Drove by the Mormon Temple the other day on my way to UCSD. Years ago I went on a guided tour of the building before it officially became a church. Quick search on Google returned a San Diego Magazine reference to the 1992 San Diego’s Orchids & Onions awards.
Take University City’s Mormon Temple—the towering, ersatz-Gothic edifice that looms over Interstate 5. Back in 1992, the year it was completed, O&O judges awarded it a big, fat, pungent bulb. At the time, I quoted one of the critics as suggesting the Mormons ought to subscribe to the theory of “separation of church and interstate.”
Every visitor to SD I drive up the 5 with says “What the hell is that thing?”
Call me crazy, but I think the thing is sort of neat Baroque in a 21st century way.
The Orchids & Onions people are kinda cool though.
I thought it was a mall until about 3 years ago.
i think it is beautiful. Maybe that’s becuase i have looked up the history of these temples and found beuaty in their work.
I have been inside the Temple, and it’s gorgeous there, too. (I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) It’s beautiful inside and out, because it’s meant to remind us of the beauty of Heaven, the soul of each human being, and becoming better each day.