke321 11 ай бұрын
as a mormon floridian, when I visited Utah as 17 year old (first I left the state of FL) it was by far the most walkable city I had ever been too. Kinda crazy to think about now, but it was surprisingly nice to walk around form what I remember.@@Tindog81476
@SL420-
@SL420- 11 ай бұрын
Your city can still be walkable with big roads. The blocks just have to be the design level instead
@brianfox771
@brianfox771 11 ай бұрын
In the past there was a decent trolley system on those wide downtown streets, but they were removed around the same time other systems around the country were. The wide streets have since proved beneficial to light rail installation, and not much street widening is required to put a line thru.
@brycechristensen2296
@brycechristensen2296 11 ай бұрын
I don't think this was mentioned, but the blocks in SLC are 1/8 mile on each side, making them a perfect 10 acres. Living here, that makes it somewhat easier to quickly estimate distances and even lot sizes. If you are jogging, each lap around a full block is 1/2 mile.
@GordonChil
@GordonChil 11 ай бұрын
1/8 mi sq is 80 acres.
@brycechristensen2296
@brycechristensen2296 11 ай бұрын
@@GordonChil 1 Sq mile is 640 acres, and one eighth of a square mile is 80 acres, yes. But a square block that is 1/8 mile on each side is 1/64th of a square mile: 10 acres. In other words, it takes 8x8=64 such blocks to fill a square mile.
@GordonChil
@GordonChil 11 ай бұрын
@@brycechristensen2296 You're right, my mistake. Should have known better. 😶
@danielandtaylor
@danielandtaylor 11 ай бұрын
I too live in SLC and that is a good bit of additional info about the block size.
@Jeffmell-ot2yz
@Jeffmell-ot2yz 11 ай бұрын
How does this make the SLC blocks so different. The whole midwest is setup on a 1 mile grid and there are 8 blocks per mile in places like Chicago
@Zezetheb
@Zezetheb 11 ай бұрын
Utah native here, just wanted to say that this video was awesome! I learned some new things and I appreciated how unbiased and factual it felt! Nice job!
@Kevbot6000
@Kevbot6000 11 ай бұрын
As an SLC native I actually learned a few things, didn’t know the horse carriage being able to make a U turn thing was a myth. Very well made video and underrated channel!
@nicholasgermer5240
@nicholasgermer5240 9 ай бұрын
Tack it up there as one more mormon thing taught to me as fact that I now discover is a myth. IYKYK
@jmholiday
@jmholiday 9 ай бұрын
@@nicholasgermer5240I can’t imagine being such a victim wrapped in narcissism that someone like you can’t just enjoy a history video without letting everyone know about your opinion about the Church. The victimhood is strong with many Ex-Mormons.
@JoanCouncil
@JoanCouncil 9 ай бұрын
Says who?
@nicholasgermer5240
@nicholasgermer5240 9 ай бұрын
@@JoanCouncil Says I 🏴‍☠
@jeremygoldenberg9617
@jeremygoldenberg9617 7 ай бұрын
@@JoanCouncil The literal expert in the video?
@empiricalandinquirical2435
@empiricalandinquirical2435 11 ай бұрын
Utah resident here. Another thing is that this urban planning mindset did not just apply to Salt Lake City, but a variety of settlements that the Latter Day Saints set up across the Intermountain West. Provo, Ogden, Manti, Logan, St. George. Each have a temple built at the center and base their street names off of this. (Provo had a tabernacle that had an unfortunate fire break out, it was then rededicated as a temple). Wonderful video! Thoroughly impressed! 🙏🏻
@maxopenshaw471
@maxopenshaw471 11 ай бұрын
Logan also is centered around the tabernacle rather than the temple. The Temple is a couple blocks Northeast of
@sfurules
@sfurules 10 ай бұрын
I went to BYU, then lived in Orem when we got married. It was during this time that GPS navigation was just starting to become a thing, and I was always a little sad that, because of the layout of the cities I spent my time in, I never would need one. Pretty easy to know where to go when you just need to get to 4th South 312 East or whatever
@christianmaestas4435
@christianmaestas4435 10 ай бұрын
Ogden is a bit of an outlier in that list. The city grew out of Fort Buenaventura and then the railroads. The Ogden temple wasn’t built until the late 1960’s.
@Ddreinthebay
@Ddreinthebay 10 ай бұрын
That’s also why a lot of Mormon developed cities have a city center with a temple.
@laurenredding1419
@laurenredding1419 10 ай бұрын
It also extends to planning where the cities are! Even though they are all kinda squished together along the wasatch front, a drive down through central Utah along the highway makes it clear each city was purposefully placed along that route about one day's journey on horse or wagon away from each other. Lots of intentionality!
