I grew up in the neighborhood in the 1950s and spent many Saturday mornings there. Back then the sculptures were in the back yard of a private residence and so you had to go down the owner’s driveway …
Timmie Kent
I remember going there once upon a time in the pitch of night in the ‘60s and feeling that I was somewhere I shouldn’t be. It felt forbidden and scary to me and I was very happy to leave. But I do …
Tres Romney
I mostly remember the garden from when I was at East High. It was a very good place for a first date with someone you did not know well. I think a lot of Avenues friends thought it was weird at the …
Ann Floor
I have a hazy memory of walking over to Gilgal for the first time after school with friends from Bryant Jr. High in the ‘60s. I sat on a cement or rock wall on the north side of the garden and just …
Gilgal Sculpture Garden Earns Honor from National Historic Group
Salt Lake City’s Gilgal Sculpture Garden is the first Utah site to enter the Distinctive Destinations program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, officials announced this …
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