This week on The New Utah Podcast, Bre writes a half-assed blog for TNUP, Jessica is missing from the podcast because she’s doing her side gig (working on cakes, for those new to our podcast).
Chris and I have been out a about a bit during COVID but haven’t really made time to go on a date, so we had a night out starting with dinner at Sapa and ending with games at Dave & Busters. This says it all, there was a line at least 20 deep waiting to get in when they opened at 5pm and it was still there when we left at 6:30pm. Totally worth the wait and as a bonus, Fillings and Emulsions provides desserts!
Jeremy provides the first Urban Farming update of the season. Apparently, it’s time to plant your potatoes, peas, and other root vegetables. Get your little plot ready and head to IFA for seeds!
Our guest this week is Wendi Pettett, formerly of Preservation Utah (Episode 175 – 10/1/2019) and now working on her own podcast, Demolished Salt Lake. After Wendi was laid off from Preservation Utah because of COVID, she ran across a Twitter account for Demolished Chicago and decide Utah needed one. With her background from Preservation Utah, she started an Instagram where she put up pictures of great historic buildings that have been demolished and told a little story. With the time put into research and the popularity of them, a podcast was her next step.
Wendi’s first episode is her favorite so far. She focused on Bransford Apartments. She finds many of the buildings she talks about through the Utah State Archives. Since her podcast is research based, she keeps it short and simple. Her podcasts are interesting stories about interesting buildings that have been torn down.
As a side project to her side project, Wendi is helping with the Save the Pantages Theatre Campaign. Its currently city owned, and the city is giving it to Hines. They want to tear it down and use the land for condos, but Save The Pantages Theatre wants to restore it and use it as a movie theater similar to the Egyptian.
You can find Wendi on Facebook at Demolished Salt Lake Podcast, on Twitter at @demolishedslpod and Instagram @demolishedsaltlakepodcast. Her episodes are about 20 minutes long and come out about every two weeks.
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