Under a Salt Lake City overpass, a new type of homeless encampment takes shape — but how long will it last?
Taylor Stevens
Nestled on either side of an out-of-use railroad track, dozens of tents reach toward the top of a Salt Lake City overpass — a concrete umbrella that provides a reprieve from snow, hail and rain but keeps in the smell and sound of crackling fires and the laughter and shouts of the people who live here.
This is the scene at Camp Last Hope, a homeless encampment located in an industrial area in Utah’s capital city near 900 South and 500 West that has been home to dozens of unsheltered residents since early last month.