So I was in Provo last month, and my friend Monica, who was kind enough to let me ride with her, was also kind enough to stop at the site of the once-Tabernacle future-Temple. Mostly what you can see at street level is green construction fence. But by climbing on planters and bus benches, by holding my iPad above the fence and taking pictures blindly, and mostly by Monica’s getting us into the parking structure behind the site, I was able to snap these very bad, sun-glared, uncomposed pictures, complete in one case (well, many cases, but only one reproduced here) with a view of my hand resting conveniently over the lens.
Poor as they are, I hope they convey to distant friends of the Tabernacle at least some sense of the building’s devastation and the ongoing effort to save what little remained after the fire.
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From one of the distant friends in TN, thank you for posting the pictures.
Thanks!
Enjoyed seeing the progress.
Nice!
Cool, thanks! I was in Provo last weekend, but didn’t have time to drive past and see.
Thank you. I am far from Provo, but I have fond memories of stake conferences in that building just a few years ago.
Nice. Thank you.
Drove past it–well, on 2nd West–just a few minutes ago. From there it appeared as if the grim reaper had taken off the top of the building with his scythe. Thanks Ardis for posting these photos!
Yeah, as damaged as those “cones” are, I was so relieved that the workmen appeared to be trying to save even them, with bracing inside, and setting them carefully away from heavy equipment traffic.
It took me a while to figure out why they had teepees on site! haha. This is good to see. Thanks, Ardis.
Great pics, Ardis! We~ve (great. I can~t get my keyboard switched back from portuguese) Anyway, We~ve driven by the Provo Tabernacle;Temple site, but until I saw these pictures, I didn~t realize how much it looks like the restoration of a medieval castle ruin! Maybe it~s time for another PMM posting on the Knights Templar:
Thanks for these. I’m glad for the restoration efforts.
I wish someone had taken pictures of YOU doing your climbing around to take your pictures. They will be priceless, I’m sure.
Har! I inherited my Dad’s dizziness from heights, even from the height of a bus bench! Monica was too busy being sure I didn’t dive head-first onto the sidewalk to take pictures!
Cool pics. I think this is what you call a sneak peek!
Very cool pics, thanks for risking your life to get them. But Nu-Skin ads on a temple construction site fence? Really?
The Ogden Temple is undergoing a complete restoration/reconstruction, and is also surrounded by the same kind of green fencing. But they took the steeple off the adjacent tabernacle, which I objected to, to no avail.
The Nu-Skin signs are along the boundary between the temple lot and Nu-Skin’s property, and are really only visible from Nu-Skin itself. Technically, I suppose, they are on Nu-Skin’s own property, if the fence is on the legal property line.
You mean it’s not going to be called the Provo Utah Nuskin Temple?
Only by anti-Mormon cranks, of which I am sure there will be plenty!
I’m wondering how my life will change in 90 days with Nu-Skin other than lightening my wallet and alienating all my friends.
Sorry for the Nu-Skin threadjack, as I am actually glad to see the Tabernacle reworked as a Temple. My anticipation is that the Provo Tabernacle/Temple will be there long after the Nu-Skin property becomes a weed-filled, windblown lot that the Church will buy at a huge discount to build retirement condos.