West Valley City
— — a working valley under the Oquirrh light.
Not only on a wall.
“The second-largest city in Utah, set on the floor of the Salt Lake Valley with the Oquirrh Mountains rising to the west and the Wasatch to the east. A young city by Utah standards, incorporated in 1980 out of a handful of older farming communities, now home to one of the most diverse populations in the state. The Cultural Celebration Center on the west side is the civic heart of that mix. Evenings the light comes off the Oquirrhs the colour of dry copper. from the studio
West Valley City, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, on the western floor of the Salt Lake Valley between the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains. With a population of about 140,000 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in Utah after Salt Lake City. The city was incorporated in 1980 from the unincorporated communities of Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and Redwood, and now covers roughly 36 square miles at an elevation near 4,249 feet. Interstate 215 forms its eastern edge and Bangerter Highway runs north-south through the city.
The Maverik Center, opened in 1997 on 3200 West, hosted the ice hockey games of the 2002 Winter Olympics and now serves as home to the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. The Utah Cultural Celebration Center sits a few blocks west and runs year-round programming around the languages and traditions of the city's residents, including a long-running International Summerfest each June. The Hale Centre Theatre, a 900-seat in-the-round venue, opened on Decker Lake Drive in 2017 and draws from across the valley.
Light on the valley floor reads differently on the west side. The Oquirrh Mountains rise to about 10,600 feet at Flat Top, and the late sun comes off their copper-bearing slopes in long warm light against the city. The Great Salt Lake lies a short drive north of the city limits, and winter inversions can hold the valley air still for days. Summer evenings are clear, dry, and run roughly five to ten degrees cooler than the south end of the valley because the wind off the lake reaches the west side first.