Letter: If depot must be converted into a hotel, at least make it look decent

Making the Union Pacific Depot a landmark hotel may restore the vibrancy that it once enjoyed as a rail palace. However, masking its west façade behind an oppressive box of a building would destroy the depot’s distinctive place on the city’s skyline.While Salt Lake City should be commended for preserving its two historic train stations, it has missed opportunities to restore them as modern transportation centers. City planners could have maintained Amtrak passenger service at