The progress of the Church's City Creek Center. There is a wonderful virtual reality video Web site at the end of the text.
-In our semi-annual Post General Conference General Authority and General Auxiliary Training Meeting in April 2008, Presiding Bishop Burton showed us an artist's 3-D video representation that was created to show us the downtown revitalization of SLC (City Creek Center). The LDS Church owns all of the property and is funding all of this design and construction. The Church correlation committee must have just approved this video to be placed on the internet and it can now be shared with the public. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Bishop Burton told us that the one reason that the Church was spending so much time and effort building back and beautifying downtown SLC could be summed up in two words - 'THE TEMPLE'. He said that it was paramount that the Lord's temple be surrounded by beauty and protected to the best of our ability.
A couple of the details that were also revealed in our meeting include the fact that the food court on the Crossroads side of the street, will have a capacity of 1,000 people and will have a retractable roof (as you will see in the video). Also, in addition to food courts, shopping, and professional office space, there will be several towers of condominiums varying in price and not built at the same time. As they are built and sold, more will be constructed. Also, notice the hour-glass shape of the bridge over Main Street. This glass bridge will probably be one of the most beautiful of its kind in the world.
City creek will wander through the entire project and you will notice that there are several waterfalls. No pumping of the water was needed, since the natural fall of the creek is 42 feet during it's path through the project. There will be a special emphasis on trees, fountains, walkways and open areas to add to the beauty of the center. It is anticipated that the moveable ceiling over the food court will be closed about 80 days per year, due to inclement weather, but left open most of the year.
It blends in well with the Main Street closure and beautification a few years ago, and I am certain that the new BYU-SLC campus that will be West of the Temple and the new Family History building that is almost completed Northeast of the Temple are also going to add to the beauty and protection of the Temple. The beautification and completion of City Creek Park many years ago, also adds to the overall success of the project.
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