Letter: A bad place for public art

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City's largest piece of public art by artist Ned Kahn is completed, entitled "Pages of Salt," consisting of 336 teflon flags, mounted on stainless steel rods, on the side of the Walker Center garage that comes to life when the wind blows.I went downtown to see "Pages of Salt," Salt Lake City's newest and largest public art installation. I was excited to see something interesting and different for a change, but was sorely disappointed.

It looked amazing, but the only way to view it is to travel south on a mostly empty Regent Street or stand in the loading dock of the Eccles Theater. At a $2.2M price tag, this public art should be visible…