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Sacramento has good share of Victorian Homes. Considering how small it was compared to the the East Coast and Midwest cities in the first half of the 20th Century, and then it became one of the first sunbelt cities to grow primarily in the suburbs.
It's managed to keep a good share of Victorian Homes and almost all that have not been renovated to their original design are now being preserved.
I find Salt Lake City interesting. I've been there several times though admittedly it is almost always on my way up to or back from the slopes so I'll just say that I really haven't experienced it much. But I'm also a bit of a city and architecture junkie and never have I heard this city being brought up as having some particular stand out examples of architecture, whether municipal, commercial or domestic.
I've been to the Temple, the Capitol and a few neighborhoods but nothing has really stood out in my mind. What is it that I don't know about? I'm always up for learning about some cool architectural buildings or districts.
I find Salt Lake City interesting. I've been there several times though admittedly it is almost always on my way up to or back from the slopes so I'll just say that I really haven't experienced it much. But I'm also a bit of a city and architecture junkie and never have I heard this city being brought up as having some particular stand out examples of architecture, whether municipal, commercial or domestic.
I've been to the Temple, the Capitol and a few neighborhoods but nothing has really stood out in my mind. What is it that I don't know about? I'm always up for learning about some cool architectural buildings or districts.
The Salt Lake Temple of course
Beehive House and Lion House (pretty unique in that it housed one family)
Hotel Utah / Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Tabernacle
Utah State Capitol
Conference Center
Cathedral of the Madeleine
Victorian homes of the Avenues
Salt Lake City and County Building
Abravanel Hall
Salt Palace
Various buildings on University of Utah campus
Alfred McCune Home
Woodruff-Riter-Stewart Home
Thomas Kearns Mansion
Whoa Whoa whoa there buddy... I'm not sure where you got your data from, but Louisville Kentucky has the Largest Collection of Victorian Houses in the Entire Country. Not to discredit you or anything, It's just that I have to fact check here. The Old Louisville neighborhood in Louisville Kentucky is the 3rd Largest Historic District in the nation and within this district is the Largest collection of Victorian style architecture of any place in the country. This district also has the largest collection of Residential homes with stained glass windows of any other place in the nation. Thanks, Hope this is enlightening.
Sources people!
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"The extent to which any one is the "largest surviving example" is debated, with numerous qualifications. The Distillery District in Toronto, Ontario contains the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.[citation needed] Cabbagetown is the largest and most continuous Victorian residential area in North America.[citation needed] Other Toronto Victorian neighbourhoods include The Annex, Parkdale, and Rosedale. In the USA, the South End of Boston is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest and largest Victorian neighborhood in the country.[1][2] Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky also claims to be the nation's largest Victorian neighborhood.[3][4] Richmond, Virginia is home to several large Victorian neighborhoods, the most prominent being The Fan. The Fan district is best known locally as Richmond's largest and most 'European' of Richmond's neighborhoods and nationally as the largest contiguous Victorian neighborhood in the United States.[5] The Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio is recognized as the largest collection of late Victorian and Edwardian homes in the United States, east of the Mississippi.[6] Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota has the longest line of Victorian homes in the country."
The city center is quickly growing and is actually a relatively vibrant area...
That wasn't the impression I got when I was there in September 2013. I was wandering around downtown during business hours, and it was dead. Almost no foot traffic anywhere. I was also in Midtown at night and it was dead, but it was a Wednesday night.
But, the architecture was incredible! Forget about function.
Well if architecture is form + function, Detroit gets a deduction because so many buildings no longer have a function.
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