@lavantant2731
@lavantant2731 10 ай бұрын
Amazing video. I'm a transplant to SLC and have been for more than a few years. I'm moving back out soon, likely forever, and I think that the thing I will miss most about the city is its grid, its so unique to have such a perfectly sorted city, and it has made so many years of my life so much easier to be able to use the perfect grid. I believe that many people cant truly comprehend how much easier it can make travel to know exactly how far everything is from you at all times, and what direction anything is given its address, and knowing what streets you will take to get to anything, even if you have never been somewhere. The best I can do to explain it is telling people that its like finding people in any game by their coordinates; if someone tells you their coordinates in minecraft, you can easily point yourself towards them and just go until you get to them, discovering or even generating for the first time all the land in between.
@hkpew
@hkpew 9 ай бұрын
This is true, but don't oversell it. Once you know the address you know where it is, but outside of the center of the city anyway that doesn't always translate into knowing how to get there. Maybe Salt Lake City is better about this - I've spent much more time in other Utah grid cities - but I've more than once found myself circling where I knew the address had to be but still having a hard time figuring out how to get there.
@valdezjones
@valdezjones 8 ай бұрын
@@hkpew I’m an Utah native, I work doing GIS for the government of a county in northern Utah (not Salt Lake). I know that sometimes addresses be out of order or flat out in the wrong place in some one-off cases. This is especially the case in counties that are not Salt Lake county. Salt Lake county has one grid system for the whole county, but most others have multiple grids that butt up or overlap each other that cover 1-2 cities. Where it gets tricky is when the grids overlap or when there are old addresses that were made by folks who didn’t properly plan it out and now retain the address for the sake of historical consistency, and sometimes it’s just plain not wanting to change their address because it’s the one their family has had for generations. The center of each grid is different, so it’s hard (for me at least) to recognize where the center is in relation to me and also when I cross into a new grid. In my experience, getting around Salt Lake county is very intuitive-with some exceptions, but other counties are harder.
@briand5083
@briand5083 19 күн бұрын
@@hkpew I mean, the grid isn't 100% perfect. But if you were placed anywhere in the city on a typical street with an address, you can easily figure out how to get there without asking directions or using GPS simply by using math. Not 100% of the time, but in most cases you can. I was raised in Logan, Utah (left the state in 2005) and wouldn't say I know SLC as well as current residents do. But being in Utah this past week and visiting SLC for the first time in 10 years, I got everywhere I needed to go using basic math.
@robynh2625
@robynh2625 11 ай бұрын
This is amazing. I work at the Salt Lake County Recorders and I am in love with everything “map.” I wish you had swung by our office so we could show you all sorts of Salt Lake City maps! But this was so well done! I’d love to show it to new employees for training purposes!
@EggTriangleTriangle
@EggTriangleTriangle 2 ай бұрын
Wait, can anyone come to the Recorder's office and look at maps? I'm there!
@adastra553
@adastra553 11 ай бұрын
I did my thesis on Mormon community-building, so I can be a bit persnickety about how people talk about it, so it’s great to see such a well-put-together video for general audiences on the subject! I’ll definitely be sharing this around!
@juandiegosapotec
@juandiegosapotec 9 ай бұрын
Hey, that sounds interesting, care list your thesis?
@jakedavis8377
@jakedavis8377 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm interested as well
@karysmuh
@karysmuh 9 ай бұрын
@alextrickier4613 I live in a grid city, traveling to non-grid cities is seriously frustrating. I’m also interested in reading your thesis if you care to share.
@pauladee6937
@pauladee6937 6 ай бұрын
To bad no response, I've done a lot of research on the Whole thing.
@riversidepark4107
@riversidepark4107 11 ай бұрын
Very refreshing to watch an urban planning video in the US that isn’t just snarky complaining about transit, highways, cars and the suburbs. 19th century city planning is also very interesting too, it gives a lot of context to how cities are today.
@GalileoFigar0
@GalileoFigar0 11 ай бұрын
Honestly could not agree more!!
@GalileoFigar0
@GalileoFigar0 11 ай бұрын
*superlike*
@fluffytoaster2460
@fluffytoaster2460 9 ай бұрын
That’s because urban planning in the US really sucks
@johnzhang2378
@johnzhang2378 8 ай бұрын
I enjoy watching the ones where they simply ride trains to enjoy them.
@user-otzlixr
@user-otzlixr Ай бұрын
lol, I watched a video yesterday that had Detroit and Milwaukee in the top 10 cities in America. They didn’t say anything about the ‘long death’ of these cities, but talked about their transit systems at length.
