The church purchased the site in 1943 and construction began in 1962. Following public tours in 1964, the temple was dedicated, and admittance became reserved for church members with a temple recommend. The temple stands on top of the Hayward Fault Zone; it underwent major renovations and seismic upgrades, closing from 1989 to 1990 following the Loma Prieta earthquake and again from 2018 to 2019.
The temple's architecture, designed by Harold W. Burton, incorporates Art Deco and mid-century elements. Interior decorations include dark cherry wood ornamentation, along with original artwork of Jesus Christ and the California landscape. Since 1978, annual music and dance performances have accompanied the Christmas light displays, reflecting on the holiday themes and the narrative of Jesus Christ's birth. Temple Hill used to host "temple pageants", but they have since been discontinued. The reception of the temple has been largely positive. Jen Woo of Architectural Digest said that the temple is an "architectural gem", while others have complained about the light pollution coming from the temple.
The building of the Oakland Temple, as well as other church temples in California, was considered as early as 1847. Church members who traveled by ship around Cape Horn to California were told by Brigham Young that "in the process of time, the shores of the Pacific may yet be overlooked from the Temple of the Lord."[1]
In 1942, David O. McKay, then second counselor in the church's First Presidency, inspected the site where the temple now stands. The 14.5 acres (59,000 m2) were purchased by the church on January 28, 1943.[2] The temple was announced in 1961,[3] and construction began in 1962.[4] In October 1964, the temple opened briefly for visitors to tour.[5][6] Then, after McKay dedicated the temple with a prayer in November 1964, admittance became reserved for church members holding a current temple recommend.[7][8] A visitors' center was constructed adjacent to the temple in 1992.[9]
Beginning February 2018, the temple closed for renovations.[10] The restoration updated the electrical system, refurbished furniture upholstery, replaced paneling, restored front door functionality, and, leveraging technological advances, repaired the originally leaking reflecting pool.[11][12] A new visitors' waiting area was added that features windows which gather light reflected from the pool outside.[13] The original design for the temple did not include windows; however, the renovation introduced windows to the design.[14][15] Before renovations, this temple was unique among temples of the church due to it being the only one without windows.[16] This change was partly to create a theater-like setting, as this was the first temple to feature a film presentation of the endowment ceremony instead of a live version. The original design was meant to showcase modern air-conditioning and lighting advances, due to Burton's desire to build a building "without windows puncturing the facade".[14] As occurred in 1964, when renovations were complete, a public open house was held from 11 May through 1 June 2019, excluding Sundays.[17] The temple was rededicated on June 16, 2019, by Dallin H. Oaks.[18][19]
In 2020, like all the church's temples, the temple was closed for a time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] The temple reopened for normal services on April 19, 2022.[21]
Besides the Oakland California Temple, there are several other buildings on the Temple Hill site.[22] The inter-stake center, built in the 1950s, remains the oldest church building at the site. Originally referred to as the tri-stake center, the building served the San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley stakes.[23] The center includes two chapels for sacrament meetings, an auditorium, a gymnasium, several classrooms, and offices. As of May 2021, the building is used by 14 congregations in the English, Spanish, Chinese, and Khmer languages.[24]
The Oakland California Temple
The nearby auditorium seats 1,600 people, and has a 60-foot (18 m) stage.[25] When more seating is needed, the auditorium can be extended into a cultural hall that is large enough to fit two full-size basketball courts.[23] The NBA'sGolden State Warriors previously used the cultural hall as a practice facility.[25] The concert hall is home to the Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra, Temple Hill Choir, Behold Dance Collective, and the Temple Hill Dance Company.[26][27] In addition, the concert hall hosts other musicians, singers, and performance groups.[28] Besides the three resident organizations and the temple pageant, many Brigham Young University performing arts groups have performed in the auditorium.[29][30][31]
The Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1985. It has 52 members, about a third of whom are not Latter-day Saints. It has other sponsors besides the church and is a non-profit organization that offers free concerts.[32] As of February 2024, Jay Trottier has been the conductor, a position he has held since 2012.[33]
Adjacent to the temple is a visitors' center which includes artwork, displays, and a reproduction of Thorvaldsen's Christus statue. The visitors' center is staffed by volunteers,[9] and is open to the public.[34] The visitors’ center was remodeled in 2004, receiving new exhibits emphasizing the life of Jesus Christ and the organization of the church by Joseph Smith.[35]
The site includes a FamilySearch Center (FSC), both church employment and materials distribution centers, the headquarters of the California Oakland–San Francisco Mission,[23] and a small memorial to the Brooklyn.[36] Set on 18.1 acres (7.3 ha), the temple grounds include a garden with integrated water features, drawing local photographers.[37] The FSC offers volunteer assistance to individuals interested in tracing their family history. On average, four out of five visitors to the FSC at Temple Hill are not members of the church.[35]
Since 1978, the temple and visitors' center have hosted an annual Christmas lights display, starting with 50,000 lights and expanding to 500,000 by 1998.[35][38] In addition to the lights, various displays and artwork of the birth of Jesus and the Christmas narrative are placed on the temple grounds and in the visitors' center. The displays on the temple grounds and in the visitors' center are part of a broader holiday observance at the temple.[35][39][40]
Music and dance performances that reflect on the themes of Christmas and the narrative of Jesus Christ's birth occur each year. The Nutcracker ballet,[41] a sing along of Handel's Messiah,[42] and musical performances by Jenny Oaks Baker,[43] have taken place during the Christmas Season at the Temple Hill Auditorium.[44]
The Hayward Fault runs directly underneath the auditorium building.[45] The slowly creeping fault has offset minor parts of the building, and led to the formation of cracks on the pavement from time to time.[46] The rate of creep is about 0.6 inches (16 mm) per year, which may alleviate tension in the fault. The fault zone is regarded as dangerous, with geologists in 2009 estimating a 33% chance of a large earthquake occurring before the year 2040.[47] The auditorium and temple were closed for refit after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and opened a year later in October 1990.[48] A 4.2 magnitude strike-slip earthquake occurred in the area in July 2007.[49] The auditorium and temple closed again for seismic retrofit in February 2018, while the visitors' center and gardens remained open.[48] The work was finished in May 2019.[50] According to a report from Philip Stofer of the United States Geological Survey, "The temple is one of the most visible manmade features along the Hayward Fault and can be seen from throughout the Oakland area."[51]
Lakeside Park holds a scattering of boulders and plaques. The plaques are always interesting, and sometimes so are the boulders. This one sits at the west side of Bandstand Cove by a grove of redwood and oak trees. I can tell at a glance — the greenish color, even texture and lack of sedimentary fabric — that this rock consists of metamorphosed lava, informally called greenstone. There’s a lot of it in the Coast Range. There’s also some in the Sierra foothills, and I suspect that this was quarried over there.
