Reader comments: Defining downtown: Various groups draw different boundaries

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mymy | 12:17 a.m. Jan. 20, 2008
How I miss my Salt Lake City of the 1960's. Sweet times. Not so sweet anymore.
laguna | 11:41 a.m. Jan. 20, 2008
It is ironic that the reporter interviews Ted Wilson and Wilson remembers the great downtown we had. Wilson was singularly most responsible for its decline. He took out all the street parking and his sidewalk expansion, which was not needed, went on for years, driving out all the businesses.
Stenar | 5:35 p.m. Jan. 20, 2008
I don't personally think so, but I know people who consider the area in SugarHouse I live in (near 1900 South and 1000E) to be downtown.
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Once thought of as part of Salt Lake City's "west side," The Gateway blocks, seen in 2005, are now considered part of downtown. (Keith Johnson, Deseret Morning News)
Keith Johnson, Deseret Morning News
Once thought of as part of Salt Lake City's "west side," The Gateway blocks, seen in 2005, are now considered part of downtown.
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