@iea96
@iea96 11 ай бұрын
Huge fan of this video style! Some insight into European capitals and their layouts could also be very interesting to see for comparison.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
I love an excuse to take a trip to Europe and I now have the perfect one 🙏🏻
@Jsjsjjssjs
@Jsjsjjssjs 10 ай бұрын
@@DanielsimsSteinerHey Daniel, this videos are great, would love to see you outside the US as well! Can I ask where do you get the maps from? They look so coean
@WimsicleStranger
@WimsicleStranger 10 ай бұрын
He would be discussing thousands of years of history for many of them, and the videos would be like an hour long lol
@iea96
@iea96 10 ай бұрын
@@WimsicleStranger - Isn't that great though? Proper documentaries :D
@kacperwoch4368
@kacperwoch4368 10 ай бұрын
If he can talk about SLC grid for 15 minutes then I imagine a video about Rome's "grid" would be feature length.
@JabbaDaWhat_
@JabbaDaWhat_ 11 ай бұрын
Probably my favorite series on KZbin, its incredibly well made. You're very talented and I can't wait to see what city comes next.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Wow this means so much! Thank you. I’m really excited for the videos I have planned 🙏🏻 more on the way!
@davidbuckley4904
@davidbuckley4904 11 ай бұрын
Long time subscriber and Utahn here, thank you for your outstanding journalism. I never knew about that 900 south boundary, so I learned something new!
@kathleenhudson8429
@kathleenhudson8429 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video. I have family in Salt Lake City, so I have visited a lot. One thing you didn’t talk about was how easy it is to find your way around. Not only is it based on a grid, with all the streets numbered from Temple Square, even named streets are also given the number they would have had if they were a numbered street. I never get lost there.
@SpudSpudoni
@SpudSpudoni 11 ай бұрын
Must be easier when you grow up there. Living there for almost a year, the way streets and addresses have their naming convention was almost always complete gibberish to me. As they say, you either love it or you hate it.
@rebeccawebster646
@rebeccawebster646 11 ай бұрын
@@SpudSpudoniit’s a Cartesian coordinate system where positive x is north, negative x is south, positive y is east and negative y is west. It only gets confusing when new developers throw in curved streets that are just named.
@SpudSpudoni
@SpudSpudoni 11 ай бұрын
@@rebeccawebster646 Agree to disagree. The further you get out of downtown the harder it is to navigate and understand how to get around naturally, especially on the highways.
@lavantant2731
@lavantant2731 10 ай бұрын
@@SpudSpudoni i believe that some of the perception of it being gibberish is you convincing yourself of it. I'm not originally from SLC, but i've spent a decent amount of time in SLC after my formative years, the amount of distance to the origin point of the grid doesnt factor in, even at 4000+ south someone can just tell me their address and i know their exact location, i know what roads i have to get on, and where i have to turn, even when ive never been there before at all.
@SpudSpudoni
@SpudSpudoni 10 ай бұрын
@@lavantant2731 Idk, having someone tell me that their address is on "Brook Street" is much easier to google when spoken, versus hearing someone say they live on "3576 W 1765 S". I'm not a computer who can tell where every single road will lead to within the surrounding city and neighborhoods of Salt Lake City, but maybe mormons are programmed more for it.
@sambishop1667
@sambishop1667 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for making a real effort to understand the history of Salt Lake City! Not a lot of people do. I've seen many a bad take over the years. (I've lost track of how many times I've heard the myth about the streets being wide to make it easy to turn wagons around.)
@timgerk3262
@timgerk3262 11 ай бұрын
Less a myth than a happy accident. The fire-break effect is underappreciated & an awesome purpose.
@karysmuh
@karysmuh 9 ай бұрын
Wide streets as planned fire breaks is genius, but I would think it would also be helpful to have smaller blocks. The less stuff on a block the less stuff at risk in case of a fire.
@CalTxDude
@CalTxDude 10 ай бұрын
Although I lived in SLC for only a short time, I have nothing but fond memories of the beautiful city and the wonderful friends I made!
@RazzlePazzleDooDot
@RazzlePazzleDooDot 2 ай бұрын
The algorithm directed to your videos here bc I loved hearing in-depth explanations of random topics, and I clicked on the SLC one right away bc I was born here (not raised here, but I came back) and the way you spoke about the Saints was so respectful. I really appreciated it. I am a member of the church and hardly any non members talk so fairly and factually about early pioneers. Thank you for the video, i look forward to binging the rest of your content!
@AP-rt5rl
@AP-rt5rl 11 ай бұрын
For such a new channel this is really high quality work man. Very well done. I don’t typically watch these kinds of videos but being that I live in Utah, I had to see an outsiders perspective on it. Very well put together.
@jdrocker13
@jdrocker13 11 ай бұрын
Awesome video! One correction to the meeting of the transcontinental railroad. It took place at Promontory Summit. Promontory Point is the end of the peninsula jutting out into the lake.
@sssdddkkksss
@sssdddkkksss 11 ай бұрын
Great intro - I clicked on this video to just give a chance, and was immediately drawn in with that intro. Very compelling.
