The community is filled with historic homes and once was the neighborhood of choice for Salt Lake City's blue blood and downtown white-collar workers, beginning with development in the 1850s. Today, a mix of people live in the area, which includes the very upscale Federal Heights area where the median home price is $257,000.
Residents of 84103, which overlaps the area, are most likely to fit into two demographic profiles. According to Claritas, a Virginia-based marketing firm, about a third of people fit into the category of "Bohemian Mix." Another third fit the "Single City Blues" category.Nationally, "Bohemian Mix" neighborhoods are a hodgepodge of white collars, students, divorced persons, actors, writers, artists, aging hippies and races. "Single City Blues" is a poor man's Bohemia - a densely urban, downscale singles area.
The neighborhoods of West Avenues, Midwest Avenues, Mideast Avenues, East Avenues, Federal Heights, Lindsey Gardens, Ensign, Northcrest and Arlington Hills make up this community.
Origin of city's name
The name Avenues name came into usage after the City Council changed east-west street designations from "street" to "avenue" in 1907. At the same time, the council also changed the name of north-south streets from names of trees to the current alphabetical designations.
Community/neighborhood organizations
The Greater Avenues Community Council meets the first Wednesday of each month at Lowell Elementary School, Third Avenue and D Street, at 7 p.m. For more information call Salt Lake Association of Community Councils at 535-7929.
Did you know?
Robert Anderson built a three-story tower in 1884 on a small promontory at Sixth Avenue and A Street. The round tower, constructed of stone, featured view windows on each level. Although he expected to profit from tourists who would pay for the view from the top, the base of "Anderson's Folly" offered the same attraction for free. In the end, Anderson's Tower, which stood until 1932, became the subject of photographers rather than a place frrm which to take photographs.
Household size
2.16 people per household
Where it's located
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Landmarks
Cathedral of the Madeleine, LDS Hospital, City Cemetery, Shriner's Hospital, Ottinger Hall, Kearns Mansion. More than 88 homes and buildings were documented in the 1980 book "The Avenues" as having architectural or historical significance.
Median home price
The median home price is area A is $207,100, $91,800 in area B, $83,300 in area C, $88,400 in area D and $257,000 in area E.
Recreation
Memory Grove
Kletting Minipark
Lindsey Gardens
Shipp Minipark
11th Avenue Park
Popperton Park
Foothill hiking and mountain biking
Population
16,297
White 15,424
Hispanic 593
Asian or Pacific Is. 455
Black 120
American Indian 84
Sources: Greater Avenues Community Council, State Data Center, U.S. Census Bureau, Salt Lake City Parks and Recreation, "The Avenues of Salt Lake City," by Kurt T. Haglund and Philip F. Notarianni.