Salt Lake Bicycle Tours
Utah · United States
We meet at Liberty Park, the best open green space in Salt Lake City
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9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Salt Lake Bicycle Tours
Welcome, esteemed riders and lifelong scholars, to the beginning of our Salt Lake Bicycle Tours experience. Today, we embark on a profound journey through the layered history of Salt Lake City, utilizing modern electric bicycles…
Listen in the app2The Red Iguana and Fairgrounds Corridor
As we cruise westward along the grand boulevard of North Temple, allow the electric assist of your bicycle to carry you smoothly over the pavement, freeing your mind to observe the diverse, mixed use architecture that lines this…
Listen in the app3The Salt Palace and the Lost Japan Town
Navigating our bicycles into the bustling heart of downtown, we now arrive at the imposing, modern exterior of the Salt Palace Convention Center. As you dismount your e-bike and stand before this massive complex of concrete,…
Listen in the app4Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
We will now walk our bicycles a short distance from the towering walls of the convention center to a site of profound resilience and spiritual significance. Standing before us is the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, an architectural…
Listen in the app5Japanese Church of Christ
Just a short ride down the street from the Buddhist Temple, we arrive at our next stop, the Japanese Church of Christ. Please carefully park your bicycles along the curb as we examine this beautiful, enduring edifice. …
Listen in the app6The Jay Willard Marriott Library Plaza
We have now engaged the powerful motors of our electric bicycles to effortlessly ascend the gradual incline leading out of downtown, following the modern light rail path eastward toward the University of Utah. As we approach the…
Listen in the app7The Mitsugi Kasai Archives Reading Room
Here we stand inside the hushed, climate controlled sanctuary of the reading room, gazing upon the materials of the Mitsugi Kasai Memorial Archives. The collection spread before us on the large wooden tables consists of a…
Listen in the app8The Topaz Internment Camp Records
Moving to the next display area within the archives, we encounter the grim artifacts of the relocation process itself. Many families, such as those from the San Francisco Bay Area in Berkeley, were initially forced into temporary…
Listen in the app9Closing
As we prepare to leave the quiet sanctuary of the Special Collections reading room and return to the bright plaza of the Jay Willard Marriott Library, it is necessary to pause and synthesize the profound historical journey we…
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What is Salt Lake Bicycle Tours?
Salt Lake Bicycle Tours is a place in Utah · United States with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Utah · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 40.7487, -111.8718 |
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