@wickerbasket1585
@wickerbasket1585 11 ай бұрын
Thank you Steven for bearing that cold, cold January day with Daniel to teach us about Salt Lake City!
@milancorleone01
@milancorleone01 11 ай бұрын
As a fellow geography nerd and map-enthusiast I recently found your channel and I love these videos! Only in the US you could do something that became the Salt Lake City of today! Keep up the great work!
@NNyte
@NNyte 11 ай бұрын
You know, I would genuinley watch and enjoy a video about the comparsions of these city blocks.
@MrPinguinitofeliz
@MrPinguinitofeliz 11 ай бұрын
“It’s cold” this winter has been the warmest it’s ever been. I’ve been wearing shorts and hoodies most of the year
@porterS711
@porterS711 10 ай бұрын
Ditto. It's wild how warm it's getting. Weird not having snow in the valley.
@angryCOMMguy
@angryCOMMguy 10 ай бұрын
The winter before this one was ridiculous though! Gas bill doubled last winter! 🥶
@thomasjohnson8121
@thomasjohnson8121 9 ай бұрын
same
@cloaker2375
@cloaker2375 11 ай бұрын
You make incredibly high quality videos. I'm going to love seeing this channel grow!
@ubergeek1968
@ubergeek1968 9 ай бұрын
This was an EXCELLENT explanation of the city I have called home for most of the past 22 years! I have often tried to explain how easy it is to navigate the entire State of Utah if you understand how streets are named.... it amazes me how many people find it confusing
@azspecialk
@azspecialk 9 ай бұрын
One interesting thing not mentioned in the video is that each city block housed 8 families, each on 1 acre lots. Each block became a micro community unto itself, much like modern neighborhoods. But these families all knew, and relied on each other. This also ties in to how LDS congregations are designated. They are organized by geographical location. These congregations are called Wards, and are presided over by a volunteer Bishop. Several wards make up what’s called a Stake, which is presided over by a Stake President. Everything the LDS church does is done in order, as you have brilliantly illustrated in this video. Thank you!
@ryanbradley3293
@ryanbradley3293 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for being so respectful to the church as many KZbinrs aren’t in regards to explaining stuff like this
@CallEmOut-b
@CallEmOut-b 9 ай бұрын
Maybe they aren't as nice about it because the Mormon church has done scummy and deplorable actions, including S/A hush funds and religious based law making hmmm
@aspenryder5091
@aspenryder5091 9 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@mbmadden77
@mbmadden77 9 ай бұрын
Having grown up here and being well versed on the history and geography, lover of maps and historical geography, son of a land surveyor, I thought I had nothing to learn from this video, but I was wrong. I learned some new, interesting things I never knew before, and I am thoroughly impressed with the superbly written and crafted video; very well researched and careful to get the facts right without sensationalism or accepting and repeating common mythical lore as fact. Bravo, sir, well done. Perfect video, 11 out of 10.
@tylerdragon53
@tylerdragon53 11 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I have love in Utah most of my life and didn’t know a lot of the information. I love how factual, yet respectful you were in the way you referred to the history of the city, the Church, and the Saints.
@misterfrog371
@misterfrog371 11 ай бұрын
Been obsessed with American geography lately and I am loving your videos. Great stuff man!
@Galastin
@Galastin 11 ай бұрын
I love that you picked SLC for your next video! Been waiting for new content, love it. Thanks for doing one of my home town.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻
@Transmontaine
@Transmontaine 9 ай бұрын
This is by far my favorite video I’ve seen all week. I’ve visited and loved Salt Lake City and wondered about the wide streets. I’ve credited it with Indianapolis and my hometown, Huntington, WV, as being the three best planned cities in America. Greet presentation and organisation of facts!
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 9 ай бұрын
Wow thank you sm!
@richbaird9407
@richbaird9407 11 ай бұрын
Earned my subscription for your thorough, engaging, and respectful coverage of the topic. I love my city. Thank you!
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@DylanBoynukalin
@DylanBoynukalin 11 ай бұрын
Great video - I saw a Mormon church the other day in Buenos Aires and have been thinking about Morman culture and religion since then - the video was released right on time
@HeyItIsMichal
@HeyItIsMichal 9 ай бұрын
The preferred term is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Basically, there's been a lot of confusion over whether we worship Christ (which we do), and so we've changed from the old nickname Mormon, since it doesn't represent our church. For members, just call us Latter-Day Saints.
@tomjones2056
@tomjones2056 8 ай бұрын
@@HeyItIsMichal born and raised in Utah county Utah with the most Mormon Mormons that ever Mormoned. When I grew up there were billboards all over for a church campaign that said “I’m a Mormon” that was maybe 15 years ago…
@ignaciofernandezdepaz1859
@ignaciofernandezdepaz1859 11 ай бұрын
Amazing Dan! We hope for more city maps explained, go for it! 🎉
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!!
