Here are a few photos I took of the Salt Lake Temple yesterday. I was shocked to what appeared to look like a warzone. These are the views from the north side of the Temple.
It appears that the foundation of the Temple is starting to be removed.
Here is a close up of the foundation of what is holding up the North side.
Most of the glass windows have been removed and the north extension of the sealing rooms appear to be hollowed out.
This is a photo of the demolition of the Chapel and North Entrance into the Temple.
All of the trees have been uprooted and removed. The entire surroundings around the temple is void of any living thing. It appears to be a shell of concrete.
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I sure miss what the Temple used to look like. Here are a few photos taken before the demolition on the Northside of the Temple with all of the Cherry blossom trees.
Some views from the South side of the Temple of the gardens and fountains.
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But, this is what we have to look forward to. Here are the architectural rendering that the Church has released on what the newly remodeled Salt Lake Temple will look like in 4 more years.
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Great and spacious building without a foundation comes to mind.
ReplyDelete"In Old Testament times I imagine that doing this kind of surgery to fortify the temple’s foundation would’ve been seen as not having sufficient faith that God would protect His temple"
ReplyDeleteI remember many stories growing up of the Salt Lake Temple having inverted arches in the foundation that were placed there in such a manner that the temple could be lifted up out of the ground intact, implying that the Lord would lift it up during some sort of cleansing. Apparently that was another legend to inspire faith.
ReplyDeleteSo wait, where's the tabernacle?
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ReplyDeleteThe tabernacle sits to the west of the temple and is out of view of any of the photographs shown here.
The new renderings look like a bunch of concrete. Appears to be significantly more concrete than the prior temple grounds. Not an improvement IMO. Curious that the landscape designers would choose something with such a stale and cold feel to it.
ReplyDeleteIf you've ever been to Temple Square at peak Christmas light viewing season, you can imagine that the more wide-open paved space will accommodate crowds better. Not that there will ever be large crowds there again anyway . . .
ReplyDelete...not that there will be trees to hang Christmas lights on....
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