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A little history in new LDS building
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What do you want the church to do with the property that's been in its possession since 1847 when the Mormon pioneers were the first settlers? Sell it to Starbucks, McDonalds and Best Buy? Yeah, that'll do it!
Sheesh, heaven forbid someone do what they want to with their own property.
"In spite of a struggling economy, 5 million visitors made Temple Square the 16th most visited site in the United States, according to ForbesTravelr.com"
It is also the number ONE tourist attraction in Utah. ($$$$ to downtown SLC businesses).
Now, to claim that the LDS folks did not have anything to do with that financial gain is absurd.
Ha and geebee, open you eyes to the facts.
The Joseph Smith Papers publication project, so far, is incredibly valuable. It makes thousands of pages of Joseph Smiths writings, dealings, and revelations available to any interested person. These book volumes are becoming available through a grant of Larry Miller and through the records preserved in the current historical library. This new church history library will become even more important to serious researchers of this religion - which has become a modern day marvel.
With the LDS Church being one of the most misunderstood and therefore the most suspicious religious movements in the world, a prominent historical library is very appropriate. I will be excited to browse some of it's collections in a couple months.
Calling legitimate criticism "bashing" is what I find ignorant and shameful.
It was interesting to read of the historical department learning from the past regarding the preservation of capsule contents. While there have been mistakes/errors in the past, they're moving forward towards the future. This applies to so many arenas in the vast field of Church History (and personal lives, too): despite mistakes or errors that may have been made, the work of God moves forward.
I hope to participate and contribute positively in this work!
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laughable.
the lot hasn't really been vacant. the church owns almost every inch of downtown salt lake real property. jensen makes it sound like the space has been looked over by everyone since the wagons rolled into town 150+ years ago.
i would wager that a lot of people have offered a lot of money for that "vacant" space over the years for projects that would have employed people and brought revenue into downtown salt lake.
now salt lake houses yet another gray cube while business is forced to operate outside of downtown. when will somebody realize that every new square foot of downtown church-owned structures represents another nail in the coffin of main street business?