Calm Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, strappinglad said: The Cardston Temple was renovated in 1990+/- . Part of the process was to clean/sandblast the exterior granite which had developed a lovely golden patina over the 70 years since construction. The cleaning made the walls a whitish-grey and it has taken about 20 years to get some of its " glory " back. One thing I didn't remember is that that temple is a National Historic site in Canada. It is unusual but not unique in that it has no spire or angel on the top and is built in the shape of a Maltese cross. The interior furnishings were designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright .I recognized the themes from looking at the various FLW homes in a book on him. And yes, I am shamelessly plugging one of my favorite temples. My favorite...
strappinglad Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) sorry, big oops Edited April 3, 2018 by strappinglad
Duncan Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 The Hawaii, Cardston and Arizona Temples have a familiarity to them............ LOVE the Cardston Temple, best Dairy Queen ever, can't say I enjoy Cardston though!!! 1
Storm Rider Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 The Washington D.C. temple has just closed for two years for a rehab. Still have not found out what the rehab consists of to take two years. You could re-build the temple in two years. Whatever happens it will be great to have it reopen in 2020.
Thinking Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 10 hours ago, Duncan said: Correct me if I a wrong but wasn't the Salt Lake Temple built out of granite? I know as you see pictures of that Temple in the 1940's to the 1950's it almost looks black in certain areas on the outside. I know that it underwent renovations and upgrades and things in the early 1960's but I am curious as to how they stave off mold and this blackening effect? The Temple today and since the early '60's doesn't have any black on the outside, whatever they did it seems to have worked! The humidity in SLC is not very high. 1
strappinglad Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Storm Rider said: The Washington D.C. temple has just closed for two years for a rehab. Still have not found out what the rehab consists of to take two years. You could re-build the temple in two years. Whatever happens it will be great to have it reopen in 2020. A new house can be wired in a couple of days. Rewiring an older home can take weeks. Such is life in the reno business. 2
mfbukowski Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 15 hours ago, Duncan said: Correct me if I a wrong but wasn't the Salt Lake Temple built out of granite? I know as you see pictures of that Temple in the 1940's to the 1950's it almost looks black in certain areas on the outside. I know that it underwent renovations and upgrades and things in the early 1960's but I am curious as to how they stave off mold and this blackening effect? The Temple today and since the early '60's doesn't have any black on the outside, whatever they did it seems to have worked! Cleaning old buildings happens all the time in Europe, where they actually have some. We have so few in the US over a hundred or so years old, we don't even know this stuff! https://frompittsburghtoparis.wordpress.com/tag/champagne/ 1
Traela Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 The changing room areas of the Idaho Falls temple were completely reworked during its renovation, to the point that I have trouble figuring out where things were before. Plus I keep getting lost-it's a bit of a rabbit warren now. Also, the electrical and other systems had to be updated. They had to take space out of the ordinance rooms for something, can't remember what at the moment. Anyway, yeah, getting that all done while preserving the existing ordinance rooms as much as possible was a long job.
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