Benjamin Wood

2 weeks ago | cityweekly.net | Benjamin Wood

Even the Roman emperors, at the height of their power and excess, couldn't ride a bike to a Weezer concert. Salt Lakers can. It's certainly flawed—ludicrous even—to equate ancient Rome with last weekend's Kilby Block Party. Caesar and his successors had chariots and great ships to traverse the known world, flanked by legionaries and roving courts of indentured jesters, cooks and artisans.

3 weeks ago | cityweekly.net | Zach Abend |Arica Roberts |Benjamin Wood

I don't know about you,but I'm ready for summer. More importantly, I think that Salt Lake City is ready for summer. It's not that this winter was a particularly brutal one—I'm not certain I had to shovel my sidewalk even one time and I definitely never opened my bag of icemelt (yikes, amirite?).

4 weeks ago | cityweekly.net | Benjamin Wood

click to enlarge Natalie Gochner has seen firsthand the effect of multi-modal streets in Salt Lake City, she said Friday. She's used the buffered bike lanes added to Main Street through a road diet to ride to events at the Delta Center, and she has watched the transformation of communities along 900 South after construction of the 9-Line Trail.

1 month ago | cityweekly.net | Benjamin Wood

click to enlarge The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to formally adopt three variant designs of the city's flag, acting on a request by Mayor Erin Mendenhall to exploit a loophole in HB77, which otherwise bans the flying of Pride and other pro-diversity banners from government buildings.

1 month ago | cityweekly.net | Benjamin Wood

click to enlarge After a nearly two-year-long closure for renovation and repairs, the Salt Lake City Public Library is set to reopen its downtown Rooftop Terrace on May 17 with a public celebration between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.In a press announcement on Friday, the library promised a "Big Party!" to show off the terrace's upgrades, which coincided with work to repair the 20-year-old structure's waterproofing and drainage systems.