One side of the boulder displays a nice slickenside, a sign that the rock was cracked and wrung underground.
Emily Brodsky down at UC Santa Cruz studies these fault surfaces and has been finding deep clues in them (see the latest paper from her team).
Elsewhere the boulder shows stretch marks — little extensional fractures filled with quartz. Like a run in a stocking, these are evidence of the stresses that affected this body of material once upon a time. Since the boulder has been ripped out of its original setting, these scrape marks and stretch marks have lost their geological meaning, but they’re still pretty.
Oh yeah, the boulder has a message on it. The plaque announces that the three fountains in Lake Merritt were installed or renovated by Madeleine and Andrew Wong as a gift to the people of Oakland.
The plaque in the photo, circa 2016, was stolen and has since been replaced.
And not least among its functions, the boulder punctuates the most peaceful view on the whole lake, whether the fountain is running or not.
Modo IA Todo Imágenes Vídeos Noticias Maps Shopping Libros Vuelos Finance 16 sitios No, no existe ninguna conexión histórica ni geográfica entre el río San Lorenzo en Canadá, la Estatua de la Libertad y los mitos de María Magdalena o El código Da Vinci. Homework.Study.com +1 Todas estas referencias forman parte de líneas históricas completamente separadas que a menudo se cruzan en teorías de conspiración ficticias, pero la realidad académica y los hechos documentados las desmienten por completo. A continuación, se desglosa cómo se relacionan los verdaderos elementos de tu duda: 1. El Río San Lorenzo, Jacques Cartier y Canadá El origen del nombre: El explorador francés Jacques Cartier llegó al golfo de la región en 1534. El 10 de agosto de 1535 (durante su segundo viaje), Cartier entró en una pequeña bahía el día de la festividad de San Lorenzo de Roma (un mártir de la Iglesia católica del siglo III). History.com +2 La desconexión: Cartier nombró la bahía en honor a este santo católico (San Lorenzo, no María Magdalena). Eventualmente, el nombre se extendió a todo el Río San Lorenzo que cruza Montreal y Quebec. No tiene ninguna vinculación con la figura de María Magdalena. Wikipedia +2 2. La Estatua de la Libertad, Bartholdi y la Masonería Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi: El escultor francés que diseñó el monumento de Nueva York era, efectivamente, un miembro de la Masonería (iniciado en la Logia Alsace-Lorraine de París en 1875). Freimaurer-Wiki +1 El origen del monumento: La Estatua de la Libertad fue un regalo del pueblo francés a Estados Unidos. Su diseño formal se inspira en Libertas, la diosa romana de la libertad, y no en María Magdalena ni en símbolos secretos del Priorato de Sion. Aunque los masones de Nueva York colocaron la piedra angular del pedestal en una ceremonia tradicional, el trasfondo de la estatua celebra la alianza franco-americana y el fin de la esclavitud, no un código oculto. Wikipedia +4 3. El Código Da Vinci y María Magdalena La teoría de Dan Brown: En la novela de ficción El código Da Vinci, el autor popularizó la teoría (tomada del libro de conspiración de 1982 El enigma sagrado) de que Jesús y María Magdalena estaban casados y que su linaje huyó a Francia. Instagram ·Reenita Malhotra Hora +1 Ubicación del mito: Tanto en la leyenda medieval francesa como en la ficción de Dan Brown, el epicentro de este mito es el sur de Francia (Marsella, Rennes-le-Chteau) y París (con la tumba ficticia bajo el Museo del Louvre). La trama literaria jamás se traslada a Canadá ni asocia al Río San Lorenzo con este linaje sagrado. Fandom +2 Resumen de mitos vs. realidades Elemento ¿Qué dice el mito/conspiración? Hecho histórico real Río San Lorenzo Conectado al linaje de María Magdalena. Nombrado por Cartier en honor al mártir cristiano San Lorenzo. Bartholdi Diseñó la Estatua de la Libertad con códigos ocultos. Era masón, pero diseñó la estatua basándose en la diosa clásica Libertas. D'Ambro Podría referirse a un pseudónimo o autor marginal. No es un personaje ni una autoridad validada dentro del universo de El código Da Vinci o la historia del arte. Si escuchaste de esta relación en algún video o foro de internet, se trata de una asociación libre de ideas basada únicamente en que la Masonería, Cartier, Bartholdi y los mitos merovingios de María Magdalena comparten orígenes o lazos en el país de Francia. Sin embargo, geográficamente en Canadá no hay tal conexión. Facebook ·The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation +2 Si quieres, podemos investigar más a fondo sobre: El origen de los nombres que Jacques Cartier dio a Quebec o Montreal. 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