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Provo neighbors have mixed views on proposed MTC building
Driving south on Provo's University Avenue on a clear Saturday morning, orange balloons dot the sky. The closer one comes to their source, a house on Lambert Lane, more come into view. A handful of neighbors fill the balloons, tie them to strings at least 160 feet long and place them in their...
Residents upset by plans for 9-story building at Missionary Training Center
Pleasant View neighborhood residents weren’t satisfied after a presentation on plans for a nine-story building at the LDS Missionary Training Center. "I wonder why [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] didn’t contact the people before they hired the architects," said resident Kay...
Viewpoint: The parable of the tabernacle
I live about two blocks from the Provo Tabernacle. I can see it from my house. I could also see it that fateful day in December 2010 when a devastating fire destroyed all but the exterior walls of the building. On Saturday, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland broke ground for those soot-stained walls to...
Provo City Center Temple groundbreaking
Out of the ashes of a beloved tabernacle, the Church will build the Provo City Center Temple, said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland on May 12.Presiding at the groundbreaking of Provo's second temple, Elder Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve dedicated "already sacred ground for an even more sacred...
Provo declares street near planned Mormon temple surplus property
The city will begin negotiating with the LDS Church over the price of a half-acre of asphalt south of the burned-out Provo Tabernacle. The Municipal Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to declare as surplus property a .447-acre slice of 100 South, from University Avenue to the west end of the...
Provo Tabernacle excavation: Work completed!
Mormon Life says: This article has pictures of many of the artifacts found during the excavation. They found some neat stuff!
The work is completed. Excavation of the original Provo Tabernacle at the site of the new Provo City Center Temple has been finished. A team of BYU archaeologists in conjunction with the Church...
Provo City Center Temple Teaches Lesson on Conversion
In the heart of Provo, Utah, USA, workers in orange hard hats step around steel supports and twisted metal as they clear debris from around four charred walls. Those walls are all that physically remain of the historic Provo Tabernacle—a 114-year-old symbol of the city’s pioneer...
Provo vacates street for Mormon Temple
The street south of the burned out Provo Tabernacle is no longer a public street. The Municipal Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to vacate a one-block stretch of 100 South between University Avenue and 100 West. The vacation is the first step toward selling the street to The Church of Jesus...
Provo to vote on vacating road for Mormon temple
The Provo Municipal Council is expected to pave the way for the LDS Church to buy a street next to the remains of the Provo Tabernacle. The council will vote Tuesday on a request to vacate 100 South between University Avenue and 100 West. The Planning Commission recommended approving the...
Provo City Center Temple groundbreaking plans announced
With archaeological work completed around the site of the old Provo Tabernacle, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ready to break ground for the church's new temple to be built on the site. The church announced today that the groundbreaking for the new Provo City Center Temple...
'Old Tabernacle' excavation at Provo temple site called a once-in-a-lifetime experience
The Provo Tabernacle was one of the first landmarks Lindsay Johansson fell in love with when she came to Brigham Young University as a student. On Friday she worked in an archaeological dig in the shadow of the tabernacle and reflected on how a tragedy became an opportunity for her, other...
LDS Church, neighbors clash over proposed 9-story MTC building
Mormon Life says: Most people oppose the building, which will be as tall as the LaVell Edwards Stadium.
That meeting held for neighbors by the Missionary Training Center on Thursday sounded a lot like LDS missionaries knocking on the door of a non-believer: one side believes that when the prophet...
LDS Church giving original tabernacle foundation stones to Provo
The LDS Church will give foundation stones from the original Provo Tabernacle to the city now that archaeological work on the site is wrapping up Saturday. The site, next to the tabernacle building that burned more than a year ago and will be rebuilt as a temple, has been in the hands of an...
Provo Tabernacle archaeological work almost done
With work winding down on the archaeological examination of the original Provo Tabernacle foundation, officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are beginning to prepare to break ground for the new temple that will be built on the site. According to LDS Church spokesman Scott...
It's official: The Provo City Center Temple
Mormon Life says: The new Provo temple has been named, but it was unknowingly announced weeks ago.
A little more than a month ago, an LDS Church spokesman made a passing reference to the "new Provo City Center Temple" in a story about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acquiring...
