Skip to main content
How to Make Money and Create Community with Monuments - Volume 1

The Sugar House Monument Defines the Identity of a Prominent Salt Lake City Neighborhood

A Symbol of Pioneer Enterprise

Erected in recognition of the first major endeavor to manufacture beet sugar in the western region of America, the Sugar House Monument is one of the most distinctive monuments in Salt Lake City, Utah. Commemorating the work and spirit of the pioneers that founded city, the Sugar House Monument has defined the identity of the […]

Read More

Trolley Square Transforms a Historical Relic Into a Cultural and Retail Anchor

Trolley Studio, Trolley Wing Company and Much More

Trolley Square is a partially enclosed shopping center that serves as the home of several high-scale stores and businesses in Salt Lake City, Utah. The complex represents a transformation of what had been a historic but abandoned location into a space that could house luxury retail tenants of all types. Doing so has created opportunities […]

Read More

Gilgal Sculpture Garden Fulfills a Vision of Curiosity and Meaning

The Sphinx, Monument to Trade and More

Containing 12 original sculptures along with over 70 stones that have been engraved with Mormon scriptures, poems and literary texts, Gilgal Sculpture Garden has become an especially unique attraction for Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the result of a vision to arouse thinking and curiosity for viewers while also creating a landscape of meaning. […]

Read More

Modern Monuments: “Maran” from Neil Hadlock Provides Abravanel Hall Audiences with Connected Experiences

Abravanel Hall is a concert hall in Salt Lake City, Utah, that has become a landmark for the city. Home to the Utah Symphony as well as a venue that hosts a variety of events, the space it recognized as a architectural masterpiece. That status made the installation of “Maran,” a massive bronze work that […]

Read More

Audiences Can Experience the Past and Present at Brigham Young Historic Park

Legacy from the Past Meets Activities in the Present

Brigham Young Historic Park honors the legacy of the man who served as the second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) but also has an important place in the history of Utah. The virtues and traditions that he stood for defined his leadership and influenced his impact on history, […]

Read More

Modern Monuments: The Angelo Caravaglia Fountain Cultivates a Sense of Connection Across Salt Lake City

The works of Angelo Caravaglia are spread all across downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in a pervasive manner. Pieces like Iccarus and Pegasus as well as Four Dancing Figures are easily recognized by residents and visitors, but what has become known as the Angelo Caravaglia Fountain is one of the best examples of the “stylized […]

Read More

The Perry Monument Connects Visitors with the History and Legacy of Erie

A Beacon of the Erie Community

Dedicated to the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812, the Perry Monument is a 101 foot obelisk-shaped monument located at the eastern end of Presque Isle in Erie, Pennsylvania. After being installed, it quickly became an icon of the local community that has been able to provide visitors with a […]

Read More