Salt Lake City: Inspirational Architecture

Of course, a trip to Utah wouldn't be complete without a visit to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. My friend Janice treated me to a guided tour that beautiful and historic site. Her friend Kathy was a welcome addition.

Our first stop was for lunch at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That is the structure to the left in the photo below. Most of the buildings were so high and so close together that it was very difficult to get the entirety of each one in a single photo.

This is the view from the restaurant foyer.



A view through one pane of glass.

 

My lovely lunch companions, Kathy and Janice.

 

 

Inside the restaurant. It was Friday, so we all had the delicious fish and chips. Kathy insisted that we try their deep fried dill pickles, so we gave that a whirl. That was fun!

 

 

Another view.

 

 

The entire building was elegant. We took the elevator down to the ground floor to this lobby. There were even grand pianos outside of some of the elevator stops along the way, complete with pianists.

 

 

The gardens at Temple Square were perfectly planted with colorful flowers. Many large water features were between the buildings. Rather than being fountains that spray water into the air, most were expanses of level water that quietly spilled over their perimeters. That left the centers of the water like mirrors that reflected the towering buildings around them. Awesome!

 

 

 

 Janice explained to me that the metallic dome to the left of the Salt Lake Temple is the Tabernacle.

 

 

That is where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir practices and performs when they are not traveling.

 

Below is a snapshot I got inside the Tabernacle.

 

It was difficult to leave all that beauty. I could have stayed for hours longer snapping pictures.