Combining Salt Lake Cityâs Historic Past into its Lively Present: The New Marriott Autograph Hotel â The Asher Adams

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This hotel-- Asher Adams-- was named aft the archetypal cartographers to picture railroad lines connected their maps. It is the caller luxury hotel, transforming the historical 1908 Union Pacific railroad rider presumption into a 225-room Marriott Autograph Collection hotel.

Located successful The Gateway, a large, open-air retail, residential, and bureau analyzable successful Salt Lake City, Utah, it is centered connected the historical Union Pacific Depot present transformed into the caller edifice Marriott Asher Adams connected the westbound broadside of downtown Salt Lake City. Asher Adams is conscionable steps from the TRAX Light Rail and the Delta Center, the spot wherever the Utah Jazz Basketball Team plays, and with speedy entree to Temple Square, the SLC International Airport, and surrounding amenities.

Paying homage to the building’s history, Marriott transformed the erstwhile Union Pacific Depot into a caller fresh space, serving arsenic the archetypal luxury manner edifice of its benignant successful Salt Lake City. The edifice volition diagnostic 3 bars and signature restaurant, Rouser, which volition beryllium big to an upscale paper cooked with charcoal grilling techniques, paying tribute to the coal-powered bid engines.

THKS Architects and JNS Design further repurposed the historical boundaries of the aged bid presumption with a preservation-driven design. They preserved the bid station’s French empire architecture arsenic it brings the caller edifice abstraction into the 21st Century. The sandstone gathering was primitively architected successful the French Second Empire benignant and included a terrazzo level and stained-glass windows. What remains, among different architectural details, are 2 precocious partition murals —one called Driving The Golden Spike by San Francisco creator John MacQuarrie successful 1909, depicting the driving of the Golden Spike northbound of Salt Lake City astatine Promontory Summit, signifying the completion of the archetypal transcontinental railroad successful 1869. The different mural connected the other broadside of the gathering is called Emigrants Entering Salt Lake Valley, by John MacQuarrie & August C. Wocker, completed successful 1909. It shows the 1847 accomplishment of Mormon pioneers, traveling done Emigrant Canyon into what is present Salt Lake City. Both tin beryllium seen successful the Asher Adam’s Grand Hall.

The Asher Adam’s committedness to sphere architectural practice portion embracing the highest level of modern hospitality tin besides beryllium felt from the archetypal stained-glass windows to the expansive lobby. Inspired by the connecting railways done Utah that brought a caller taste individuality to the region, the spot volition proceed by besides being location to an array of modern artists, and further interior plan details that adhd Salt Lake past to this modern building, which was erstwhile The Union Depot, oregon Union Pacific Depot gathering arsenic it became known successful 1921. It functioned arsenic a railroad presumption good into the 1970s and for a abbreviated clip was an Amtrak presumption arsenic well. But now, it has been redesigned into a Marriott Autograph hotel, combining an historical past with a lively present.

Also, Asher Adams’ culinary concepts bring caller offerings to Salt Lake City. From the dishes to the décor, the building’s past volition beryllium evident passim the eating experience. Inspired by the coal-fueled bid engines, the grill, oven, and rotisserie volition beryllium charcoal-inspired, to impart historical spirit throughout. As further homage to bid dining, the property’s culinary concepts are each designed to emulate the relation of the eating car. Rouser is the signature restaurant, arsenic mentioned above, is the fine-dining restaurant, and a homage to the eating car wherever bid guests stitchery for an upscale meal. Counterpart is different eating experience, emulating the nine car, designed for a speedy repast oregon coffee. Finally, the barroom car— focuses connected the 3 on-property bars including Bar astatine Asher Adams & No.119. Whether guests are looking for a whiskey tasting oregon a charcoal-grilled seafood meal, the property’s culinary offerings volition let the past to pass the contiguous successful presumption of culinary experience.

Finally, the determination of Asher Adams is besides important, arsenic it appears to beryllium adjacent to galore amusement venues. Situated crossed from The Delta Center, guests astatine Asher Adams volition person entree to amusement from Utah Jazz games to Park City – forty minutes away-- with the galore Sundance Film Festival theaters. The guests volition besides beryllium adjacent the City Creek Center, and buying astatine luxury stores from Nordstrom, Louis Vuitton to Tiffany & Co to Swarovski.

As the Peter Allen opus goes, “Everything Old Is New Again.” It is surely well-defined by this past informing the contiguous Marriott Hotel space.