The Main Street Plaza on Temple Square is now closed to the public. Renovations to the plaza will enhance landscaping and fountain areas to provide a consistent look and flow through Temple Square.
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Crews tear out existing planter areas and reflecting pool on the Main Street Plaza to redesign the landscape during the Temple Square renovation project, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Main Street Plaza closes allowing renovations to expand through the area that will provide a consistent look and flow through Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Just east of the Main Street Plaza, work on the Church Office Building plaza is making significant progress. Bright orange snow-melting conduit is being installed under freshly poured sidewalks in some areas — providing snow-free walkways. New stonework is also being placed in some of the walls near State Street.
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View from the Salt Lake Temple facing the Wasatch Mountains to the east. The Church Office Building tower and Relief Society Building can be seen on the left with the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the right. The round flat space at the bottom marks where the reflecting pool once stood on the Main Street Plaza, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Progress is made on the Church Office Building plaza on the east side of Temple Square. In the bottom left, orange, snow-melting conduit is installed before new sidewalks are poured, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Progress is made on fountain and garden renovations in the Church Office Building plaza during the Temple Square renovation project, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Bright orange conduit is installed before the concrete is poured for a new sidewalk. The heated conduit will provide snow-free walkways in the winter on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.On the south side of the temple, excavation has started to prepare for two new buildings that will provide additional guest experiences and services for visitors to Temple Square.
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Excavation begins for a new visitor's center that will provide additional guest services for Temple Square visitors, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.On the north side of the Salt Lake Temple, crews are beginning construction of the second floor of the temple addition by building sheer walls around the whole perimeter of the addition. This addition will accommodate three floors of new temple space — including baptistries, sealing rooms, dressing rooms, administrative offices and so forth.
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Three additional basement floors for offices, baptistries and other sacred spaces begin to be framed as part of the Salt Lake Temple renovation project, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Crews pour a portion of the second floor of the new temple addition which will accommodate baptistries, sealing rooms, dressing rooms and administrative offices, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2022.2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.