It s gone. At least for Angela Jensen, Alex Sparks and the countless residents who cycled in and out of this bohemian icon, it is gone, and with it not only the opportunity for community, but also for affordable living in a city growing anxiously in anticipation of an onslaught of population.
China Blue or the Blue, as it was fondly called sits at 959 E. 200 South in an historic district on Salt Lake s east-central community among five homes targeted for demolition to make way for new, multi-family apartments. When the owners lost their fight with the city, they painted it white. The psychedelic murals didn t fare any better, lost somewhere under layers of coverup.