Ground Level

With the white sheeting gone, I was able to see the tabernacle again today!

The brick looks nice, really nice.

The pioneers worked in a lot of detail that we might have missed before.

Special attention has been given to all the arches.  This doorway on the north side will not be an entrance to the temple.  A chapel will be behind this wall housing the original pulpit from the tabernacle.

There is still brickwork to be done on this side.

When the stones in that arch are finished, it will look like this one.

There are many different arches.

In addition to the brick, the ground on this north side was getting attention, too.

Perhaps you noticed from the construction cam that another waterproofing layer is going down.  The gray area in the lower left hand corner is the ledge below the cam.  The space being covered is large.  To me it looks as though it's the whole area above the underground annex.

The wooden sign says, "Use Other Door."  I'm not exactly sure which door that would be.

I've been told there will be a styrofoam layer on top of this, then dirt.

I incorrectly assumed that the red truck was part of the waterproofing project.  Nope.  It was blowing insulation inside the temple, a very good sign.  

It's taking me longer and longer each time I to go the site because there is so much to see.

For example, slate is now being installed on the northeast tower.

Concrete was poured on the south side this past Wednesday.

The temple is now at ground level on all four sides.

I'm guessing that all the tension cables were pulled yesterday.

The mystery of the stairwells is slowly unfolding.  I'll keep watching.

The workmen keep moving south.

It appears that the forms will stop at the anterior room of the pavilion.

The rebar is spreading south, too.  Can you tell the workmen are not walking on the ground?

They get around on the rebar as though this is a completely normal way to walk.

Not everyone is impressed.

Notice the semi on the right.

It's hard for me to grasp that there is actually enough room on that sidewalk for this truck, but there is.

The truck brings rebar within the reach of the crane.

There is now a wall along the border between the west lot and the post office.  This means there is no longer a reason for me to try to fit my camera between the barriers on this side.

This is a view of the west edge of the west lot, from the post office lot looking north.  The gap is being filled with gravel as it's waterproofed.

Being able to see the brick all the way around is exciting.

My camera was able to see the stairwell in the northwest tower today.

I took another look at the openings in the brick at the top of the west gable.

This picture from December shows that they have always been there.  Maybe someone can tell us what they were for.

I doubt they held hanging baskets for flowers...