@Billsbob
@Billsbob 9 ай бұрын
Appreciate your very fair and charitable recitation of the history and design. Kind of surprised actually. Thanks!
@samsadle4781
@samsadle4781 9 ай бұрын
Great video as always. One small correction. You mention a new “language”. Early LDS pioneers weren’t actually creating a new language, just a new alphabet (Deseret) that they envisioned would be used to write English (or any other language for that matter).
@mikeschmidt3826
@mikeschmidt3826 2 ай бұрын
You do a great job on this video explaining the history in a very strictly historical way. I love it!
@Fetecheney
@Fetecheney 11 ай бұрын
Loved the video. Thank you for coming to visit in the winter. I found it insulting that you would insinuate the freezing grey winter isn't as amazing as the green warm summer😄... Please help, I miss the sun. The video had me thinking about the culture here. It can be so conservative here, but there are deep ties to socialist ideology in the history of the church (Zion, common wealth, industry) It makes it more fun to engage in those ideas when I talk to members of the church, because it drops the guard a bit to get into the ideas, rather than keeping the crazy modern concepts of conservative vs liberal. I hope you had fun while you were here, and I'm so glad the algorithm sent me your way.
@karissahammond4587
@karissahammond4587 9 ай бұрын
It is so interesting isn't it, that the political ideologies of the culture seemed to have flipped like that. It's refreshing to hear someone else say so, because I always thought so.
@chadmolenaar1
@chadmolenaar1 11 ай бұрын
Great work again! I’m glad the channel is growing so fast! Good luck to you from down under 🇦🇺
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@bigtoesbob7713
@bigtoesbob7713 11 ай бұрын
I'm incredibly interested in city development, and this video kept me occupied the entire time. Very entertaining, and great quality, keep doing whatever your doing because its awesome!!
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Wow thank you!
@treysonmcgrady4750
@treysonmcgrady4750 9 ай бұрын
Salt Lake City resident. Love it here, it’s beautiful, and improving in so many ways I believe. Hope it continues to grow and evolve. Great video, I knew a decent amount already from my own reading but I sent this to a bunch of friends who I’ve explained this to before, but you do a better job.
@baseballbatbros
@baseballbatbros 10 ай бұрын
Favorite KZbin channel rn
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 10 ай бұрын
Whoa. Huge compliment. Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@jack-q8y8b
@jack-q8y8b 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for making such an accurate and respectful video about Salt Lake City and Latter-day Saint pioneer history.
@wholesomejm
@wholesomejm 9 ай бұрын
This was well written and animated! I loved the efforts you put into making this high quality. Great work
@stanfordsweird4607
@stanfordsweird4607 11 ай бұрын
Salt Lake has made an initiative to make the city more safe for pedestrians. They recently lowered a lot of speed limits and the wide roads make it easy to add bike lanes on street parking and wider sidewalks. As someone who lives here its a night and day difference almost from 15 years ago.
@karendinkel9040
@karendinkel9040 5 ай бұрын
Your voice is peak calm podcast vibe. Very nice
@SmokeyChipOatley
@SmokeyChipOatley 10 ай бұрын
Wow I'm surprised my channel subscription went through quick enough that I didn't experience any sort of delay or interruption in the video. I'm obviously joking. You actually won my subscription fair and square (no pun intended). Great content. High quality editing and cinematography. Great stuff, good job.
@stellarjazz6426
@stellarjazz6426 9 ай бұрын
We were just in the Salt Lake area, (Logan UT), driving around and I had mentioned out loud, at how crazy big the blocks were and low and behold, the KZbin algorithm provided an explanation! Thanks for this information!
@calhutch3185
@calhutch3185 9 ай бұрын
Logan is 10 blocks to the mile. A little smaller than Salt Lakes 8. But as a distance runner these blocks made it so easy to calculate distances. When I was young South Jordan was still kind of the big field set up. I would run around 2 "blocks", it was a 6 mile run. Just the main roads were developed between tracts of farms
@mansardayeti2834
@mansardayeti2834 11 ай бұрын
Very interesting video! A big “Ciao” from Turin, the Italian sister city of Salt Lake City
@pauladee6937
@pauladee6937 6 ай бұрын
Not sure where sister city Turin is but my Family is from Little Demark. Utah!
@xadammr
@xadammr 11 ай бұрын
I’m on holidays in Utah at the moment, and this touches on some of the things we thought about while exploring downtown SLC: the wide streets, the location of the temple, the Capitol building visible from Temple Square- a fascinating history! Thank you Daniel!
