LDS Church opens upscale mall

The Ogden Standard Examiner ^ | 03/21/2012 | Paul Foy

[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.

[Elsie]

“Did you get a burning in your bosom?”

That's a 'sign'; isn't it??

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1 Corinthians 1:22 (NIV)
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom...

[Elsie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-InuYmUfif0

[MarkBsnr]

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?

[MarkBsnr]

“Did you get a burning in your bosom?”

It could be the habaneros.

[Utah Binger]

Eggszacctly. Keith Ward created her for Borden. And a lot more. http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2009/06/keith-wards-texaco-fire-chief-pups.html

We were his dealers back in the eighties.

[MarkBsnr]

We were his dealers back in the eighties.

Now what are the odds of that?

[Elsie]

For 10 points, who is Elsie?

Yes.

[Elsie]

For 10 points, who is Elsie?

The one with the toupee.

[Elsie]

Keith Ward created her for Borden.            

[Elsie]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use them on ALL of my Cadillacs!!

 

 

 

 

 

[Utah Binger]

Good one!

[goat granny]

: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

[MarkBsnr]

For 10 points, who is Elsie?

The one with the toupee.

Missed it by that much.

[Elsie]

AMEN!

[Elsie]

Ah; yes!

That OTHER fellow with an Opel...

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_11071-Opel-GT-1969.html

[Elsie]

[MarkBsnr]

I didn’t think that Opels came in pink with square windscreens.

[Elsie]

I didn’t think that Opels came in pink with square windscreens.

That is a young one.

With the onset of puberty, many body changes occur.

[MarkBsnr]

I didn’t 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