Inn at Temple Square begins its final crumble.

From: The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) | Date: December 19, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Heather May

Dec. 19--The LDS Church started major demolition Monday of the Inn at Temple Square.

With news reporters and construction crews looking on, an excavator's claws ripped off bricks from the 75-year-old Salt Lake City hotel and began scraping concrete.

By the end of the January, the once-seven-story building will be razed to the ground. By 2011, as part of the LDS Church's City Creek Center project, a 26-story residential tower with 122 units will stand in the inn's place at the corner of West Temple and South Temple.

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