@icejunki
@icejunki 9 ай бұрын
I'm really glad KZbin suggested your Salt Lakes City Map video. It's my first time watching one of your videos and I loved it. I feel you did a tremendous job explaining how the city came to be. SUBSCRIBED
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@jmiles-satx
@jmiles-satx 11 ай бұрын
Loved this! I lived in SLC for many years and learned a few things. Would love to see a similar video on San Antonio.
@Freesavh1776
@Freesavh1776 9 ай бұрын
Man I love your videos. You bring my childhood obsession with maps back up to the surface. Keep making them & I'll keep watching them. Also I can't wait to see your video on Savannah Georgia. I know you haven't said you were going to make a video on Savannah Georgia. But I've requested it in several other video comments. So I'm really hoping you do make 1 on Savannah Georgia. Please make a video on Savannah Georgia. 😂
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 9 ай бұрын
Hahaha adding it to the list just for u. Thanks so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@jordyscomputer
@jordyscomputer 11 ай бұрын
good thing I subscribed because the subscriber only part of the video changed my life and i am way smarter and cooler now!
@seanhurley6173
@seanhurley6173 11 ай бұрын
Your videos are always so informative! I've been to salt lake city and didn't know any of its history! I love learning stuff like this! Please keep going!
@rachelq130
@rachelq130 9 ай бұрын
U really appreciated how well researched, respectfully, and honestly this video was laid out. Very entertaining video, well made.
@timberwoodworkshop8744
@timberwoodworkshop8744 9 ай бұрын
You deserve a million subs my man! Good luck on your journey, and fantastic videos.
@TimEssDub
@TimEssDub 11 ай бұрын
I love looking at maps of cities in the world and this explains the numbered street names.
@benjwicker
@benjwicker 11 ай бұрын
Phenomenal video and production, keep it up! Love this series.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thanks a ton!
@jayc222
@jayc222 11 ай бұрын
Very well done! I love how this video explored the grid in a neutral way and highlighted the many advantages (like being able to accommodate multi modal transportation.) Videos on SLC tend to admonish and even scold the city for its “obscene” streets and blocks that are just “too big.” I tend to scream at content creators until I’m blue in the face for not utilizing subject matter experts. The best creators are the ones that are not so self absorbed as to think themselves above the experts. We know the Johnny Harris types all too well. The ones who love the sound of their own voice, share their opinions as fact, paint broad brushstrokes with superficial platitudes, etc. Bugs me to no end. This video was refreshing to watch in this regard, to say the least. My one tiny correction is 7:55. There is no “East Temple” street on the grid. The street that would have carried this name is Main Street. There is a North/South/West Temple as mentioned. Main is the 0 East coordinate.
@yeeterdeleter0117
@yeeterdeleter0117 8 ай бұрын
I love Salt Lake City. I was born there, my grandparents live there, and I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I've even been to the monument at 3:04, there's a nice hike up there and it overlooks the city. You can see the stadium where the Utah Jazz (our basketball team) plays, a few temples, etc.
@Peello-y5v
@Peello-y5v 11 ай бұрын
Your videos are so good, dude. Congratulations. Can't wait for more
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thanks a ton!
@tannermarriott8903
@tannermarriott8903 11 ай бұрын
Good stuff man. I just finished a rotation at the U and its amazing how different SL feels compared to Weber, Davis and Utah counties.
@RizTheUrbanExplorer
@RizTheUrbanExplorer 11 ай бұрын
Love your urban planning and urban design content ! And the quality of visual that you created definitely “Vox Standard or Johnny Harris”
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@BenBike
@BenBike 11 ай бұрын
Another fascinating video! Great work, already looking forward to what's next
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Wow thank you so much! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@hscilley
@hscilley 11 ай бұрын
Thanks, great video! One point of clarification, the golden spike, that joined the 2 railroads, was actually driven at Promontory Summit. Promontory Point is directly south, at the end of the peninsula, jutting into the Great Salt Lake.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info! I should have double checked that!
@ashlynnmcbride346
@ashlynnmcbride346 11 ай бұрын
@@DanielsimsSteiner I came here to say that! It's honestly wild because it's such a huge misconception, but if you actually go there they make a whole deal about it lol
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
@@ashlynnmcbride346 Sounds like I need to make a trip there! I want to learn more about it so thats for the info!
@ashlynnmcbride346
@ashlynnmcbride346 11 ай бұрын
@@DanielsimsSteiner Honestly that part of Utah is really neat, there's lots of good fishing in the most remote springs in the middle of like pseudo wetlands
@jkz-dot-ink
@jkz-dot-ink 11 ай бұрын
Really excellent video, Daniel! I love the use of maps and visual aids that help tell your story. I’m sure they take a ton of work, but I could easily watch this for an hour or more! Bravo, and keep up the great work!
