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LDS Church opens upscale mall
The Ogden Standard Examiner ^
| 03/21/2012
| Paul Foy
Posted on 03/22/2012 6:29:38 AM PDT by Utah Binger
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is attempting to remake downtown Salt Lake City by opening the shopping mall portion of a $2 billion mixed-use space that spans two city blocks and features a meandering creek and retractable glass roofs.
Church partner and retail operator Taubman Centers Inc. expects 50,000 visitors today, when City Creek Center's nearly 90 stores open.
City Creek Center has outdoor walkways, plazas, fireplaces and metal sculptures. Waterfalls, fountains and a trout pond are part of the village-like development, which includes condominiums and is joined by a pedestrian bridge over Main Street.
The residential towers were built by City Creek Reserve Inc., a for-profit firm owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church is a multibillion-dollar organization with business and real estate holdings.
The church paid for City Creek Center with cash and says no member tithing was used. For the most part, it will be like other shopping malls, except that the stores close on Sundays -- the church wanted the Sabbath for its nearby Temple Square.
It will be operated like Taubman Centers' other upscale malls in Los Angeles and Denver, said Robert Taubman, chairman, president and CEO of the Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based company. Two of the restaurants at the Salt Lake City mall will serve liquor, but there are no bars. Its anchors are Macy's and Nordstrom, with other stores such as Tiffany & Co. and the Swedish fashion chain H&M.
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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Moral Issues; Other Christian
KEYWORDS: inman; jesuschristcametousa; jesusisanamerican; mall; mormon; saltlakecity
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To: redhead
Did you get a burning in your bosom? That's a 'sign'; isn't it??
1 Corinthians 1:22 (NIV)
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom...
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posted on
03/22/2012 6:27:52 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Utah Binger; redhead; goat granny
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posted on
03/22/2012 6:30:37 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Utah Binger; redhead; Elsie
Be careful, be very careful with Elsie unless you don't mind the stalking that will certainly occur. He/She will sneak up on you with global satellite tracking and record that certain mistreatment of goats and other small animals. And sell them on his high-traffic Internet website. Without royalties.
For 10 points, who is Elsie?
63
posted on
03/22/2012 6:38:28 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: Elsie; redhead
Did you get a burning in your bosom? It could be the habaneros.
64
posted on
03/22/2012 6:42:21 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: MarkBsnr
65
posted on
03/22/2012 6:49:51 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
To: Utah Binger
We were his dealers back in the eighties. Now what are the odds of that?
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posted on
03/22/2012 7:32:55 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: MarkBsnr
For 10 points, who is Elsie?Yes.
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posted on
03/23/2012 4:51:34 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: MarkBsnr
For 10 points, who is Elsie?The one with the toupee.
68
posted on
03/23/2012 4:52:00 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Utah Binger
Keith Ward created her for Borden.
69
posted on
03/23/2012 4:55:57 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Utah Binger
I use them on ALL of my Cadillacs!!
70
posted on
03/23/2012 5:06:22 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
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posted on
03/23/2012 5:38:15 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
To: Elsie
:O) just don’t walk under their walkway or you might get some pellets on your head... but much better than a cow pancake......GG
To: Elsie
For 10 points, who is Elsie? The one with the toupee.
Missed it by that much.
73
posted on
03/23/2012 5:41:50 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: goat granny
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posted on
03/23/2012 6:56:34 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: MarkBsnr
Ah; yes!
That OTHER fellow with an Opel...
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_11071-Opel-GT-1969.html
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posted on
03/23/2012 7:01:19 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: MarkBsnr
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posted on
03/23/2012 7:02:16 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
I didn’t think that Opels came in pink with square windscreens.
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posted on
03/23/2012 11:11:20 PM PDT
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MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: MarkBsnr
I didnt think that Opels came in pink with square windscreens.That is a young one.
With the onset of puberty, many body changes occur.
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posted on
03/24/2012 3:42:09 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
I didnt think that Opels came in pink with square windscreens. That is a young one. With the onset of puberty, many body changes occur.
I see. So it's sorta like:
versus
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posted on
03/24/2012 4:33:41 AM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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