Beautiful Day at the Temple Site

Mount Timpanogos to the north is a beautiful backdrop for the temple site.

The crane is as busy as ever today.

My camera could peek into the temple from the east on University Avenue.

I zoomed in to get a better look.  The interior west wall is being prepared for gunite. 

This is the interior of the southwestern tower.

The sun was as busy as the crane, coming in and out from behind the clouds.
The interior north wall, prepped with gunite, can be seen from the south.

Walking east, I took this picture of the south entrance.

There has been so much progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

This is the north entrance from the east.

I was happy to get a picture of the crane cables as they worked.

The entire block is an active construction site.

The tower caps were moved to the north east corner.

Just north of the sidewalk from the tower caps, Center Street is getting a face-lift.
Well, maybe more than cosmetic work is happening here.

The Morning Breaks

The sun broke through the morning clouds as I arrived at the temple site this morning.
This is the south face.

This is a view of the southeast tower with the crane in motion above the building.

The northeast tower from University Avenue.

The north face.

The windows are covered with plastic while the gunite is being sprayed.
Otherwise the cement would shoot out the windows -- which might be fun to see!
The windows look like they have been decorated for Halloween.

Even while undergoing this renovation, the building is majestic.

These pigeons on the top of the west wall (from the east) have a view I wish I could get. 

I love peeking inside the building.
This is a telephoto view inside the northeast tower door.

This is a great view, looking through the doorway on the east side, clear through the building.
I aim my camera and shoot, hoping for the best, but I did not know I had this shot until I got home. 

This is a view through the south windows.  The red ball in the top right is from the crane.

I am guessing that access to utilities is being created with this trench near the sidewalk on University Avenue between the street and the temple site.
Please do not worry that I am ever in any danger when taking photos.  I can hang out this far. 

This vehicle and its operator were lifting, not digging.

This trackhoe parked on Center Street north of the site reminded me of an old joke:
Where does an elephant sit?  Anywhere he wants.

Interior Views of the Temple Construction

I tip-toed into the Nu Skin building to beg a trip to their upstairs balcony.

No need to be nervous.  Amanda, Shaun and Richard couldn't have been more gracious.

The exterior walls, which had been given a rebar skeleton,
are now being fleshed out with sprayed-on concrete.
A comparison can be made to the construction of a swimming pool.

The preservation of this building is amazing to see.

Construction vehicles on the north side.

The cement truck on the south side.  Notice the hose along the ground.
The concrete is applied under high pressure.

This is the north entrance, with a view through to the inside south wall.

This is the south entrance window.  The Nu Skin glass building is visible through the arch.

The flag is actually on the Nu Skin building.

This is a window on the east wall.  Many of the windows are tarped with plastic while the cement work is in progress.

There is a lot to see at the site.  To be honest, I often don't know what I've seen until I get home and look at the pictures.  Today I noticed how secure the exterior skeleton is.

I am making a deliberate attempt to keep an eye on a few things, like the west wall.

I don't see any changes from the inside of the west wall from my last visit.

I am also very curious about the work on the towers.
This is the northeast tower, from the south.

This is the same tower, from the Nu Skin building.


This is the north west tower, from the Nu Skin building.

Obviously, there is a safe, internal support structure for the workmen.

This is another view through north windows.  The rebar skeleton on the interior south wall can be seen.

Cement flesh covering the rebar skeleton on the interior south wall can been seen through this north window.

I found myself studying the cement on the south wall before I realized I was missing the beautiful detail of this north window.

This is a majestic view of the north side.

 Work has begun on the underground parking garage.

Payson Temple Construction

In our recent Regional Conference, Elder William R. Walker mentioned that the Payson Temple is under construction.  This temple site is just 15 miles from the Provo City Center Temple.

A fellow onlooker told me that he'd heard the foundation walls were 80 feet deep. 

This is a stunning location for a temple.  A chapel is adjacent to the site and can been seen in the lower left.