@SuperFreeze24
@SuperFreeze24 11 ай бұрын
Great video, such high production value! And very timely for me, I’m heading to SLC next week - first time for me :)
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Oh amazing!! Have a fun, safe trip!
@birdman9860
@birdman9860 5 ай бұрын
Fantastic video. Saw this and your channel and was kinda wondering why this city of all cities but it all makes sense having watched
@Trokovski
@Trokovski 11 ай бұрын
Loved the video, but please add metric equivalents when citing things such as road width Ps: Congratulations on the subscriber milestone!
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Ohh this is a great reminder! Thank u! 🙏🏻
@Billsbob
@Billsbob 9 ай бұрын
Sorry, in SLC it’s imperial or cubits, none of that French Revolution nonesense allowed.
@tylerd.thorpe1238
@tylerd.thorpe1238 11 ай бұрын
Another insanely well done video! Loved learning some new things about our own backyard. Would love some info on Ogden’s history (specifically during its boom due to the railroads) if you ever have the chance. I remember reading somewhere that at one point it was the same population as Chicago 🤘keep up the great work, bro!! #DT
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Ogden has some wild history I wanna learn more about FOR SURE #DT
@pradyumnac
@pradyumnac 11 ай бұрын
With video quality like this, it won’t be long before you pass a million
@SleepGear
@SleepGear 11 ай бұрын
Wow! This is so thorough and educational. Loved it! Thanks Daniel and Steven for sharing your expertise.
@chuppl
@chuppl 11 ай бұрын
Didn’t know I like urban planning until Daniel came around
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Here to recruit nerds 🤓
@TheNinjaKiwi1
@TheNinjaKiwi1 10 ай бұрын
Speaking as an Utah native who actually studied this aspect of the intermountain west, this was a great overview of the history of this area! I learned a lot here! You earned a subscriber
@tomjones2056
@tomjones2056 8 ай бұрын
Utah native is kind of a shibboleth. Real Utahns says Utahn…
@youlittlesaget
@youlittlesaget 10 ай бұрын
These videos are great! I’d love to see one on Los Angeles. I’ve been so confused with the layout of the city, and the smaller cities that seem to be in LA like Culver City, Century City, Redondo Beach, etc.
@mikemurphy80
@mikemurphy80 9 ай бұрын
59k subscribers. This channel is going to blow up. Nice to be here early
@jenniferjessee7813
@jenniferjessee7813 9 ай бұрын
This was very interesting!! I was fascinated with the history between the US government and the religious population. I appreciated the art and illustrations and actually real footage of locations. Great job!! 🤩🙌🏻
@thewizardtk
@thewizardtk 11 ай бұрын
One of the coolest videos about Salt Lake and makes me appreciate it a lot more
@shalec6704
@shalec6704 11 ай бұрын
As 1) a map enthusiast 2) a native Utahn and 3) a member of the LDS church, this video was very well done and well made. I learned a few things! I’ve always been a bit frustrated with BY for not making a walkable city, but they were trying to prevent problems (fires, getting lost, ect) of their day not knowing they’d cause problems for the future. Thank you sir. ❤
@MrXManQ
@MrXManQ 11 ай бұрын
You should be frustrated with your own “religion” for lying to thousands of people, covering up sexual abuse, and stealing money
@jessehughes8274
@jessehughes8274 11 ай бұрын
Very cool video! As a native Utahn (just north of SLC) this was a lot of fun to watch.
@kingminor
@kingminor 10 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this video, it is hard to find someone that doesn't put a negative spin on the church of jesus christ of latter day saints.
@camduenas9448
@camduenas9448 9 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Very well researched and respectful. Learned lots. Thank you! Definitely sharing!!
@Sir_fallsalot
@Sir_fallsalot 11 ай бұрын
This needs to be more popular😂 amazing video!
@rydeooo
@rydeooo 11 ай бұрын
All your videos are very well produced and thought out, great channel!
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@itscloverdoe
@itscloverdoe 9 ай бұрын
if you did this as a series i would watch every episode
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 9 ай бұрын
Building it out rn 🫡
@iluvmarvel252
@iluvmarvel252 10 ай бұрын
wow i’m so glad i found this channel definitely binging all your videos
@jamielancaster01
@jamielancaster01 7 ай бұрын
Another excellent video thank you brother.
@austingalb1709
@austingalb1709 11 ай бұрын
I was already a subscriber to your channel as a map nerd and fan of geography. This video as a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and as a resident of SLC I want to say thank you. The information you presented was so accurate and wonderfully done. Thank you. The pilgrimage you described from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley was something my ancestors took part in. My ancestors helped settle this valley and build this city. So this history and story is particularly special to me. Thank you.
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
Wow this is a huge compliment! Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻 that means a lot
@nathanlee6654
@nathanlee6654 11 ай бұрын
As an active Latter-Day Saint that has visited Utah many times I really liked what you did with this video. You mentioned religious symbolism in a neutral way and talked about my faith from a respectful secular standpoint. I learned a good bit and enjoyed the video. It was well made. Good job! There are two comments I want to make. I wish you'd mentioned that Brigham Young was leading the saints across the nation mostly to flee persecution. Joseph Smith was murdered and federal and state governments had failed to protect the Saints from mistreatment and massacre. The second thing, They weren't trying to create new language. The Deseret alphabet was simply an alphabet to help immigrants learn English.
@tuckermiller9137
@tuckermiller9137 10 ай бұрын
Lets not kid ourselves and say the Mormon’s only motivation to move was because of “persecution” as much as this myth has been propagated, it’s just simply untrue. The LDS fled state after state because the consequences of their actions kept catching up to them. In particular the consequences of Joseph Smith’s actions. While yes, there were those out there that genuinely had an unjust hatred of Smith and his followers, most of the outrage came from unacceptable behavior from Joseph Smith and his church. I mean the LDS church was pushed out of Nauvoo (a city the Illinois government let them have) after Joseph Smith and his militia illegally stormed a local newspaper printing press and burned it to the ground because the paper publicized critiques of Smith and his church. Smith committed countless crimes and regularly harassed and provoked communities near his settlers every time they moved states. This is the primary reason the LDS and their followers fled. Brigham was as or more confrontational of a person as Smith was, and knew that with the (justified) reputation of behaving badly the Mormon’s had got, as well as the bad standing with the federal government, their only chance was to literally flee the country. (Hence why they chose Mexican territory to settle on) Brigham wanted to make his own laws and government to cater specifically to the church, so they could avoid being prosecuted or pushed out for their crimes once again. Persecution towards mormons was rarely from unjustified hatred.
@jumpingspider9
@jumpingspider9 10 ай бұрын
Freemasonic dog water
@jltr2567
@jltr2567 10 ай бұрын
@@tuckermiller9137fr like they dont even know shit about their religion
@syro33
@syro33 9 ай бұрын
​@@tuckermiller9137 It might have been somewhat justified, but it still was persecution. Either way they were basically forced out to Utah (or at least towards the west) after making people upset in Missouri and Illinois. Also in Missouri in particular the governor literally made an extermination order that allowed people to legally kill Mormons (which seems pretty dang unconstitutional but nobody really contested it at the time). Illinois was kinda a different story though, the persecution wasnt from goverment, just from people they'd made angry.
@tomjones2056
@tomjones2056 8 ай бұрын
This “Saint” thing is really forced and only present on the internet. Mormons call themselves mormon. You aren’t canonized and this directive was issued like 4 years ago stop with the 🧢
@ericslaughter925
@ericslaughter925 11 ай бұрын
Really glad I found this channel
@DanielsimsSteiner
@DanielsimsSteiner 11 ай бұрын
I’m rly glad you did too. Thanks for being here!
@AstroMagi
@AstroMagi 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the thoughtful video! Salt Lake is a very unique, underappreciated place and you only scratched the surface ;)
@JonatanSanchezEstevez
@JonatanSanchezEstevez 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing love to our beloved Salt Lake City
@carter2671
@carter2671 11 ай бұрын
Nice job dude. Very interesting topic, even though I’m not from SLC or have been to Utah. Love your style, keep up the great work
@OutsideGamerGirl
@OutsideGamerGirl 9 ай бұрын
As a Utah native who is proud of her family roots going back to the pioneers who trekked across the United States plains, I learned a few things. I have been around Fort Douglas many times, yet did not know it is the only fort to face any US state capital. A fascinating video. Thank you for your research into this beautiful city. As a side note, you did visit in a colder month. April to November are much more enjoyable months for those who prefer warmer weather.
@MrGuitarguru95
@MrGuitarguru95 11 ай бұрын
You always deliver such high quality, information dense pieces - thanks for being you & sharing it with us! ❤🎉
@tylerwilliams5465
@tylerwilliams5465 11 ай бұрын
This format is awesome, please do San Diego!
@mdkynaston5965
@mdkynaston5965 8 ай бұрын
You might almost say that San Diego was also settled, (or at least built) by LDS members also. Read up on the Mormon Battalion.
@zacktimmons2886
@zacktimmons2886 10 ай бұрын
As a fellow geography fan and map enthusiast, I just found your channel and binged watched all of the videos.. keep up the good work brotha.. p.s. please do an episode on baltimore
@johnb5482
@johnb5482 10 ай бұрын
Back in the 1990s I once saw a program on KUED TV that discussed this very topic. One thing that was said in the show was that a person could see how far development of Salt Lake City extended while Brigham Young was alive. After his death the streets became narrower.
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